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Tuesday is simply a Weather Impact Day
Strong, long-track tornadoes imaginable arsenic terrible storms determination into Mississippi
Tuesday is simply a Weather Impact Day
TIME NOW IS 12:00. WE HAVE ANOTHER UPDATE. THE SEVERE THREAT FOR THE DAY TODAY. CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI, FOR THE MOST PART, CONTINUES TO, BE UNTOUCHED, BUT OH, WE’RE STILL LOOKING AT A BUSY AND LONG DAY AHEAD OF US. THE WIDESPREAD OF THINGS. WE HAVE THUNDERSTORMS BACK OFF TOWARDS NORTH MISSISSIPPI AND INTO TENNESSEE AND THEN NOW JUST SOUTH OF OAK DOWN LOUISIANA. FIRST TORNADO WARNING, SOMETHING THAT WE’RE GOING TO WATCH THAT CONTINUES TO TREND. NORTHEAST CLOSER TO THE MISSISSIPPI, LOUISIANA STATE LINE. SO THAT SEVERE THREAT LATER ON TODAY INTO THE EARLY AFTERNOON AND EARLY OVERNIGHT HOURS, WE’RE LOOKING AT DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ANYWHERE BETWEEN 60 TO 80 MILES AN HOUR. TORNADOES, SOME OF WHICH ON THE STRONG SIDE RIGHT NOW, THE BEST CHANCE FOR STRONG LONG TRACK TORNADOES CONTINUE TO STAY OFF TOWARDS THE NORTHERN PART OF THE REGION. HAIL ALSO BECOME A POSSIBILITY WITH HAIL SIZE UP TO AROUND TWO INCHES IN DIAMETER. RIGHT NOW WE ARE LOOKING AT THE POSSIBILITY A TORNADO WATCH BEING ISSUED AS AROUND A 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. BUT IT’S NOT JUST A TYPICAL TORNADO WATCH. THIS IS NOW BEEN CONSIDERED A PD AS OR A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. TORNADO WATCH, THIS PRETTY MUCH MEANS THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS THE THREAT FOR STRONG TORNADOES AND LONG LIVE TORNADOES THAT ARE GOING TO BE ON THE GROUND FOR AN EXTENDED AMOUNT OF TIME. SURE. YOU HAVE WAYS OF GETTING WATCHES AND WARNINGS ON YOUR CELLULAR DEVICE, WHETHER IT’S THE WEATHER RADIO. TUNE INTO 16 WB. WE’RE GOING TO BE HERE THROUGHOUT THE DAY TODAY EARLY DISMISSAL UPDATES MADISON COUNTY SCHOOLS CONTINUING TO RELEASE THIS AFTERNOON NOON AS CANTON SCHOOLS CLINTON SIMPSON COUNTY AS WELL AS NOW STARTING TO RELEASE RIGHT NOW PEARL PUBLIC SCHOOLS RELEASING STARTING AT ONE HINDS COUNTY NOW THROUGH 2 P.M. RANKIN COUNTY RELEASING AN HOUR EARLIER THAN SCHEDULED FOR RIGHT NOW. THIS COULD POSSIBLY BE CHANGE AND THE DISCOVERY CHRISTIAN THIS IS NEW STARTING TO RELEASE AT 1:00 TODAY. WE HAVE A FIRST SHELTER THAT IS NOW OPEN. THE CANTON MULTIPURPOSE COMPLEX. ONCE THAT TORNADO IS ISSUED THIS AFTERNOON, WE ARE EXPECTING MORE TORNADO SAFE ROOMS TO BE OPEN FOR THOSE TO GO INTO. WE’LL HAVE MORE DETAILS C
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Strong, long-track tornadoes imaginable arsenic terrible storms determination into Mississippi
Tuesday is simply a Weather Impact Day
Tuesday has been labeled a upwind interaction time arsenic a strategy that is susceptible of producing beardown and terrible storms moves crossed cardinal Mississippi successful the day and aboriginal overnight hours. Radar | Alerts | Closings | Download WAPT appThe worst of the terrible menace starts to make astir 2 p.m. successful the northbound and occidental parts of the area. While terrible upwind is imaginable passim the area, the northbound and occidental portion volition spot the top menace archetypal and wide by midnight. Areas from Leake County to the metro and SW volition spot threats prime up aboriginal this evening. A rogue beardown tempest could beryllium imaginable during the afternoon, but the main menace won't determination successful until aft sunset. The aforesaid volition spell for areas southbound of Highway 84 and eastbound of the metro. Storms volition wide retired of the country by 3 a.m. Several threats enactment up with today's terrible weather, including:Damaging upwind gusts 60-80 mphLarge hail 2-plus inches successful diameterTornadoes, immoderate beardown (EF2-plus) and/or long-lived (on the crushed for an extended time). Tornadoes, connected average, are connected the crushed for astir 5-10 minutes. Long-track tornadoes tin beryllium connected the crushed for hours.Flash flooding (Pine Belt, Lawrence, Jefferson Davis counties). A flash flood ticker is successful effect for these areas until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Rainfall totals could adhd up to 3-5 inches successful this area. How to get upwind alerts from 16 WAPT Make definite to person ways of getting alerts Tuesday and overnight, astatine slightest 1 being capable to beryllium large capable to aftermath you up if a informing is issued overnight successful your area.
JACKSON, Miss. —
Tuesday has been labeled a upwind interaction time arsenic a strategy that is susceptible of producing beardown and terrible storms moves crossed cardinal Mississippi successful the day and aboriginal overnight hours.
Radar | Alerts | Closings | Download WAPT app
The worst of the terrible menace starts to make astir 2 p.m. successful the northbound and occidental parts of the area. While terrible upwind is imaginable passim the area, the northbound and occidental portion volition spot the top menace archetypal and wide by midnight.
Areas from Leake County to the metro and SW volition spot threats prime up aboriginal this evening. A rogue beardown tempest could beryllium imaginable during the afternoon, but the main menace won't determination successful until aft sunset. The aforesaid volition spell for areas southbound of Highway 84 and eastbound of the metro.
Storms volition wide retired of the country by 3 a.m.
Several threats enactment up with today's terrible weather, including:
- Damaging upwind gusts 60-80 mph
- Large hail 2-plus inches successful diameter
- Tornadoes, immoderate beardown (EF2-plus) and/or long-lived (on the crushed for an extended time). Tornadoes, connected average, are connected the crushed for astir 5-10 minutes. Long-track tornadoes tin beryllium connected the crushed for hours.
- Flash flooding (Pine Belt, Lawrence, Jefferson Davis counties). A flash flood ticker is successful effect for these areas until 6 a.m. Wednesday. Rainfall totals could adhd up to 3-5 inches successful this area.
How to get upwind alerts from 16 WAPT
Make definite to person ways of getting alerts Tuesday and overnight, astatine slightest 1 being capable to beryllium large capable to aftermath you up if a informing is issued overnight successful your area.
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