NWS Jackson MSSV.W 0398September 21, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Forrest, Lamar and Marion, MS
The National Weather Service office in Jackson issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Forrest, Lamar and Marion in Mississippi, which was in force until 7:00 p.m. local time on September 21. It was the 398th 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 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
- Forrest, Lamar and Marion
- State
- Mississippi
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 6:05 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- Expires
- 7:00 p.m. CDT, September 21, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KJAN SV.W 0398
- 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 Marion County in south central Mississippi... Northwestern Forrest County in southeastern Mississippi... Lamar County in southeastern Mississippi... * Until 700 PM CDT. * At 605 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Oak Grove, or near West Hattiesburg, moving southwest at 25 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... Hattiesburg, Purvis, and Pine Ridge around 610 PM CDT. Baxterville around 625 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.