Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 20 at 9:38PM CDT until August 21 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
August 20, 2026 - 7:38pm
Expires:
August 20, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 606, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM
CDT THIS EVENING, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 20 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ATTALA CHOCTAW HINDS
HOLMES LEAKE MADISON
RANKIN SCOTT YAZOO
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
KEMPER NESHOBA NOXUBEE
WINSTON
IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CARROLL GRENADA MONTGOMERY
WEBSTER
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, BRANDON, BROOKSVILLE,
CANTON, CARROLLTON, CARTHAGE, COLUMBUS, DE KALB, DURANT, EUPORA,
FOREST, GOODMAN, GRENADA, JACKSON, KOSCIUSKO, LEXINGTON,
LOUISVILLE, MACON, MADISON, MATHISTON, MORTON, NORTH CARROLLTON,
PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PICKENS, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND,
SCOOBA, STARKVILLE, TCHULA, VAIDEN, WEIR, WEST POINT, WINONA,
AND YAZOO CITY.
Area Description:
Attala, MS; Carroll, MS; Choctaw, MS; Clay, MS; Grenada, MS; Hinds, MS; Holmes, MS; Kemper, MS; Leake, MS; Lowndes, MS; Madison, MS; Montgomery, MS; Neshoba, MS; Noxubee, MS; Oktibbeha, MS; Rankin, MS; Scott, MS; Webster, MS; Winston, MS; Yazoo, MS
Forcast Office:
NWS Jackson MS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov