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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

June 20, 2026Madison County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2026, 8:21 AM CDT for Madison County, Mississippi. It was in force for 39 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2026, 8:21 AM CDT (13:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2026, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Madison County, MS

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 6:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 6:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:23 AM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
423 AM CDT Sat Jun 20 2026

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-201015-
Chicot AR-Ashley AR-Richland LA-Morehouse LA-East Carroll LA-
West Carroll LA-
423 AM CDT Sat Jun 20 2026

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN CHICOT AND ASHLEY
COUNTIES...MOREHOUSE...SOUTHWESTERN EAST CARROLL...NORTHERN RICHLAND
AND WEST CARROLL PARISHES THROUGH 515 AM CDT...

At 421 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of slow moving
thunderstorms with heavy rainfall along a line extending from
Crossett to near Oak Ridge. Movement was northeast at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Torrential rainfall is occurring with these storms and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3321 9211 3321 9208 3323 9209 3331 9198
      3340 9196 3339 9161 3291 9131 3258 9138
      3247 9187 3251 9191 3266 9191 3271 9197
      3271 9204 3270 9205 3284 9206 3287 9208
      3301 9207 3308 9214 3315 9211 3319 9214
TIME...MOT...LOC 0921Z 221DEG 23KT 3315 9199 3264 9169

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 6:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 7:33 AM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:13 AM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 8:21 AM CDT, 0 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
Jun 19, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston	59 min
Jun 19, 8:02 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Forrest	3 hr
Jun 19, 8:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Forrest, Lamar	54 min
Jun 19, 9:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	39 min
Jun 19, 9:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Lamar	2 hr
Jun 19, 11:15 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Covington, Forrest	11 hr
Jun 19, 11:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	40 min
Jun 20, 3:29 AM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	Adams, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah and 24 more	11 hr
Jun 20, 7:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Warren	42 min
Jun 20, 8:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	47 min
Jun 20, 11:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jones	39 min
Jun 20, 1:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Copiah, Simpson	8 days
Jun 20, 1:06 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	JAN	Lawrence	9 days
Jun 20, 4:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	52 min
Jun 20, 6:07 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Franklin, Morehouse, Richland, West Carroll	4 hr
Jun 20, 6:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Richland	50 min
Jun 20, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	East Carroll, Franklin, Madison, Richland	46 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.