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Special Weather Statement, NWS Jackson, MS

July 4, 2026Yazoo County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2026, 2:21 PM CDT for Yazoo County, Mississippi. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 4, 2026, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2026, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40

County Yazoo County, MS

The radar

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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 Jul 4, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 1:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 12:29 PM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:40 PM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 1:54 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 4, 2:21 PM 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
Jul 4, 12:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Holmes	61 min
Jul 4, 1:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Holmes, Madison	39 min
Jul 4, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Scott	50 min
Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Hinds	60 min
Jul 4, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	60 min
Jul 4, 3:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Madison	66 min
Jul 4, 3:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Bolivar	37 min
Jul 4, 4:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	60 min
Jul 4, 4:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison, Rankin	67 min
Jul 4, 4:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	58 min
Jul 4, 4:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Claiborne	64 min
Jul 4, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Jefferson Davis, Lawrence	60 min
Jul 4, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Rankin, Simpson	41 min
Jul 4, 4:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	48 min
Jul 4, 5:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Smith	56 min
Jul 4, 5:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Rankin	60 min
Jul 4, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Simpson	26 min
Jul 4, 5:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Marion	67 min
Jul 4, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Newton	64 min
Jul 4, 2:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse	56 min
Jul 4, 3:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse, West Carroll	54 min
Jul 4, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	West Carroll	57 min
Jul 4, 6:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Morehouse, Richland	57 min
Jul 4, 1:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	51 min
Jul 4, 2:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Ashley	64 min
Jul 4, 3:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	Chicot	55 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.