531  
WUUS54 KJAN 182048  
SVRJAN  
MSC031-035-067-182130-  
/O.NEW.KJAN.SV.W.0269.260818T2048Z-260818T2130Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS  
348 PM CDT TUE AUG 18 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN JACKSON HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
NORTHWESTERN FORREST COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...  
SOUTHEASTERN COVINGTON COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...  
SOUTHWESTERN JONES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MISSISSIPPI...  
 
* UNTIL 430 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 348 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SANFORD, OR  
11 MILES NORTH OF WEST HATTIESBURG, AND IS NEARLY STATIONARY.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE  
TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
HATTIESBURG, RAWLS SPRINGS, MOSELLE, EASTABUCHIE, AND SANFORD.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 3143 8945 3144 8948 3155 8949 3159 8924  
3140 8920 3137 8945  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 168DEG 2KT 3148 8936  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
SAS  
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