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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Jackson, MS

August 20, 20264 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2026, 4:58 PM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi; East Carroll Parish, Morehouse Parish, West Carroll Parish, Louisiana; Ashley County, Chicot County, Arkansas. It was in force for 77 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 20, 2026, 4:58 PM CDT (21:58 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2026, 6:15 PM CDT
In force: 77 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Ashley County, AR, Chicot County, AR, East Carroll Parish, LA, Morehouse Parish, LA, West Carroll Parish, LA, Bolivar County, MS, Issaquena County, MS, Sharkey County, MS, Washington County, MS

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 20, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:15 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:35 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:36 PM CDT, 22 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
Aug 19, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	62 min
Aug 19, 7:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Rankin, Scott, Smith	59 min
Aug 19, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	55 min
Aug 19, 7:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	67 min
Aug 19, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lauderdale	40 min
Aug 20, 12:46 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 24 more	31 hr
Aug 20, 12:46 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	JAN	Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Issaquena and 11 more	31 hr
Aug 20, 2:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	57 min
Aug 20, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Winston	60 min
Aug 20, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee, Winston	56 min
Aug 20, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster	64 min
Aug 20, 3:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson	54 min
Aug 20, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar, Marion	63 min
Aug 20, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Grenada, Montgomery	65 min
Aug 20, 3:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith	61 min
Aug 20, 4:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	42 min
Aug 20, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson	39 min
Aug 20, 4:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	49 min
Aug 20, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more	46 min
Aug 20, 4:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada, Montgomery, Oktibbeha and 2 more	67 min
Aug 20, 4:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	38 min
Aug 20, 5:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest	61 min
Aug 20, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	67 min
Aug 20, 5:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower, Washington	63 min
Aug 20, 5:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	32 min
Aug 20, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster	81 min
Aug 20, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Jones	59 min
Aug 20, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	69 min
Aug 20, 2:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	59 min
Aug 20, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Louisiana, 2026 Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Arkansas, 2026 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2026

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.