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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 355, NWS Jackson, MS

August 22, 2026Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2026, 8:54 PM CDT for Bolivar County, Sunflower County, Mississippi. It was in force for 66 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 22, 2026, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2026, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bolivar County, MS, Sunflower County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 173 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Aug 22, 2:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 22, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 8:19 PM CDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 8:36 PM CDT, 18 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 22, 8:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Grenada, Montgomery, Webster	29 min
Aug 22, 8:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	43 min
Aug 22, 8:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Lowndes	56 min
Aug 22, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	54 min
Aug 22, 8:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha	45 min
Aug 22, 10:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leflore	53 min
Aug 22, 10:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar, Sunflower	49 min
Aug 23, 3:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Humphreys	51 min
Aug 23, 5:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	57 min
Aug 23, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Catahoula	25 min
Aug 23, 5:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Concordia	26 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.