Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster Counties MS

Source: NOAA · Central Mississippi

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NOAA issued it on August 20, 2026, 3 days ago. Warnings of this kind stay in effect for hours to a few days, so this page is a historical record of what was issued, not a current warning. For conditions where you are right now, check weather.gov (US), weather.gc.ca (Canada), the Met Office (UK), or the Bureau of Meteorology (Australia).

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NWS Jackson MS issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for northern Choctaw, western Oktibbeha, Webster, and western Clay counties until 4:30 PM CDT August 20.

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Record type
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Affected area
Central Mississippi
Issued
August 20, 2026
Issuing authority
NWS Jackson MS

Storm notices can cover different combinations of wind, hail, lightning, and rainfall. Use the original notice for the hazards and boundaries attached to this specific record.

Record status: historical. It was issued 3 days ago; use the issuing agency's live warning service for current conditions in Central Mississippi.

Alert Details

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued by NWS Jackson MS. Effective from 2026-08-20T15:26:00-05:00 until 2026-08-20T16:30:00-05:00. Alert type code: SVW.

Affected Areas

Northern Choctaw County, Western Oktibbeha County, Webster County, and Western Clay County in Mississippi. Locations impacted include Eupora, Maben, Mathiston, Longview, Sturgis, Mantee, Pheba, Walthall, Cumberland, Sherwood, Clarkson, Bellefontaine, Reform, Embry, and Montpelier.

What You Should Do

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Expected Conditions

At 3:25 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Clarkson, or 12 miles northeast of Eupora, moving east at 15 mph. Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail (1.00 inch). Radar indicated.

Timeline

Alert effective August 20 at 3:26 PM CDT until August 20 at 4:30 PM CDT.

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NWS Jackson MS issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning for northern Choctaw, western Oktibbeha, Webster, and western Clay counties until 4:30 PM CDT August 20.
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This alert was issued by NOAA. The original notice is available at the source link at the bottom of this article.
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