NWS Jackson MSSV.W 0402September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Choctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee and 2 more, MS
The National Weather Service office in Jackson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Choctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee and 2 more in Mississippi, which was in force until 10:00 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 402nd severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Jackson issued in 2026. Mississippi had 50 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 14 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Mississippi's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jackson MS
- Area
- Choctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee and 2 more
- State
- Mississippi
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 8:53 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 10:00 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJAN SV.W 0402
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRJAN The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... East central Choctaw County in central Mississippi... Northwestern Noxubee County in east central Mississippi... Southern Oktibbeha County in northeastern Mississippi... Northeastern Winston County in east central Mississippi... Southwestern Lowndes County in northeastern Mississippi... * Until 1000 PM CDT. * At 852 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Longview to near Ackerman, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Severe thunderstorms will be near... Longview and Craig Springs around 900 PM CDT. Betheden around 910 PM CDT. Oktoc around 915 PM CDT. Millcreek around 920 PM CDT.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.