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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 400, NWS Jackson, MS

September 21, 2026Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2026, 7:19 PM CDT for Madison County, Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 21, 2026, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 21, 2026, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Jackson, MS
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Madison County, MS, Yazoo County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 21, 7:19 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG1 Ene Bentonia, MSSeveral trees were reported down near the intersection of Rosehill Road and Highway 433 per reports from a local convenience store.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Jackson, MS (KJAN), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 45 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 00:00Z on 2026-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1130 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 00:00Z on 2026-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1798 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
26 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
Sep 21, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster54 min
Sep 21, 8:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANChoctaw48 min
Sep 21, 8:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANOktibbeha59 min
Sep 21, 8:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANChoctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston67 min
Sep 21, 9:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANKemper, Noxubee65 min
Sep 21, 9:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANNeshoba67 min
Sep 21, 9:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANWashington55 min
Sep 21, 9:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Washington67 min
Sep 21, 11:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANSharkey39 min
Sep 22, 1:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANIssaquena34 min
Sep 22, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANFranklin60 min
Sep 22, 2:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANFranklin, Lincoln39 min
Sep 22, 6:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANLeake57 min
Sep 22, 1:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementJANCatahoula, Concordia57 min
Sep 22, 1:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJANCatahoula, Concordia67 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.