TORNADO WARNING FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:00 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

EASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHWESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHWESTERN FAYETTE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

AT 9:22 AM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLIVE BRANCH AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

OLIVE BRANCH BY 9:32 AM CDT
GERMANTOWN BY 9:44 AM CDT
COLLIERVILLE BY 9:49 AM CDT
PIPERTON BY 9:50 AM 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