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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 20265 counties in Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2026, 6:56 PM CDT for 5 counties in Mississippi. It was in force for 64 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: Apr 24, 2026, 6:56 PM CDT (23:56 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2026, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 64 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Jasper County, MS, Newton County, MS, Rankin County, MS, Scott County, MS, Smith County, MS

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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 Apr 24, 6:56 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier. Its key messages:

Severe thunderstorms remain possible across the area this afternoon into tonight.
Additional rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms will be possible into the middle of next week.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 24, 6:56 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Jackson MS
656 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...New AVIATION...

.KEY MESSAGES...

  - Severe thunderstorms remain possible across the area this
    afternoon into tonight.

  - Additional rounds of strong to severe thunderstorms will be
    possible into the middle of next week.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
Issued at 309 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

In addition to today's unfolding weather event, strong to severe
thunderstorms will be possible at times through at least the middle
of this week as a springtime severe pattern remains active in the
Southern Plains.

An overnight MCS spilling out of the High Plains and Ozarks still
remains a focus for ongoing showers and storms in our region this
afternoon. It lost a little of its overnight momentum, but new
storms organizing along the outflow boundary have access to an
unstable air mass along the southern flank of the MCS. Latest RAP
Mesoanalysis showed 1500-2000 J/kg of MLCAPE from southwest AR and
northern LA southeast through the Pine Belt in southeast MS. A north-
south axis of deeper moisture (PWATs of 1.5+ inches) intersects this
instability axis, sustaining current MCS with additional moisture.
Effective deep layer shear is about 30-40 kts in our area,
supporting organized convection and possible supercell development.
Expectation is for an additional southward push of storms with this
cluster through this afternoon and evening. Supercells are already
developing in the Red River Valley area of OK this afternoon, and
some high-res CAM guidance gives this second area of development the
chance to organize into a separate squall that could push
southeastward into our CWA later tonight. Confidence on timing of
peak severe chances in our area is not the greatest, but one or both
waves should be clearing to southern parts of our area in the
midnight to 7 AM time frame tomorrow morning.

Tomorrow into next week, the pattern looks to remain active, as
mentioned. Remnant outflow boundaries stretched out in the region
will remain the focus for renewed development of convection, but the
key will be triggering of new upstream convection in the Southern
Plains and possible MCS development spreading into our area as a
result. The next focus for watching will be a potential MCS later
tomorrow night, which currently warrants a Marginal Risk for severe
storms extending into northeast LA and southeast AR before sunrise
Sunday and expanding to the rest of the area into the day Sunday.
Thunderstorm chances remain in place through Friday across our
region, which as mentioned, has the potential to be strong to severe
if timed out favorably with heating and the passage of upper-level
disturbances over the region. Residents should remain alert to
changes in forecasted impacts over the next several days. /NF/

&&

.AVIATION...
(00Z TAFS)
Issued at 653 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

Busy weather this evening will lead to gusty winds, low
ceiling/visibility at most TAF sites, with the exception of the
southeast. Rain and storms are expected to persist into the
overnight hours, with lowering ceilings generally after midnight.
Low stratus and/or light rain will persist into Saturday morning
before improving to VFR across the area by Saturday afternoon.
/SAS/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
Jackson       63  81  65  83 /  70  70  40  50
Meridian      62  81  62  83 /  80  80  30  40
Vicksburg     63  82  66  84 /  70  50  40  50
Hattiesburg   65  85  66  86 /  60  50  20  50
Natchez       65  86  67  87 /  50  40  30  50
Greenville    64  79  65  80 /  70  40  50  50
Greenwood     63  80  63  82 /  80  50  40  40

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...None.
LA...None.
AR...None.
&&

NF/NF/SAS20

In the hours 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
Apr 24, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Montgomery	52 min
Apr 24, 4:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Webster	35 min
Apr 24, 4:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Yazoo	84 min
Apr 24, 4:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Rankin	43 min
Apr 24, 5:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Yazoo	47 min
Apr 24, 5:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	50 min
Apr 24, 5:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	48 min
Apr 24, 5:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	54 min
Apr 24, 6:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	59 min
Apr 24, 6:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Leake, Neshoba	43 min
Apr 24, 6:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton and 2 more	65 min
Apr 24, 6:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott	62 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.