TORNADO WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI AND SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE

TORNADO WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 10:45 AM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS...

NORTHEASTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
SOUTHEASTERN SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE...

AT 10:03 AM CDT...STORM LAB RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF OLIVE BRANCH MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THE TORNADO WILL BE NEAR...

OLIVE BRANCH BY 10:20 AM CDT
GERMANTOWN BY 10:32 AM CDT
COLLIERVILLE BY 10:39 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