TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

TORNADO WARNING 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 1:43 PM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PROUCING A STRONG TORNADO. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RIPLEY AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

KOSSUTH BY 2:16 PM CDT
CORINTH BY 2:28 PM CDT

THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING A STRONG TORNADO...IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS DANGEROUS 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