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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Jackson, MS

May 26, 2025Clarke County, Kemper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2025, 4:27 PM CDT for Clarke County, Kemper County, Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2025, 4:27 PM CDT (21:27 UTC)
Expired: May 26, 2025, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, MS, Kemper County, MS, Lauderdale County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 26, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 133 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -253 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1183 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at May 26, 4:13 PM CDT, 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 4:13 PM CDT, 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 4:05 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
405 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0323 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 ESE Hickory Grove     31.37N 89.59W
05/26/2025                   Lamar              MS   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down at Rocky Branch Rd and Mill Creek
            Loop.

&&

DL

Local storm report, May 26, 4:10 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
410 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0335 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 S Bellevue            31.28N 89.48W
05/26/2025                   Lamar              MS   Emergency Mngr

            Tree downed on Old Hwy 24 at Duval Stuart
            Rd.

&&

DL

Local storm report, May 26, 4:12 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
412 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0343 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     5 NNW Shelton           31.56N 89.37W
05/26/2025                   Jones              MS   Emergency Mngr

            Tree down at MS Hwy 590 and Monroe Rd, with
            a car crash into the tree. Multiple
            additional downed trees in Jones County.

&&

DL

Local storm report, May 26, 4:17 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
417 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0339 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     4 ENE Stringer          31.89N 89.20W
05/26/2025                   Jasper             MS   Public

            Tree downed on CR 21 near CR 10, report via
            social media.

&&

DL

Local storm report, May 26, 4:22 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
422 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0411 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     2 ESE Basic City        32.21N 88.74W
05/26/2025                   Clarke             MS   Public

            Trees down on CR 350, report via social
            media.

&&

DL

Local storm report, May 26, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 minute before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
426 PM CDT Mon May 26 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0419 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     1 WSW Key Field         32.33N 88.75W
05/26/2025  M55 MPH          Lauderdale         MS   ASOS

            Recorded at MEI ASOS.

&&

DL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 7:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	71 min
May 25, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys and 4 more	79 min
May 25, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower	92 min
May 25, 7:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes	46 min
May 25, 7:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Neshoba and 3 more	78 min
May 25, 8:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Scott	57 min
May 25, 8:05 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Washington	3 hr
May 25, 8:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	76 min
May 25, 8:23 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes	2 hr
May 25, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	64 min
May 25, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Rankin, Scott and 1 more	60 min
May 25, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Noxubee	63 min
May 25, 9:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	69 min
May 25, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	96 min
May 25, 10:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Lauderdale	69 min
May 25, 10:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	80 min
May 25, 10:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Simpson	77 min
May 25, 10:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Simpson	39 min
May 25, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar	68 min
May 26, 5:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Adams	4 hr
May 26, 8:09 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Jefferson	79 min
May 26, 8:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	39 min
May 26, 9:22 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	38 min
May 26, 10:08 AM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 8 more	21 hr
May 26, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	66 min
May 26, 12:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	65 min
May 26, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Warren	53 min
May 26, 1:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln	60 min
May 26, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	61 min
May 26, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	65 min
May 26, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	49 min
May 26, 2:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	50 min
May 26, 2:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	44 min
May 26, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin, Smith	51 min
May 26, 2:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson	63 min
May 26, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	62 min
May 26, 3:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott	15 min
May 26, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	64 min
May 26, 3:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	55 min
May 26, 3:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	51 min
May 26, 4:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	46 min
May 26, 4:06 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	39 min
May 26, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	33 min
May 25, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	64 min
May 25, 9:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll, Madison	67 min
May 26, 10:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	53 min
May 26, 11:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	60 min
May 26, 11:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas	41 min
May 26, 11:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin, Madison, Richland, Tensas	54 min
May 26, 12:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Catahoula, Franklin, Madison, Tensas	44 min
May 25, 8:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Ashley	2 hr
May 26, 9:35 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	40 min
May 26, 10:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	50 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.