Active Weather Alerts
Special Weather Statement
Issued: 12:08 AM Jul. 2, 2026 – National Weather Service
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN LAFAYETTE... NORTHWESTERN YALOBUSHA...COAHOMA...SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHERN TUNICA...SOUTHERN TATE...TALLAHATCHIE...QUITMAN AND PANOLA COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CDT... At 707 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Paynes, or near Charleston, moving west at 10 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Clarksdale, Senatobia, Batesville, Charleston, George Payne State Park, John W Kyle State Park, Tutwiler, Marks, Sardis, Lambert, Jonestown, Como, Crenshaw, Crowder, Webb, Sledge, Sumner, Pope, Belen, and Paynes. This includes Interstate 55 in Mississippi between mile markers 228 and 265. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern Mississippi. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN; MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 8:09 PM Jul. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 431 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN NORTH MISSISSIPPI ALCORN BENTON CALHOUN CHICKASAW COAHOMA DESOTO ITAWAMBA LAFAYETTE LEE MARSHALL MONROE PANOLA PONTOTOC PRENTISS QUITMAN TALLAHATCHIE TATE TIPPAH TISHOMINGO TUNICA UNION YALOBUSHA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ABERDEEN, AMORY, ASHLAND, BATESVILLE, BOONEVILLE, BRUCE, CALHOUN CITY, CHARLESTON, CLARKSDALE, COFFEEVILLE, CORINTH, FULTON, HOLLY SPRINGS, HOUSTON, IUKA, MARKS, NEW ALBANY, OKOLONA, OLIVE BRANCH, OXFORD, PONTOTOC, RIPLEY MS, SENATOBIA, SOUTHAVEN, TUNICA, TUPELO, AND WATER VALLEY.
Heat Advisory
Issued: 5:48 PM Jul. 1, 2026 – National Weather Service
...HEAT ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT SATURDAY... * WHAT...Heat index values up to 110 expected. * WHERE...Alcorn, Benton MS, Marshall, Panola, Prentiss, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, and Tishomingo Counties. * WHEN...Until 8 PM CDT Saturday. * IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity may cause heat illnesses. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives and neighbors. &&
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