NWS Jackson MSSV.W 0388September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Covington and Jefferson Davis, MS
The National Weather Service office in Jackson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Covington and Jefferson Davis in Mississippi, which was in force until 5:45 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 388th 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 59 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Jackson MS
- Area
- Covington and Jefferson Davis
- State
- Mississippi
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:46 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 5:45 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJAN SV.W 0388
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi since 2008Every warning type in Mississippi
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The notice as issued
SVRJAN The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Northwestern Covington County in southeastern Mississippi... Jefferson Davis County in south central Mississippi... * Until 545 PM CDT. * At 446 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Carson, or near Prentiss, moving southwest 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. * This severe thunderstorm will be near... Prentiss, Bassfield, Carson, and Progress around 450 PM CDT. Society Hill around 510 PM CDT.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi since 2008714 a year
- Every warning type in Mississippi
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels