Warnings, Watches Issued As Strong Storms Move Through Pine Belt

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) – WDAM 7’s First Alert Weather has declared a First Alert Day as a result of risk of extreme climate within the Pine Belt on Wednesday.

A twister watch was issued for the Pine Belt round 2:30 pm As a consequence, storm shelters have began opening up within the space. The First Alert Weather group will probably be stay at 3:00 pm

See updates beneath.

LATEST FORECAST HERE

7:24 p.m.

A twister warning has been issued for Forrest County till 8 pm Residents are urged to take cowl instantly.

7:11 p.m.

WDAM 7 Chief Meteorologist Patrick Bigbie is reporting that fashions are displaying {that a} twister is on the bottom between Forrest and Lamar counties.

7:10 p.m.

PowerOutage.us stories that 923 Southern Pine Electric prospects within the Pine Belt are with out energy:

Covington County – 594
Jefferson Davis County – 323
Jasper – 6

7:04 p.m.

A twister warning has been issued for Forrest and Lamar counties till 7:30 pm

7:02 p.m.

PowerOutage.us stories that 1,796 Pearl River Valley Electric Power Association prospects are experiencing outages. The affected counties and every of their prospects haven’t been recorded at the moment.

6:52 p.m.

Pearl River Valley EPA is reporting that they’ve over 700 members with out energy. Southern Pine Electric has about 1,000 members with out energy.

6:18 p.m.

A twister warning has been issued for Marion and Lamar counties till 7:15 pm Residents are urged to take cowl instantly.

5:45 p.m.

The National Weather Service has issued a Tornado Warning for Walthall County till 6:45 pm