A tornado watch has been issued for 45 Mississippi counties.
This does not mean there’s an imminent threat, but it does mean conditions are favorable for a tornado.
TORNADO PREPAREDNESS TIPS FROM MEMA
The following counties are included in the watch until 6 p.m.
- Adams
- Attala
- Benton
- Bolivar
- Calhoun
- Carroll
- Chickasaw
- Choctaw
- Claiborne
- Coahoma
- Copiah
- DeSoto
- Franklin
- Grenada
- Hinds
- Holmes
- Humphreys
- Issaquena
- Jefferson
- Lafayette
- Lawrence
- Leake
- Leflore
- Lincoln
- Madison
- Marshall
- Montgomery
- Panola
- Pontotoc
- Quitman
- Rankin
- Scott
- Sharkey
- Simpson
- Sunflower
- Tallahatchie
- Tate
- Tippah
- Tunica
- Union
- Warren
- Washington
- Webster
- Yalobusha
- Yazoo
