TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST AND NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 1:45 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

SOUTHERN BENTON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEASTERN LAFAYETTE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1:06 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF OXFORD AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

HICKORY FLAT BY 1:22 PM CDT
BLUE MOUNTAIN BY 1:34 PM CDT
RIPLEY BY 1:42 PM CDT

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