35 Counties in Mississippi under Tornado watch for most of the day Sunday
The threat for severe weather on Sunday was met with a tornado watch for a large portion of Missisisppi.
From the NWS:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 121 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 35 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ATTALA COPIAH HINDS
HOLMES HUMPHREYS LEAKE
MADISON RANKIN SCOTT
SIMPSON SMITH YAZOO
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLARKE JASPER KEMPER
LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON
NOXUBEE WINSTON
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN
MARION
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COVINGTON FORREST JONES
LAMAR
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN
JEFFERSON
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ISSAQUENA SHARKEY WARREN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ANGUILLA, BASSFIELD, BASTROP,
BAY SPRINGS, BELZONI, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BROOKSVILLE, BUDE,
CANTON, CARTHAGE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS,
DE KALB, DECATUR, DELHI, DURANT, EPPS, FAYETTE, FERRIDAY, FOREST,
GOODMAN, HARRISONBURG, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG,
ISOLA, JACKSON, JONESVILLE, KOSCIUSKO, LAKE PROVIDENCE, LAUREL,
LEXINGTON, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MADISON, MAGEE,
MAYERSVILLE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON,
MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, NEWELLTON, NEWTON, OAK GROVE,
PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PICKENS, PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS,
PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RAYVILLE, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND,
ROLLING FORK, ROXIE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, ST. JOSEPH, STONEWALL,
TALLULAH, TAYLORSVILLE, TCHULA, UNION, VICKSBURG, VIDALIA,
WATERPROOF, WESSON, WEST FERRIDAY, WEST HATTIESBURG, WINNSBORO,
AND YAZOO CITY.
