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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Jackson, MS

July 6, 2026Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Franklin Parish, Louisiana

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2026, 8:37 PM CDT for Catahoula Parish, Concordia Parish, Franklin Parish, Louisiana. It was in force for 50 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 6, 2026, 8:37 PM CDT (01:37 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2026, 9:27 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Catahoula Parish, LA, Concordia Parish, LA, Franklin Parish, LA

The radar

The Ft Polk radar (KPOE), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Shreveport, LA (KSHV), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -332 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1747 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -9 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 6, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 7:33 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 8:26 PM CDT, 11 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
Jul 6, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Adams	58 min
Jul 6, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	55 min
Jul 6, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena	64 min
Jul 6, 10:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	50 min
Jul 6, 10:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	60 min
Jul 6, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	59 min
Jul 6, 11:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	43 min
Jul 6, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Jul 7, 12:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	53 min
Jul 7, 12:21 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	54 min
Jul 6, 8:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula	79 min
Jul 7, 2:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	43 min
Jul 7, 2:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Richland	52 min
Jul 7, 5:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Avoyelles	48 min
Jul 6, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	79 min
Jul 6, 8:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Ashley	64 min
Jul 7, 6:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	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.