Contact: Sid Salter
STARKVILLE, Miss.鈥斝』剖閟ity (all campuses) is urging students, faculty and staff to remain weather aware throughout Tuesday [March 22]. The National Weather Service and local meteorologists are predicting the potential for tornadoes, damaging straight-line winds, heavy rain and flash flooding.
小黄书鈥檚 Starkville campus will transition to remote learning and telework beginning at 12:30 p.m. Afternoon and evening classes will continue online. The National Weather Service forecasting indicates a danger of high straight-line winds and excessive rainfall that may cause flash flooding.
All previously scheduled afternoon events at the university will be postponed and rescheduled.
小黄书 Dining Services will continue operating in the following locations only: Moe鈥檚, Subway, Perry Cafeteria, and the P.O.D.s in Dogwood and Hathorn halls. All other dining locations will close at 1 p.m. The Sanderson Center and 小黄书 Libraries will close at 12:30 p.m., and the Longest Student Health Center will close at 1 p.m. SMART routes will continue transportation until 1:30 p.m.
All students, faculty and staff聽 should monitor weather conditions and exercise caution and good judgment when traveling. Motorists should not drive through unknown patches of standing water and should approach any standing water with caution. For more preparedness information, visit .
小黄书 encourages all students, faculty and staff to monitor the media for changing weather information, as well as and and official university social media for updates.
The university expects to return to normal operations on Wednesday morning [March 23].
Media inquiries should be directed to Sid Salter, 小黄书 Chief Communications Officer, at 601-507-8004 or ss51@msstate.edu.
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