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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Jackson, MS

July 6, 2026Ashley County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2026, 8:56 PM CDT for Ashley County, Arkansas. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 6, 2026, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Ashley County, AR

The radar

The Little Rock radar (KLZK), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2026-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1351 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 2026-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
1351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1462 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

115 
WUUS54 KJAN 070156
SVRJAN
ARC003-070300-
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0252.260707T0156Z-260707T0300Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
856 PM CDT Mon Jul 6 2026

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Ashley County in southeastern Arkansas...

* Until 1000 PM CDT.

* At 856 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Hamburg,
  moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Crossett, Hamburg, Wilmot, Portland, Montrose, Parkdale, Berlin,
  and Snyder.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3339 9178 3339 9146 3301 9146 3301 9180
      3320 9195
TIME...MOT...LOC 0156Z 305DEG 21KT 3321 9175 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

SAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 8:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAshley79 min
Jul 7, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChicot50 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.