TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 2:00 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

SOUTHERN TIPPAH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...

AT 1:15 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF NEW ALBANY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

BLUE MOUNTAIN BY 1:30 PM CDT
RIPLEY BY 1:37 PM CDT
DUMAS BY 1:38 PM CDT
JUMPERTOWN BY 1:51 PM CDT
KOSSUTH BY 1:59 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