Headline:
Tornado Watch issued April 28 at 1:54PM CDT until April 28 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Event:
Tornado Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
April 28, 2026 - 11:54am
Expires:
April 28, 2026 - 8:00pm
Description:
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 173 IN
EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN LOUISIANA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 PARISHES
IN NORTHEAST LOUISIANA
MADISON RICHLAND
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 36 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ATTALA CHOCTAW COPIAH
HINDS HOLMES HUMPHREYS
LEAKE MADISON RANKIN
SCOTT SIMPSON SMITH
YAZOO
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLARKE JASPER 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 SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
CLAIBORNE
IN WEST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
ISSAQUENA SHARKEY WARREN
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ACKERMAN, ANGUILLA, BAY SPRINGS,
BELZONI, BRANDON, BROOKSVILLE, CANTON, CARROLLTON, CARTHAGE,
CLEVELAND, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB,
DECATUR, DELHI, DURANT, EUPORA, FOREST, GOODMAN, GREENVILLE,
GREENWOOD, GRENADA, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, INDIANOLA, ISOLA,
JACKSON, KOSCIUSKO, LEXINGTON, LOUISVILLE, MACON, MADISON, MAGEE,
MATHISTON, MAYERSVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MORTON, NEWTON,
NORTH CARROLLTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA, PICKENS,
PORT GIBSON, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RAYVILLE, RICHLAND, RIDGELAND,
ROLLING FORK, RULEVILLE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STARKVILLE, STONEWALL,
TALLULAH, TAYLORSVILLE, TCHULA, UNION, VAIDEN, VICKSBURG, WEIR,
WESSON, WEST POINT, WINONA, AND YAZOO CITY.
Area Description:
Madison, LA; Richland, LA; Attala, MS; Bolivar, MS; Carroll, MS; Choctaw, MS; Claiborne, MS; Clarke, MS; Clay, MS; Copiah, MS; Grenada, MS; Hinds, MS; Holmes, MS; Humphreys, MS; Issaquena, MS; Jasper, MS; Kemper, MS; Lauderdale, MS; Leake, MS; Leflore, MS; Lowndes, MS; Madison, MS; Montgomery, MS; Neshoba, MS; Newton, MS; Noxubee, MS; Oktibbeha, MS; Rankin, MS; Scott, MS; Sharkey, MS; Simpson, MS; Smith, MS; Sunflower, MS; Warren, MS; Washington, MS; Webster, MS; Winston, MS; Yazoo, MS
Forcast Office:
NWS Jackson MS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov