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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Jackson, MS

August 9, 2026Clay County, Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2026, 2:46 PM CDT for Clay County, Lowndes County, Oktibbeha County, Mississippi. It was in force for 44 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
Aug 9, 2026, 2:46 PM CDT (19:46 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2026, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Clay County, MS, Lowndes County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Birmingham, AL (KBMX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1959 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, Birmingham, AL at 12:00Z on 2026-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
1959 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
910 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore57 min
Aug 8, 9:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCovington27 min
Aug 9, 10:35 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryJANAdams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 12 more33 hr
Aug 9, 1:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw, Webster, Winston42 min
Aug 9, 2:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClay, Webster48 min
Aug 9, 2:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes39 min
Aug 9, 2:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery37 min
Aug 9, 3:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala37 min
Aug 9, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes34 min
Aug 9, 3:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMontgomery34 min
Aug 9, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala34 min
Aug 9, 5:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANMarion26 min
Aug 9, 6:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLauderdale27 min

Nearby

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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.