On May 6th the City of Richland, Mississippi became the 6th Storm Ready Community in Mississippi. At a ceremony at City Hall National Weather Service Warning Coordination Meteorologist, Jim Butch, presented Richland City Mayor Shirley Hall with their community's Storm Ready Certificate and Storm Ready Road signs. The city of Richland has made great progress in area of emergency preparedness. By becoming Storm ready it says to the citizens of Richland that their city government is doing all it can to protect their lives and property.

In the picture below, they are from left to right:
John Chance, Richland Emergency manager
Jim Butch, NWS WCM
Ronnie Bridges, City Alderman
Braxtel Neely, City Alderman
Ed Ainsworth, City Alderman
Shirley Hall, Mayor of Richland