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Severe Weather Prepardness Week starts Monday

Starting Monday, February 19 is Sever Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi

Posted: Feb 14, 2018 3:00 PM

Posted By: Madison Heil

JACKSON, Miss. (WTVA) - Governor Phil Bryant declared next week as Severe Weather Preparedness Week in Mississippi.

Starting Monday, February 19, the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency will look at different weather situations that the Magnolia State faces from severe thunderstorms and flash flooding to tornadoes and lightning.

There will be a statewide tornado drill on Wednesday, February 21 at 9:15 a.m.

The Lee County Emergency Management Agency encourages everyone to participate.

Lee County Communications will test the local siren system as part of the drill if there is no actual threat of severe weather.

Mississippi Coronavirus Cases

Data is updated nightly.

Cases: 295295

Reported Deaths: 6724

County	Cases	Deaths
DeSoto	19690	230
Hinds	18812	389
Harrison	16722	280
Rankin	12725	265
Jackson	12603	228
Lee	9691	160
Madison	9466	203
Jones	7978	147
Forrest	7217	138
Lauderdale	6836	226
Lowndes	6031	140
Lamar	5884	80
Lafayette	5736	113
Washington	5218	130
Bolivar	4612	123
Oktibbeha	4414	93
Panola	4308	94
Pearl River	4174	130
Warren	4130	115
Pontotoc	4097	71
Marshall	4033	92
Monroe	3990	126
Union	3956	74
Neshoba	3817	169
Lincoln	3544	103
Hancock	3479	75
Leflore	3376	118
Sunflower	3189	86
Tate	3029	74
Pike	3007	96
Scott	2939	70
Alcorn	2918	62
Itawamba	2900	75
Yazoo	2899	63
Tippah	2789	65
Coahoma	2786	68
Copiah	2781	58
Simpson	2758	79
Prentiss	2698	58
Wayne	2542	41
Marion	2527	78
Leake	2526	71
Covington	2489	80
Grenada	2475	78
Adams	2346	78
George	2318	45
Newton	2299	52
Winston	2217	77
Jasper	2134	45
Tishomingo	2123	65
Attala	2065	69
Chickasaw	2011	52
Holmes	1823	70
Clay	1792	51
Stone	1724	29
Tallahatchie	1709	39
Clarke	1693	71
Calhoun	1579	28
Smith	1528	32
Yalobusha	1448	36
Greene	1277	33
Walthall	1242	40
Noxubee	1228	31
Montgomery	1226	39
Perry	1217	34
Lawrence	1204	21
Carroll	1184	25
Amite	1117	34
Webster	1106	31
Jefferson Davis	1019	31
Tunica	990	23
Claiborne	984	29
Benton	935	24
Humphreys	928	27
Kemper	902	23
Quitman	772	14
Franklin	761	19
Choctaw	696	17
Jefferson	627	27
Wilkinson	624	26
Sharkey	489	17
Issaquena	167	6
Unassigned	0	0

Alabama Coronavirus Cases

Cases: 494421

Reported Deaths: 9991

County	Cases	Deaths
Jefferson	71145	1374
Mobile	36184	735
Madison	32457	458
Tuscaloosa	24213	412
Montgomery	22636	517
Shelby	22020	214
Baldwin	19790	284
Lee	14980	154
Morgan	13693	251
Calhoun	13307	287
Etowah	13192	320
Marshall	11269	209
Houston	10102	261
Elmore	9408	185
Limestone	9376	134
Cullman	8903	181
St. Clair	8839	224
Lauderdale	8601	212
DeKalb	8465	175
Talladega	7552	164
Walker	6538	258
Jackson	6503	103
Autauga	6303	91
Blount	6106	127
Colbert	5993	119
Coffee	5254	102
Dale	4648	107
Russell	4052	33
Franklin	3994	78
Covington	3970	106
Chilton	3883	100
Escambia	3781	72
Tallapoosa	3596	143
Clarke	3437	53
Chambers	3421	111
Dallas	3412	141
Pike	2933	72
Lawrence	2836	84
Marion	2834	95
Winston	2473	68
Bibb	2454	60
Geneva	2402	70
Marengo	2365	57
Pickens	2245	55
Barbour	2124	51
Hale	2106	68
Fayette	2009	57
Butler	1975	66
Henry	1826	41
Cherokee	1771	39
Monroe	1663	39
Randolph	1638	40
Washington	1566	35
Crenshaw	1452	54
Clay	1450	54
Macon	1423	43
Cleburne	1378	41
Lamar	1331	33
Lowndes	1312	51
Wilcox	1225	25
Bullock	1171	36
Conecuh	1067	24
Perry	1058	27
Sumter	986	32
Coosa	892	24
Greene	882	32
Choctaw	551	23
Out of AL	0	0
Unassigned	0	0