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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 366, NWS Jackson, MS

August 27, 20264 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2026, 1:52 AM CDT for 4 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 53 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 27, 2026, 1:52 AM CDT (06:52 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2026, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Claiborne County, MS, Copiah County, MS, Jefferson County, MS, Lincoln County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:56 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

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 195 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1963 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, Slidell Radar S, LA at 00:00Z on 2026-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 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
1963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1468 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
64 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 26, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANSimpson, Smith42 min
Aug 26, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNewton32 min
Aug 26, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton, Scott42 min
Aug 26, 7:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeflore32 min
Aug 26, 8:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANNewton23 min
Aug 26, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes37 min
Aug 26, 8:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSmith36 min
Aug 26, 8:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCarroll42 min
Aug 26, 8:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANGrenada46 min
Aug 26, 8:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANBolivar42 min
Aug 26, 8:56 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANHolmes34 min
Aug 26, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Washington64 min
Aug 26, 9:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAttala31 min
Aug 26, 9:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSunflower44 min
Aug 26, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANBolivar, Sunflower21 min
Aug 26, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANJones40 min
Aug 26, 10:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANYazoo25 min
Aug 26, 11:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANWarren48 min
Aug 27, 12:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson and 3 more56 min
Aug 27, 3:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin, Lincoln67 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.