Skip to content

Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Status

New Event Active alert

Start Time

Thu 08/20/2026 11:38 PM EDT

End Time

Fri 08/21/2026 01:00 AM EDT

Significance

Warning

Storm Location

7 mi NE of Kearney Park, MS

Storm Motion

Moving S at 16 mph

Impacts

High impact

Hail threatradar indicated
Max hail size1.00 in
Wind threatradar indicated
Max wind gust60 mph

Locations Affected

Jackson Hawkins Field, MS ∙ Brownsville, MS ∙ Way, MS ∙ Pocahontas, MS ∙ Bolton, MS ∙ Kearney Park, MS ∙ Flora, MS ∙ Bentonia, MS ∙ Clinton, MS ∙ Anding, MS

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Jackson MS 1038 PM CDT Thu Aug 20 2026 The National Weather Service in Jackson has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Yazoo County in central Mississippi... Central Hinds County in central Mississippi... Western Madison County in central Mississippi... * Until midnight CDT. * At 1037 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Annandale, or 8 miles northwest of Gluckstadt, moving south at 15 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. * Locations impacted include... Jackson, Clinton, Flora, Edwards, Bolton, Bentonia, Myrleville, Pocahontas, Annandale, Brownsville, Way, and Little Yazoo. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3238 9063 3245 9059 3248 9061 3250 9058 3251 9055 3253 9055 3253 9057 3272 9043 3278 9001 3221 9026 3234 9063 3237 9064 TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 002DEG 14KT 3261 9020 HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH