Headline:
Tornado Watch issued March 15 at 10:59PM CDT until March 16 at 4:00AM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Event:
Tornado Watch
Urgency:
Future
Effective:
March 15, 2026 - 8:59pm
Expires:
March 16, 2026 - 2:00am
Description:
TORNADO WATCH 60 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 4 AM CDT MONDAY FOR THE
FOLLOWING AREAS
IN MISSISSIPPI THIS WATCH INCLUDES 30 COUNTIES
IN CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
COPIAH HINDS LEAKE
MADISON RANKIN SCOTT
SIMPSON SMITH
IN EAST CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI
CLARKE JASPER KEMPER
LAUDERDALE NESHOBA NEWTON
NOXUBEE WINSTON
IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI
LOWNDES
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 BASSFIELD, BAY SPRINGS, BRANDON,
BROOKHAVEN, BROOKSVILLE, BUDE, CANTON, CARTHAGE, COLLINS,
COLUMBIA, COLUMBUS, CONEHATTA, CRYSTAL SPRINGS, DE KALB, DECATUR,
FAYETTE, FOREST, HATTIESBURG, HAZLEHURST, HEIDELBERG, JACKSON,
LAUREL, LOUISVILLE, LUMBERTON, MACON, MADISON, MAGEE, MEADVILLE,
MENDENHALL, MERIDIAN, MONTICELLO, MORTON, MOUNT OLIVE, NATCHEZ,
NEW HEBRON, NEWTON, PEARL, PEARL RIVER, PHILADELPHIA,
PORT GIBSON, PRENTISS, PURVIS, QUITMAN, RALEIGH, RICHLAND,
RIDGELAND, ROXIE, SCOOBA, SHUBUTA, STONEWALL, TAYLORSVILLE,
UNION, VICKSBURG, WESSON, AND WEST HATTIESBURG.
Area Description:
Adams, MS; Claiborne, 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; Lowndes, MS; Madison, MS; Marion, MS; Neshoba, MS; Newton, MS; Noxubee, MS; Rankin, MS; Scott, MS; Simpson, MS; Smith, MS; Warren, MS; Winston, MS
Forcast Office:
NWS Jackson MS
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov