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Tornado Warning 23, NWS Jackson, MS

April 24, 2026Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi

NWS Jackson, MS issued this tornado warning at Apr 24, 2026, 10:23 PM CDT for Covington County, Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi. It was in force for 27 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 24, 2026, 10:23 PM CDT (03:23 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 2026, 10:50 PM CDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Jackson, MS
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Radar indicated
Hail: 1.75 in

Counties Covington County, MS, Jefferson Davis County, MS

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 24, 10:23 PM CDT	TORNADO	3 Ese Progress, MS	This EF1 tornado began near the eastern end of Mapp Turner Rd and tracked across Lily Rose Rd, downing large tree limbs. It crossed MS Hwy 13 near the intersection with Greens Creek Rd, uprooting trees and damage siding at a home along Clay Lee Johnson Dr. The

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

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this tornado warning; the first came 0 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 137 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 104 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.9
Supercell composite: 5.9

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The text

As transmitted.

662 
WFUS54 KJAN 250323
TORJAN
MSC031-065-250415-
/O.NEW.KJAN.TO.W.0023.260425T0323Z-260425T0415Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Tornado Warning
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1023 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a

* Tornado Warning for...
  Southwestern Covington County in southeastern Mississippi...
  Southern Jefferson Davis County in south central Mississippi...

* Until 1115 PM CDT.

* At 1023 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a
  tornado was located near Progress, or near Prentiss, moving east at
  30 mph.

  HAZARD...Tornado and golf ball size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated rotation.

  IMPACT...Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without 
           shelter. Mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. 
           Damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur.  Tree 
           damage is likely.

* This dangerous storm will be near...
  Bassfield and Carson around 1030 PM CDT.
  Melba around 1035 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TAKE COVER NOW! Move to a basement or an interior room on the lowest
floor of a sturdy building. Avoid windows. If you are outdoors, in a
mobile home, or in a vehicle, move to the closest substantial shelter
and protect yourself from flying debris.

&&

LAT...LON 3149 8996 3161 8992 3156 8951 3143 8951
      3143 8961 3144 8982 3143 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0323Z 285DEG 26KT 3151 8987 

TORNADO...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN

$$

KP

1 follow-up statement

796 
WWUS54 KJAN 250350
SVSJAN

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1050 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

MSC031-065-250359-
/O.CAN.KJAN.TO.W.0023.000000T0000Z-260425T0415Z/
Covington MS-Jefferson Davis MS-
1050 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...THE TORNADO WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN COVINGTON AND SOUTHERN
JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

The tornado threat has diminished and the Tornado Warning has been
cancelled. However, large hail and damaging winds remain likely and a
Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3149 8996 3161 8992 3156 8951 3143 8951
      3143 8961 3144 8982 3143 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0349Z 285DEG 26KT 3146 8965 

$$

KP

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning 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 tornado warning went out at Apr 24, 6:56 PM CDT, 3 hours 27 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, 3 hours 27 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

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:29 PM CDT, 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
929 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

MSZ053-054-059-250330-
Jefferson MS-Copiah MS-Claiborne MS-
929 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CLAIBORNE...EASTERN
JEFFERSON AND SOUTHWESTERN COPIAH COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...

At 929 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Peyton, or 16 miles southeast of Port Gibson, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Allen and Barlow around 935 PM CDT.
  Glancy around 950 PM CDT.
  Hazlehurst and Martinsville around 1005 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3178 9087 3194 9083 3188 9035 3173 9041
      3170 9046 3170 9062
TIME...MOT...LOC 0229Z 286DEG 19KT 3184 9074

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SAS

Local storm report, Apr 24, 9:35 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
935 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0827 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     1 SSE Russell           32.38N 88.59W
04/24/2026                   Lauderdale         MS   Public

            A tree was downed on Harper Rd.

&&

DL

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:44 PM CDT, 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
944 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

MSZ058-250315-
Clarke MS-
944 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN CLARKE COUNTY THROUGH
1015 PM CDT...

At 944 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Goodwater, or 14 miles southwest of Quitman, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Shubuta around 950 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3190 8847 3189 8848 3186 8862 3184 8875
      3183 8891 3197 8891 3201 8846
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 275DEG 34KT 3186 8883

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KP

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:46 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
946 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

MSZ055-056-063>066-250330-
Smith MS-Jones MS-Lawrence MS-Jefferson Davis MS-Covington MS-
Simpson MS-
946 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN SIMPSON...
SOUTHEASTERN SMITH...COVINGTON...NORTHEASTERN LAWRENCE...WESTERN
JONES AND JEFFERSON DAVIS COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...

At 946 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Prentiss, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Prentiss, Lone Star, and Clem around 950 PM CDT.
  Carson around 955 PM CDT.
  Collins and Mount Olive around 1005 PM CDT.
  Seminary around 1010 PM CDT.
  Hebron around 1025 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3158 9015 3185 8996 3187 8932 3144 8939
      3143 8983
TIME...MOT...LOC 0246Z 275DEG 34KT 3166 8988

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

KP

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 9:59 PM CDT, 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Jackson MS
959 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

MSZ059-061-250400-
Jefferson MS-Franklin MS-
959 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL FRANKLIN AND
SOUTHEASTERN JEFFERSON COUNTIES THROUGH 1100 PM CDT...

At 959 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Fayette, moving east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Union Church around 1030 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3169 9114 3179 9113 3174 9074 3155 9082
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 274DEG 15KT 3171 9107

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

SAS

Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:18 PM CDT, 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Jackson MS
1018 PM CDT Fri Apr 24 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0832 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 NNE Vimville          32.37N 88.55W
04/24/2026                   Lauderdale         MS   Broadcast Media

            Tree downed on MS Hwy 496 near Dees Rd.

&&

DL

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, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke, Jasper, Smith	70 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, 10:49 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

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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.