NATCHEZ, Miss. – Area residents should be prepared later today for downed trees and power outages as the predicted storm sweeps through with high winds and heavy rain, said Adams County Emergency Management Director Brad Bradford.
The Adams County Safe Room building on Liberty Road will be opening at 3 p.m. if needed for tornado evacuees, he said. The Adams County Sheriff’s Office and county road crews will be on standby to respond to any storm-related emergencies. Bradford briefed the county Board of Supervisors this morning as all county government buildings are closing this afternoon in advance of the storm.
The severe weather is predicted to likely arrive in Natchez around 4 p.m. and blast through till 9 p.m. or so with winds gusting up to 30 mph and rainfall amounting to as much as one inch, according to the National Weather Service. Tornadoes are possible, Bradford said, as today’s warm air clashes with the cold front making its way to the area.
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