Tornado Watch 12/28/2024 18:16 for Mississippi areas

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued December 28 at 8:16PM CST until December 28 at 11:00PM CST by NWS Jackson MS
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
December 28, 2024 - 6:16pm
Expires: 
December 28, 2024 - 9:00pm
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 720 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CHOCTAW IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WEBSTER IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BROOKSVILLE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, DE KALB, DECATUR, EUPORA, HATTIESBURG, HEIDELBERG, LAUREL, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MATHISTON, MERIDIAN, MOUNT OLIVE, NEWTON, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STARKVILLE, STONEWALL, UNION, WEIR, WEST HATTIESBURG, AND WEST POINT.
Area Description: 
Choctaw, MS; Clarke, MS; Clay, MS; Covington, MS; Forrest, MS; Jasper, MS; Jefferson Davis, MS; Jones, MS; Kemper, MS; Lamar, MS; Lauderdale, MS; Lowndes, MS; Marion, MS; Neshoba, MS; Newton, MS; Noxubee, MS; Oktibbeha, MS; Webster, MS; Winston, MS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson MS