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Shelters to open for overnight severe weather threat The Forrest County 361 Safe Shelter is located at 946 Sullivan Dr. in Hattiesburg. (Source: WDAM) By WDAM Staff | April 9, 2021 at 2:45 PM CDT - Updated April 9 at 2:45 PM
PINE BELT (WDAM) - Storm shelters in Forrest, Lamar and Jones counties will open for residents who need a safe place to stay during Friday’s severe weather threat.
The Jones County 361 Safe Room will open at 6 p.m. and is located at 1425 Ellisville Blvd. in Laurel.
The Forrest County 361 Safe Shelter will open at 10 p.m., unless a tornado watch is issued in the county before then. The shelter is located at 946 Sullivan Dr. in Hattiesburg.
LIST: Pine Belt shelters, safe rooms open for weather threat All shelters will be open until the storms pass through the area. (Source: WDAM) By WDAM Staff | March 17, 2021 at 11:28 AM CDT - Updated March 17 at 11:28 AM
PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Emergency officials in the Pine Belt are preparing for the severe weather outbreak that is expected to come to the Pine Belt.
Tornado safe rooms and shelters will be open in the area for residents that will need shelter from the incoming storms.
Below is a list of the safe rooms and shelters that will be open Wednesday:
Jones County/FEMA 361 Safe Room - 1425 Ellisville Blvd, Laurel, Ms.: Open at noon
Severe weather in Mississippi: Damaging wind gusts, hail and tornadoes possible Wednesday Gabriela Szymanowska, Mississippi Clarion Ledger
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Severe thunderstorms capable of producing damaging wind gusts, golfball to baseball sized hail and possible tornadoes will pass through Mississippi Wednesday, according to the National Weather Service in Jackson.
Meteorologist Ashlyn Jackson said northern Mississippi will see the most severe weather activity between 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. Wednesday. The rest of the surrounding areas will see severe weather activity from noon to midnight, she said.
Most of northern and central Mississippi including the Jackson metro area were raised to a moderate risk level. The risk level for southern Mississippi is at an enhanced-risk level.