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Mississippi Skies Bulletin: Severe threat upgraded; STRONG TORNADOES NOW LIKELY in parts of the state – Magnolia State Live
Mississippi Skies Bulletin: Extreme menace upgraded; STRONG TORNADOES NOW LIKELY in elements of the state
Printed 7:38 pm Thursday, March 23, 2023
We get it. Many individuals in our state have storm fatigue after a tough a number of weeks of what looks like extreme storm threats. This one is sort of a bit totally different from the threats we’ve been seeing.
After a number of days of watching the potential menace tomorrow, we’re now being upgraded to a Degree 4 danger with a 5 being the very best. The wording from the Nationwide Climate Service for this menace zone is powerful: “Tornadoes doubtless, with some robust. Damaging winds of 70-80 miles per hour and huge hail as much as golf ball measurement doubtless.”
The Degree 4 danger contains the Mississippi Delta and Mississippi River counties from roughly simply south of Tunica to Natchez. It expands eastward to incorporate Jackson, Yazoo Metropolis, Greenwood, and virtually to Eupora. Timing is 5 p.m. till 1 a.m. for nearer to the river and from 8 p.m. to 2 a.m. nearer to I-55.
A Degree 3 covers the remainder of northern and central Mississippi with its southern border being a curved line from simply south of Meridian to Collins to south of Brookhaven. On this space, tornadoes are attainable with some presumably robust. Damaging winds as much as 70 miles per hour are anticipated with massive hail attainable.
A Degree 2 covers from Quitman to Laurel to Columbia and south to the coastal counties. On this zone, damaging winds and hail are attainable, and tornadoes can’t be dominated out fully.
A Degree 1 covers the coastal county with a few of the similar dangers, however not as widespread or doubtless.