Tornado Watch 01/05/2025 16:57 for Mississippi areas

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued January 5 at 6:57PM CST until January 5 at 9:00PM CST by NWS Jackson MS
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
January 5, 2025 - 4:57pm
Expires: 
January 5, 2025 - 7:00pm
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 2 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 9 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA CHOCTAW COPIAH HINDS LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI NESHOBA WINSTON IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CLAY OKTIBBEHA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, BASSFIELD, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BUDE, CANTON, CARTHAGE, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, FAYETTE, FOREST, HAZLEHURST, JACKSON, KOSCIUSKO, LOUISVILLE, MADISON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MONTICELLO, MORTON, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS, RALEIGH, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND, ROXIE, STARKVILLE, TAYLORSVILLE, WEIR, WESSON, AND WEST POINT.
Area Description: 
Adams, MS; Attala, MS; Choctaw, MS; Claiborne, MS; Clay, MS; Copiah, MS; Franklin, MS; Hinds, MS; Jefferson, MS; Jefferson Davis, MS; Lawrence, MS; Leake, MS; Lincoln, MS; Madison, MS; Neshoba, MS; Oktibbeha, MS; Rankin, MS; Scott, MS; Simpson, MS; Smith, MS; Winston, MS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson MS