Connect with us

Headlines

Strong Storms, Tornadoes Possible Easter Sunday in Lafayette County

Published

on

By Alyssa Schnugg
News editor
alyssa.schnugg@hottytoddy.com

From the NWS

As the old upper low weakens through New Mexico, a dryline will form over Texas and set the stage for a potentially active Easter weekend in terms of heavy rain and severe weather in the Mid-South.

As of Friday, Lafayette County is currently listed as having a “moderate risk” of severe weather by the National Weather Service. Moderate Risk is the second-highest risk category.

The preliminary data is showing the most severe weather taking place in the afternoon or early evening Sunday. The primary risk is tornadoes that could be strong and long-stretching, with secondary risks of hail and damaging winds. Localized flooding is also possible, according to the NWS-Memphis meteorologists.

The NWS urges residents to prepare now for the severe weather by updating weather plans – where to go if a tornado warning is issued in your home or other shelters; have multiple ways to receive weather warnings using cell phone apps, weather radios; build an emergency kit with nonperishable food, water, batteries, medications, flashlights and other items.

Oxford residents can sign up to receive local emergency alerts through Nixle by texting 38655 to 888777 from a cell phone or by registering online at oxfordms.net and signing up via the Nixle widget.

All Lafayette County and Oxford residents can also sign up for CodeRed, a weather warning and emergency notification service that alerts residents via cellphone, landline, texts and emails.

CodeRed has mobile apps available on Google Play and the Apple App Store.

In the city of Oxford, storm shelters are located on most city properties. For a listing of Lafayette County storm shelters, visit https://lafayettems.com/how-do-i/find-a-storm-shelter/.


 

Advertisement
Click to comment

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Ole Miss Men’s Basketball

Mon, Nov 4Long Island University Logovs Long Island University W, 90-60
Fri, Nov 8Grambling Logovs GramblingW, 66-64
Tue, Nov 12South Alabama Logovs South AlabamaW, 64-54
Sat, Nov 16Colorado State Logovs Colorado StateW, 84-69
Thu, Nov 21Oral Roberts Logovs Oral RobertsL, 100-68
Thu, Nov 28BYU Logovs BYUW, 96-85 OT
Fri, Nov 29Purdue Logovs 13 PurdueL, 80-78
Tue, Dec 3Louisville Logo@ LouisvilleW, 86-63
Sat, Dec 7Lindenwood Logovs LindenwoodW, 86-53
Sat, Dec 14Georgia Logovs Southern MissW, 77-46
Tue, Dec 17Southern Logovs SouthernW, 74-61
Sat, Dec 21Queens University Logovs Queens UniversityW, 80-62
Sat, Dec 28Memphis Logo@ MemphisL, 87-70
Sat, Jan 4Georgia Logovs GeorgiaW, 63-51
Wed, Jan 8Arkansas Logo@ 23 ArkansasW, 73-66
Sat, Jan 11LSU Logovs LSUW, 77-65
Tue, Jan 14Alabama Logo@ 5 AlabamaW, 74-64
Sat, Jan 18Mississippi State Logo@ 17 Mississippi StateL, 81-84
Wed, Jan 22Texas A&M State Logovs 13 Texas A&ML, 62-63
Sat, Jan 25Missouri Logo@ MissouriL, 83-75
Wed, Jan 29Texas Logovs TexasW, 72-69
Sat, Feb 1Auburn Logovs 2 AuburnL, 92-82
Tue, Feb 4Kentucky Logovs 10 KentuckyW, 98-84
Sat, Feb 8LSU Logo@ LSU7:30 PM
SECN
Wed, Feb 12South Carolina Logo@ South Carolina6:00 PM
SECN
Sat, Feb 15Mississippi State Logovs 17 Mississippi State5:00 PM
TBA
Sat, Feb 22Auburn Logo@ Vanderbilt2:30 PM
SECN
Wed, Feb 26Auburn Logo@ 2 Auburn6:00 PM
TBA
Sat, Mar 1Oklahoma Logovs 12 Oklahoma1:00 PM
TBA
Wed, Mar 5Tennessee Logovs 1 Tennessee8:00 PM
TBA
Sat, Mar 8Florida Logo@ 6 Florida5:00 PM
SECN

@ COPYRIGHT 2024 BY HT MEDIA LLC. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. HOTTYTODDY.COM IS AN INDEPENT DIGITAL ENTITY NOT AFFILIATED WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI.