215  
SXUS44 KJAN 250045  
RECJAN  
 
RECREATIONAL FORECAST  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026  
 
MSZ043-049-250900-  
ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR-  
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026  
   
..THE FORECAST FOR THE ROSS BARNETT RESERVOIR  
 
   
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTH  
AFTER MIDNIGHT. 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 MODERATE CHOP, WITH CHOPPIEST WATERS IN THE WEST, BECOMING A  
MODERATE CHOP, WITH CHOPPIEST WATERS IN THE UPPER RESERVOIR AFTER  
MIDNIGHT.    
SATURDAY  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH SHIFTING TO THE WEST  
AROUND 5 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE MORNING. A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN  
THE AFTERNOON. WATERS A MODERATE CHOP, WITH CHOPPIEST WATERS IN  
THE EAST, DECREASING TO WATERS SMOOTH IN THE AFTERNOON.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING, THEN A CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS SMOOTH.    
SUNDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE DAY.  
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WATERS SMOOTH.  
 
 
 
MSZ030-031-250900-  
COLUMBUS LAKE-  
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026  
   
..THE FORECAST FOR COLUMBUS LAKE  
 
   
TONIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE  
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY DURING THE NIGHT. SHOWERS AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING.  
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING. WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP.    
SATURDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY. SHOWERS LIKELY IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS. WATERS SMOOTH.    
SUNDAY  
NORTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH SHIFTING TO THE SOUTHEAST  
IN THE AFTERNOON. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, THEN  
A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WATERS SMOOTH.  
 
 
 
MSZ052-250900-  
OKATIBBEE LAKE-  
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026  
   
..THE FORECAST FOR OKATIBBEE LAKE  
 
   
TONIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING. SHOWERS LIKELY DURING THE NIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS  
LIKELY AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE  
EVENING. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING. WATERS A  
LIGHT CHOP.    
SATURDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SHOWERS WITH THUNDERSTORMS  
LIKELY IN THE MORNING, THEN A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
IN THE AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
NORTH WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS IN THE EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING  
THE NIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS SMOOTH.    
SUNDAY  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE DAY.  
A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WATERS SMOOTH.  
 
 
 
MSZ026-250900-  
GRENADA LAKE-  
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026  
   
..THE FORECAST FOR GRENADA LAKE  
 
   
TONIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. SHOWERS IN THE EVENING.  
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY DURING THE NIGHT. SHOWERS LIKELY AFTER  
MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING.  
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE IN THE EVENING. WATERS A LIGHT  
CHOP.    
SATURDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 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.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
LIGHT WINDS. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE  
EVENING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE NIGHT. A  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS SMOOTH.    
SUNDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND A  
SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS. WATERS SMOOTH.  
 
 
 
ARZ075-LAZ009-016-MSZ018-034-040-047-250900-  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NEARBY LAKES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20-  
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026  
 
...THE FORECAST FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NEARBY LAKES NORTH  
OF INTERSTATE 20...   
..EXTREME CAUTION IS ADVISED TONIGHT  
 
   
TONIGHT  
BREEZY. SOUTHEAST WINDS 20 TO 25 MPH BECOMING SOUTH  
5 TO 10 MPH AFTER MIDNIGHT. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS  
DURING THE NIGHT. PATCHY FOG AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS  
MAY BE SEVERE IN THE EVENING. WATERS ROUGH, WITH ROUGHEST WATERS  
IN THE WEST, BECOMING A LIGHT CHOP AFTER MIDNIGHT.    
SATURDAY  
WEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. PATCHY FOG IN THE MORNING. A  
CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
THUNDERSTORMS DURING THE DAY. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS IN THE  
AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
EAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF  
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS SMOOTH.    
SUNDAY  
SOUTHEAST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 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.  
 
 
 
LAZ016-025-026-MSZ047-053-059-060-250900-  
MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NEARBY LAKES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 20-  
744 PM CDT FRI APR 24 2026  
 
...THE FORECAST FOR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND NEARBY LAKES SOUTH  
OF INTERSTATE 20...  
   
TONIGHT  
SOUTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN  
THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS DURING THE NIGHT. A SLIGHT  
CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE  
SEVERE. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE SEVERE. WATERS A MODERATE CHOP,  
WITH CHOPPIEST WATERS IN THE NORTH.    
SATURDAY  
SOUTHWEST WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING. A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND  
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON. WATERS A LIGHT CHOP.    
SATURDAY NIGHT  
SOUTHEAST WINDS AROUND 5 MPH. A SLIGHT CHANCE  
OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EVENING. A CHANCE OF SHOWERS  
AND THUNDERSTORMS AFTER MIDNIGHT. WATERS SMOOTH.    
SUNDAY  
SOUTH WINDS 5 TO 10 MPH. 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.  
 
 
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