Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Rankin, MS; Simpson, MS
Last updated · source: NOAA / National Weather Service
This event is no longer active — it's kept here as a record. Recovery may still be underway; the guidance below applies.
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 4 at 4:53PM CDT until July 4 at 6:00PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
This is a severe-significance severe thunderstorm warning event affecting Rankin, MS; Simpson, MS, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning
- Area
- Rankin, MS; Simpson, MS
- Began
- 2026-07-04 21:53 UTC
- Expected end
- 2026-07-04 23:00 UTC
Possible damage: stormwater
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Affected areas & guides
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Rankin, MS
Simpson, MS
Affected area map
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- Storm report NWS JAN storm report
FLASH FLOOD — 2 W Meridian, MS
At least two reports of vehicles stranded in standing water, including along College Dr and 14th St.
- Storm report NWS JAN storm report
TSTM WND DMG — 4 NNE Tucker, MS
Per social media post, trees were blown down across Highway 16.
- Storm report NWS JAN storm report
TSTM WND DMG — 2 SSE Pearl, MS
A utility pole was broken near Tullos St.
- Storm report NWS JAN storm report
TSTM WND DMG — 2 N Tougaloo, MS
Report of downed/ lightning destroyed tree.
- Storm report NWS JAN storm report
LIGHTNING — 2 N Tougaloo, MS
Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 2 N Tougaloo. Report of downed/ lightning destroyed tree.
Updates are captured automatically from official and news sources, and may lag the live source. For the very latest, see NOAA / National Weather Service ↗.