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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 272, NWS Jackson, MS
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.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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.
- 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
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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</html>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
SASSpecial 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
SASThe office that day
Everything else NWS Jackson, MS issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 7:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Neshoba | 43 min |
| Aug 19, 3:12 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | JAN | Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 19, 11:14 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jasper | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Oktibbeha | 53 min |
| Aug 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 3:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 3:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster, Winston | 67 min |
| Aug 19, 3:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 52 min |
| Aug 19, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 57 min |
| Aug 19, 3:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 64 min |
| Aug 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee | 56 min |
| Aug 19, 4:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Kemper, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 55 min |
| Aug 19, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Aug 19, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 62 min |
| Aug 19, 6:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones, Smith | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones | 63 min |
| Aug 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 53 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.