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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 2026Clarke County, Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 2026, 7:50 PM CDT for Clarke County, Jasper County, Smith County, Mississippi. It was in force for 70 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, 7:50 PM CDT (00:50 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2026, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 70 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Clarke County, MS, Jasper County, MS, Smith County, MS

The radar

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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.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:08 PM CDT, 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:09 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:10 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:12 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Apr 24, 7:13 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Apr 24, 7:38 PM CDT, 12 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
Apr 24, 7:10 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	50 min
Apr 24, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton	61 min
Apr 24, 7:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion, Simpson	56 min
Apr 24, 7:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jasper, Smith	67 min
Apr 24, 7:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	53 min
Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Attala, Madison	66 min
Apr 24, 8:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton	66 min
Apr 24, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith	63 min
Apr 24, 8:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	67 min
Apr 24, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	47 min
Apr 24, 8:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson, Warren	60 min
Apr 24, 8:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	50 min
Apr 24, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Webster	67 min
Apr 24, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson	61 min
Apr 24, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin, Jefferson	59 min
Apr 24, 9:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith	62 min
Apr 24, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston	46 min
Apr 24, 9:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis	25 min
Apr 24, 9:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Copiah	61 min
Apr 24, 9:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Clarke	31 min
Apr 24, 9:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	44 min
Apr 24, 9:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson	61 min
Apr 24, 10:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	44 min
Apr 24, 10:23 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis	27 min
Apr 24, 10:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Marion	56 min
Apr 24, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	64 min
Apr 24, 11:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	38 min
Apr 24, 11:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	62 min
Apr 25, 12:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Washington	65 min
Apr 25, 12:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	21 min
Apr 25, 1:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	66 min
Apr 25, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo	50 min
Apr 25, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Madison	50 min
Apr 25, 1:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	61 min
Apr 25, 2:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Franklin, Jefferson	52 min
Apr 25, 2:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson	47 min
Apr 25, 2:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith	57 min
Apr 25, 2:51 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson, Smith	39 min
Apr 25, 2:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln	47 min
Apr 25, 3:24 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Covington, Jasper, Jones, Simpson, Smith	16 min
Apr 25, 3:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more	58 min
Apr 25, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith	38 min
Apr 25, 4:03 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	27 min
Apr 25, 4:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion	43 min
Apr 25, 4:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper	62 min
Apr 24, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	66 min
Apr 25, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	East Carroll, Richland, West Carroll	65 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.