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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 247, NWS Jackson, MS

July 5, 2026Newton County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2026, 3:17 PM CDT for Newton County, Mississippi. It was in force for 58 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, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2026, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Newton County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 91 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: 319 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1030 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 4 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 Jul 5, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 12:49 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
216 PM CDT Sun Jul 5 2026

MSZ064>066-052030-
Jones MS-Jefferson Davis MS-Covington MS-
216 PM CDT Sun Jul 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT COVINGTON...WESTERN JONES AND
EAST CENTRAL JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES THROUGH 330 PM CDT...

At 216 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Collins, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include...
Collins, Seminary, Sanford, and Hebron.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3154 8974 3178 8964 3180 8932 3145 8932
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 292DEG 12KT 3166 8959

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SAS

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:54 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
254 PM CDT Sun Jul 5 2026

MSZ032-037-038-044-052100-
Attala MS-Winston MS-Leake MS-Choctaw MS-
254 PM CDT Sun Jul 5 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN LEAKE...
SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...SOUTHEASTERN ATTALA AND SOUTHWESTERN WINSTON
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM CDT...

At 254 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Ethel, or 11 miles east of Kosciusko, moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Zama around 305 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3315 8913 3314 8917 3294 8928 3293 8930
      3293 8932 3292 8932 3282 8949 3313 8954
      3322 8935 3320 8912
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 330DEG 11KT 3311 8940

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

SAS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:32 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 4, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lincoln	61 min
Jul 4, 8:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren	60 min
Jul 4, 9:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren	75 min
Jul 4, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	73 min
Jul 5, 3:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	41 min
Jul 5, 5:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	58 min
Jul 5, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	61 min
Jul 5, 5:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	48 min
Jul 5, 6:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Noxubee	27 min
Jul 5, 6:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	25 min
Jul 5, 1:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lawrence	52 min
Jul 5, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	44 min
Jul 5, 1:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	53 min
Jul 5, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	46 min
Jul 5, 1:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion	50 min
Jul 5, 1:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper	46 min
Jul 5, 2:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leake, Neshoba, Winston	64 min
Jul 5, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington	74 min
Jul 5, 2:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jones	58 min
Jul 5, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Lamar, Marion	55 min
Jul 5, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala	66 min
Jul 5, 3:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	67 min
Jul 5, 3:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba	65 min
Jul 5, 3:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest	56 min
Jul 5, 3:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba	58 min
Jul 5, 3:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	56 min
Jul 5, 4:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Kemper	69 min
Jul 5, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	43 min
Jul 5, 4:27 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	58 min
Jul 4, 7:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll, Madison, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	63 min
Jul 5, 5:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Avoyelles	65 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.