218  
SXUS44 KJAN 282052  
RECJAN  
 
RECREATIONAL FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
352 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
 
MSZ043-049-290900-  
ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR-  
352 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
   
..THE FORECAST FOR THE ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR
 
   
..TORNADO WATCH 173 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
 
 
   
TONIGHT
 
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE  
EVENING. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT. A CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE  
EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING. WATERS A  
MODERATE CHOP, WITH CHOPPIEST WATERS IN THE UPPER RESERVOIR.    
WEDNESDAY
 
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE  
NORTHWEST IN THE AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY  
AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP.    
THURSDAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.  
 

 
 
MSZ030-031-290900-  
COLUMBUS LAKE-  
352 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
   
..THE FORECAST FOR COLUMBUS LAKE
 
   
..TORNADO WATCH 173 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
 
 
   
TONIGHT
 
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY IN THE  
EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY DURING THE NIGHT. A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN  
THE EVENING. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY
 
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTHWEST IN  
THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
THURSDAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.  
 

 
 
MSZ052-290900-  
OKATIBBEE LAKE-  
352 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
   
..THE FORECAST FOR OKATIBBEE LAKE
 
   
..TORNADO WATCH 173 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
 
 
   
TONIGHT
 
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN  
THE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING.  
WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY
 
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
NORTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND A CHANCE  
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS LIKELY AND A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
THURSDAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN  
THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. WATERS A  
LIGHT CHOP.  
 

 
 
MSZ026-290900-  
GRENADA LAKE-  
352 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
   
..THE FORECAST FOR GRENADA LAKE
 
   
..TORNADO WATCH 173 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
 
 
   
TONIGHT
 
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO 20 MPH IN THE  
EVENING. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN SHOWERS  
LIKELY AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME  
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY  
RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY
 
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE  
AFTERNOON. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE DAY. A CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP, DECREASING  
TO WATERS SMOOTH IN THE AFTERNOON.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE  
OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE  
NIGHT. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
THURSDAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.  
 

 
 
ARZ075-LAZ009-016-MSZ018-034-040-047-290900-  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NEARBY LAKES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20-  
352 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
 
...THE FORECAST FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NEARBY LAKES NORTH  
OF INTERSTATE 20...   
..TORNADO WATCH 173 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
 
 
   
TONIGHT
 
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY DURING THE NIGHT. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN  
THE EVENING. WATERS A MODERATE CHOP, WITH CHOPPIEST WATERS IN THE  
NORTH.    
WEDNESDAY
 
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH SHIFTING TO THE NORTH IN THE  
AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.  
WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. GUSTS UP TO  
20 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
THURSDAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS. WATERS A MODERATE CHOP, WITH CHOPPIEST WATERS IN THE  
SOUTH.  
 

 
 
LAZ016-025-026-MSZ047-053-059-060-290900-  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NEARBY LAKES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20-  
352 PM CDT TUE APR 28 2026  
 
...THE FORECAST FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NEARBY LAKES SOUTH  
OF INTERSTATE 20...   
..TORNADO WATCH 173 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING
 
 
   
TONIGHT
 
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE  
NIGHT. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME  
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING. WATERS A MODERATE  
CHOP, WITH CHOPPIEST WATERS IN THE NORTH.    
WEDNESDAY
 
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY AND A  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP.    
THURSDAY
 
NORTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.  
 

 
 
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