JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Due to the possibility of severe weather from March 14-15, officials announced safe rooms have opened across Mississippi ahead of the storms.
According to the Mississippi Emergency Management Agency (MEMA), the following shelters have opened:
Adams County
- Adams County Safe Room – 323 Liberty Road, Natchez, MS
Claiborne County
- Claiborne County Safe Room – 13004 Hwy 18, Hermanville, MS
Coahoma County
- Coahoma County Safe Room – 3240 Friars Point Road, Clarksdale, MS
Copiah County (Opens at 8:00 a.m. Saturday 3/15/25)
- Joe L Johnson Safe Room – 1060 Epps Lane, Hazlehurst, MS 39083
Desoto County – (Opens at 7:00 p.m. 3/14/25)
- Desoto County Safe Room – 7312 Highway 51 N, Southaven, MS
- Hernando Elementary School – 455 Riley St., Hernando, MS 37632
- Horn Lake Elementary School – 6341 Ridgewood, Horn Lake, MS 38637
- Hope Sullivan Elementary School – 7985 Southaven Circle West, Southaven, MS 38671
- Lewisburg Elementary School – 1717 Craft Rd., Olive Branch, MS 38654
- Olive Branch Elementary School – 9549 Pigeon Roost, Olive Branch, MS
- Walls Elementary School – 6131 Delta View Rd., Walls, MS 38680
Forrest County (will open 10:00 a.m. 3/15/25)
- Forrest County Safe Room – 946 Sullivan Drive, Hattiesburg, MS
Grenada County
- Grenada Safe Room – 260 Mondy Rd, Grenada, MS
Jasper County (will open 3/15 at 8:00 a.m.)
- Jasper County Community Center – 124 Edmund King Dr, Bay Springs, MS 39422-5213
Jones County (opening at 11:00 p.m. 3/14/25)
- 2415 Ellisville Blvd, Laurel, MS 39440
Lamar County (opens at 5:00 p.m. 3/14/25)
- Lamar County Community Shelter – 105 Central Industrial Row, Purvis, MS
Oktibbeha County (Will open when a tornado watch is issued)
- Oktibbeha County Community Safe Room – 985 Lynn Lane, Starkville, MS 39759
Rankin County (Open)
- Rankin County Safe Room – 651 Marquette Rd, Brandon, MS
Wayne County
- The Courtroom inside the Wayne County Sheriff’s Department – 613 Court Street, Waynesboro, MS