Tornado Watch Mississippi | Effective 03/11/2026 17:34

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued March 11 at 7:34PM CDT until March 12 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
March 11, 2026 - 5:34pm
Expires: 
March 12, 2026 - 12:00am
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 48 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 2 AM CDT THURSDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 16 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI SIMPSON SMITH IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI CLARKE JASPER KEMPER LAUDERDALE NEWTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI JEFFERSON DAVIS LAWRENCE LINCOLN MARION IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI COVINGTON FORREST JONES LAMAR IN SOUTHWEST MISSISSIPPI FRANKLIN THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BROOKHAVEN, BUDE, COLLINS, COLUMBIA, CONEHATTA, DE KALB, DECATUR, HATTIESBURG, HEIDELBERG, LAUREL, LUMBERTON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE, MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MOUNT OLIVE, NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, ROXIE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE, UNION, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
Area Description: 
Clarke, MS; Covington, MS; Forrest, MS; Franklin, MS; Jasper, MS; Jefferson Davis, MS; Jones, MS; Kemper, MS; Lamar, MS; Lauderdale, MS; Lawrence, MS; Lincoln, MS; Marion, MS; Newton, MS; Simpson, MS; Smith, MS
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson MS
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov