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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS New Orleans, LA

April 26, 2026Amite County, Pike County, Walthall County, Mississippi

NWS New Orleans, LA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 2026, 6:45 AM CDT for Amite County, Pike County, Walthall County, 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 26, 2026, 6:45 AM CDT (11:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2026, 7:49 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS New Orleans, LA
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Amite County, MS, Pike County, MS, Walthall County, MS

The radar

The Hammond radar (KHDC), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

NWS New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Apr 25, 2:15 PM CDT, 16 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 2:15 PM CDT, 16 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS New Orleans, LA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 7:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Helena, Tangipahoa, Washington47 min
Apr 26, 7:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXEast Feliciana45 min
Apr 26, 8:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXTangipahoa, Washington36 min
Apr 26, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningLIXSaint Tammany, Tangipahoa, Washington15 min
Apr 26, 8:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Tammany42 min
Apr 26, 8:55 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX79 min
Apr 26, 9:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXOrleans53 min
Apr 26, 9:30 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX90 min
Apr 26, 10:14 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXSaint Bernard61 min
Apr 26, 10:41 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX79 min
Apr 26, 10:57 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX63 min
Apr 26, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX61 min
Apr 26, 12:09 PM CDTSpecial Marine WarningLIX51 min
Apr 26, 6:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXAmite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson60 min
Apr 26, 9:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock, Harrison32 min
Apr 26, 9:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementLIXHancock, Harrison, Jackson31 min

Nearby

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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.