Headline:
Tornado Watch issued May 6 at 9:42PM CDT until May 6 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Event:
Tornado Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
May 6, 2026 - 7:42pm
Expires:
May 6, 2026 - 9:00pm
Description:
TORNADO WATCH 186 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 25 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH HINDS LEAKE
MADISON RANKIN SCOTT
SIMPSON SMITH
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLARKE JASPER KEMPER
LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN
MARION
IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
COVINGTON FORREST JONES
LAMAR
IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI
ADAMS FRANKLIN JEFFERSON
THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BRANDON,
BROOKHAVEN, BUDE, CANTON, CARTHAGE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CONEHATTA,
CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB, DECATUR, FAYETTE, FOREST, HATTIESBURG,
HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, JACKSON, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, MADISON,
MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON,
MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ, NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER,
PHILADELPHIA, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RICHLAND,
RIDGELAND, ROXIE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE,
UNION, WESSON, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
Area Description:
Adams, MS; Clarke, MS; Copiah, MS; Covington, MS; Forrest, MS; Franklin, MS; Hinds, MS; Jasper, MS; Jefferson, MS; Jefferson Davis, MS; Jones, MS; Kemper, MS; Lamar, MS; Lauderdale, MS; Lawrence, MS; Leake, MS; Lincoln, MS; Madison, MS; Marion, MS; Neshoba, MS; Newton, MS; Rankin, MS; Scott, MS; Simpson, MS; Smith, MS
Forcast Office:
NWS Jackson MS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov