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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 11:16 PM May. 6, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN RANKIN... NORTHWESTERN SIMPSON...SOUTH CENTRAL HINDS AND NORTHEASTERN COPIAH COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT... At 615 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Crystal Springs, moving east at 50 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny 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... Crystal Springs, Florence, Hazlehurst, Terry, Braxton, Star, Gallman, Hopewell, Whites, Monterey, Harrisville, and Piney Woods. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for central Mississippi. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Tornado Watch
Issued: 7:17 PM May. 6, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 186 IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 5 PARISHES IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA CATAHOULA CONCORDIA FRANKLIN MADISON TENSAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 35 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA CHOCTAW COPIAH HINDS LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH YAZOO IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI ADAMS CLAIBORNE FRANKLIN JEFFERSON IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI WARREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BRANDON, BROOKHAVEN, BROOKSVILLE, BUDE, CANTON, CARTHAGE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB, DECATUR, FAYETTE, FERRIDAY, FOREST, HARRISONBURG, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, JACKSON, JONESVILLE, KOSCIUSKO, LAUREL, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MADISON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON, MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, NEWELLTON, NEWTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND, ROXIE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, ST. JOSEPH, STARKVILLE, STONEWALL, TALLULAH, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, VICKSBURG, VIDALIA, WATERPROOF, WEIR, WESSON, WEST FERRIDAY, WEST HATTIESBURG, WEST POINT, WINNSBORO, AND YAZOO CITY.
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