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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Jackson, MS

August 19, 20264 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2026, 2:41 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 49 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 19, 2026, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 19, 2026, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Choctaw County, MS, Noxubee County, MS, Oktibbeha County, MS, Winston County, MS

The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:44 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 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 148 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 12:00Z on 2026-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1386 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 12:00Z on 2026-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -54 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
1386 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1161 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 Aug 19, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 12:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:34 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
234 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

MSZ051-057-192015-
Newton MS-Jasper MS-
234 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN JASPER AND SOUTHERN
NEWTON COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM CDT...

At 234 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Garlandville, or 9 miles south of Newton, moving east at 10 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...
Montrose, Garlandville, Rose Hill, Paulding, and Roberts.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3201 8896 3210 8931 3230 8927 3227 8891
      3221 8891
TIME...MOT...LOC 1934Z 280DEG 11KT 3218 8915

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

SAS
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 2:37 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
237 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

MSZ032-033-038-039-192030-
Oktibbeha MS-Winston MS-Noxubee MS-Choctaw MS-
237 PM CDT Wed Aug 19 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN CHOCTAW...
NORTHWESTERN NOXUBEE...OKTIBBEHA AND NORTHEASTERN WINSTON COUNTIES
THROUGH 330 PM CDT...

At 237 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms near Sturgis, or 10 miles northeast of Ackerman, moving
southeast at 5 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...
Starkville, Maben, Longview, Sturgis, Sessums, Betheden, Craig
Springs, Oktoc, Reform, and Sherwood.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3311 8887 3339 8927 3353 8913 3354 8909
      3356 8909 3356 8880 3346 8867 3329 8867
      3329 8865 3320 8865
TIME...MOT...LOC 1937Z 311DEG 6KT 3338 8901

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

SAS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 7:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba43 min
Aug 19, 3:12 AM CDTExtreme Heat WarningJANAdams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 12 more18 hr
Aug 19, 11:14 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryJANAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more33 hr
Aug 19, 2:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJasper41 min
Aug 19, 2:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha53 min
Aug 19, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee48 min
Aug 19, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANClarke, Jasper54 min
Aug 19, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston67 min
Aug 19, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton52 min
Aug 19, 3:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster57 min
Aug 19, 3:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLowndes, Noxubee64 min
Aug 19, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Lowndes, Noxubee56 min
Aug 19, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston62 min
Aug 19, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Winston59 min
Aug 19, 4:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANClay, Webster48 min
Aug 19, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Leake55 min
Aug 19, 4:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala, Holmes62 min
Aug 19, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery65 min
Aug 19, 5:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones38 min
Aug 19, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott62 min
Aug 19, 6:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones, Smith37 min
Aug 19, 6:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones63 min
Aug 19, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Simpson, Smith53 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.