Tornado Watch for Northern Mississippi

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF
NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI

* EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM 530 PM UNTIL
1100 PM CDT.

* PRIMARY THREATS INCLUDE…
A COUPLE INTENSE TORNADOES POSSIBLE
ISOLATED VERY LARGE HAIL EVENTS TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER POSSIBLE
ISOLATED DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 70 MPH POSSIBLE

THE TORNADO WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 35 STATUTE
MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 60 MILES WEST OF OXFORD
MISSISSIPPI TO 35 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF TUPELO MISSISSIPPI.
FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH
OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU1).

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

REMEMBER…A TORNADO WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR
TORNADOES AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH
AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

A LARGE SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORM HAS FORMED OVER NORTHWEST MS.
THIS STORM MAY PERSIST FOR A FEW HOURS…TRACKING NORTHEASTWARD
ALONG A WELL-DEFINED SURFACE BOUNDARY WHERE LOW LEVEL SHEAR IS
MAXIMIZED. SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDING ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE AS THIS ACTIVITY TRACKS ACROSS THE WATCH AREA.

Category: Alabama's Weather, Severe Weather