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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 243, NWS Jackson, MS

July 5, 20264 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 5:14 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 61 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
Jul 5, 2026, 5:14 AM CDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2026, 6:15 AM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kemper County, MS, Neshoba County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 134 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2026-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 501 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Jackson, MS at 00:00Z on 2026-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 2 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
501 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1490 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 Jul 5, 4:14 AM CDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:14 AM CDT, 1 hour before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDT, 12 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLincoln3 hr
Jul 4, 7:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLincoln61 min
Jul 4, 8:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClaiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren60 min
Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClaiborne, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren75 min
Jul 4, 9:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHinds73 min
Jul 5, 3:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee41 min
Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston58 min
Jul 5, 5:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper48 min
Jul 5, 6:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNoxubee27 min
Jul 5, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke25 min
Jul 5, 1:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLawrence52 min
Jul 5, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper44 min
Jul 5, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSimpson53 min
Jul 5, 1:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale46 min
Jul 5, 1:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion50 min
Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper46 min
Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston64 min
Jul 5, 2:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington74 min
Jul 5, 2:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jones58 min
Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Forrest, Lamar, Marion55 min
Jul 5, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala66 min
Jul 5, 3:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton58 min
Jul 5, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones67 min
Jul 5, 3:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba65 min
Jul 5, 3:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANForrest56 min
Jul 5, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba58 min
Jul 5, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale56 min
Jul 5, 4:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANKemper69 min
Jul 5, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLauderdale43 min
Jul 5, 4:27 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJANLauderdale3 hr
Jul 5, 5:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANScott58 min
Jul 4, 7:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANEast Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll63 min
Jul 5, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAvoyelles65 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.