NWS Jackson MSSV.W 0404September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Chicot and Washington County, AR and MS
The National Weather Service office in Jackson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Chicot and Washington County in Arkansas, Mississippi, which was in force until 10:45 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 404th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Jackson issued in 2026. Arkansas had 25 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 28 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Arkansas's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 55 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jackson MS
- Area
- Chicot and Washington County
- State
- Arkansas
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 9:50 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 10:45 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJAN SV.W 0404
- 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... Southeastern Chicot County in southeastern Arkansas... Southwestern Washington County in northwestern Mississippi... * Until 1045 PM CDT. * At 950 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles southwest of Avon, or 15 miles west of Hollandale, moving southwest at 5 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. * This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Chicot and southwestern Washington Counties.
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.