TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 2:30 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

ALCORN COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN PRENTISS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
EAST CENTRAL TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN MCNAIRY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

AT 2:01 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR CONTINUE TO INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A LARGE TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 11 MILES EAST OF RIPLEY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. NEW ALBANY POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED ROOFS REMOVED
FROM HOUSES AND DOWNED TREES ALONG THE PATH OF THE TORNADO BETWEEN
RIPLEY AND DUMAS.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

KOSSUTH BY 2:17 PM CDT
CORINTH BY 2:29 PM CDT

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH A LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND!! IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...TAKE COVER NOW!!

THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE DURING A TORNADO IS IN A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORK BENCH OR OTHER PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A STRUDY BUILDING IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A BATHROOM OR A CLOSET. USE PILLOWS AND BLANKETS TO COVER YOUR BODY AND ALWAYS STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

IF IN A MOBILE HOME OR A VEHICLE...EVACUATE IT AND GET INTO A STURDY BUILDING. IF NO BUILDING IS AVAILABLE...LIE FLAT IN A DITCH AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

JACKSON