Update for Friday, 3/2/12

***DO NOT MINIMIZE YOUR RISK BASED ON INFORMATION BELOW***  Severe weather is expected all across Mississippi this afternoon.  The graphics in this post are estimates.  Do not interpret them as perfect predictions.

First - a TORNADO WATCH is in place until 9:00pm for the following Mississippi counties: 

     .    MISSISSIPPI COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
     
     ALCORN               ATTALA              BENTON              
     CALHOUN              CARROLL             CHICKASAW           
     CHOCTAW              CLAY                GRENADA             
     HOLMES               HUMPHREYS           ITAWAMBA            
     LAFAYETTE            LEE                 LOWNDES             
     MARSHALL             MONROE              MONTGOMERY          
     NOXUBEE              OKTIBBEHA           PONTOTOC            
     PRENTISS             SHARKEY             TIPPAH              
     TISHOMINGO           UNION               WEBSTER             
     WINSTON              YALOBUSHA           YAZOO 

Additionally, a THUNDERSTORM WATCH is in effect until 9:00pm for the Western Delta counties

Storms are expected to develop along a boundary from Northeast Louisiana to the Golden Triangle area of Mississippi, starting between 2-4pm today.  These storms will progress southeast in the evening, gaining strength as they move.

A second line of storms can be expected to develop across the northwest Delta, particularly Bolivar, Washington, and Sunflower counties, sometime after 3pm.

From NWS Jackson -

From the Storm Prediction Center

Categorical Outlook for Friday:

Tornado outlook (illustrates chance of tornado within 25 miles of a given point)

Hail outlook (chance of hail within 25 miles of a given point)

Wind (chance of damaging winds within 25 miles of a given point)

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