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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Jackson, MS

April 29, 2026Kemper County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2026, 8:16 AM CDT for Kemper County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 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: Apr 29, 2026, 8:16 AM CDT (13:16 UTC)
Expired: Apr 29, 2026, 8:55 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Kemper County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 1134 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 569 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 277 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.8
Supercell composite: 9.4

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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 Apr 29, 6:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 6:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 29, 4:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:05 AM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 29, 5:31 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 28, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	3 hr
Apr 28, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery, Winston	60 min
Apr 28, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	77 min
Apr 28, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower	60 min
Apr 28, 9:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	62 min
Apr 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JAN	Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	45 min
Apr 28, 10:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Oktibbeha	3 hr
Apr 28, 10:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Humphreys	48 min
Apr 28, 11:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clay	56 min
Apr 28, 11:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw	34 min
Apr 28, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha	49 min
Apr 28, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba	40 min
Apr 28, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Winston	42 min
Apr 29, 12:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	44 min
Apr 29, 12:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	43 min
Apr 29, 12:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	45 min
Apr 29, 2:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	45 min
Apr 29, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	44 min
Apr 29, 2:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha	42 min
Apr 29, 3:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Apr 29, 4:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	61 min
Apr 29, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	39 min
Apr 29, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha	40 min
Apr 29, 5:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	31 min
Apr 29, 5:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	44 min
Apr 29, 9:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	45 min
Apr 29, 9:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	35 min
Apr 29, 9:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Lauderdale	27 min
Apr 29, 9:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	47 min
Apr 29, 12:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	53 min
Apr 29, 12:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Smith	56 min
Apr 29, 1:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Warren	55 min
Apr 29, 1:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Rankin	3 hr
Apr 29, 1:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	47 min
Apr 29, 1:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Jasper, Rankin, Simpson, Smith	59 min
Apr 29, 1:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	34 min
Apr 29, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	48 min
Apr 29, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Smith	63 min
Apr 29, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	27 min
Apr 29, 2:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith	64 min
Apr 29, 2:59 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	46 min
Apr 29, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	29 min
Apr 29, 3:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Jefferson	45 min
Apr 29, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams	70 min
Apr 29, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	46 min
Apr 29, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lincoln	80 min
Apr 29, 3:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence and 1 more	55 min
Apr 29, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson	74 min
Apr 29, 4:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	26 min
Apr 29, 4:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	48 min
Apr 29, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion	56 min
Apr 29, 5:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	23 min
Apr 29, 5:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	32 min
Apr 29, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	67 min
Apr 29, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Tensas	29 min
Apr 29, 2:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Tensas	28 min
Apr 28, 8:24 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Ashley	66 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.