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Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Issued: 4:14 AM Apr. 29, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR EASTERN HOLMES AND ATTALA COUNTIES... At 1113 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Possumneck, or near Durant, moving east at 60 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. This severe storm will be near... Kosciusko, Hesterville, and Mcadams around 1120 PM CDT. Ethel and Smyrna around 1125 PM CDT. Zama around 1130 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 400 AM CDT for central and north central Mississippi. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE; HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN; WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED; MAX WIND GUST...70 MPH
Tornado Watch
Issued: 2:42 AM Apr. 29, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 179 UNTIL 4 AM CDT WEDNESDAY WHICH REPLACES A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH 173. THE NEW WATCH IS VALID FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN LOUISIANA THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 1 PARISH IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA EAST CARROLL IN MISSISSIPPI THE NEW WATCH INCLUDES 30 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ATTALA CHOCTAW HINDS HOLMES HUMPHREYS LEAKE MADISON RANKIN SCOTT YAZOO IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI KEMPER LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON NOXUBEE WINSTON IN NORTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CARROLL GRENADA LEFLORE MONTGOMERY WEBSTER IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI CLAY LOWNDES OKTIBBEHA IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI BOLIVAR SUNFLOWER WASHINGTON IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI ISSAQUENA SHARKEY WARREN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, ANGUILLA, BELZONI, BRANDON, BROOKSVILLE, CANTON, CARROLLTON, CARTHAGE, CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, DE KALB, DECATUR, DURANT, EUPORA, FOREST, GOODMAN, GREENVILLE, GREENWOOD, GRENADA, INDIANOLA, ISOLA, JACKSON, KOSCIUSKO, LAKE PROVIDENCE, LEXINGTON, LOUISVILLE, MACON, MADISON, MATHISTON, MAYERSVILLE, MERIDIAN, MORTON, NEWTON, NORTH CARROLLTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PICKENS, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND, ROLLING FORK, RULEVILLE, SCOOBA, STARKVILLE, TCHULA, UNION, VAIDEN, VICKSBURG, WEIR, WEST POINT, WINONA, AND YAZOO CITY.
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