First Alert Weather Day: Severe Storm Threat Builds This Saturday

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) -Saturday is a First Alert Weather Day as a stronger system brings widespread showers and thunderstorms from the afternoon into the night. Some storms could become severe, with damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph and isolated quarter-size hail possible. Heavy downpours may occur, but widespread flooding is not expected.

Timing:

  • Storms begin to increase: 2–5 PM
  • Strongest storms likely: 5 PM–midnight

Impacts:

  • Damaging wind gusts up to 60 mph
  • Isolated hail up to quarter size
  • Locally heavy rain and downpours
  • Frequent lightning with stronger storms

Today remains warm and humid with a few afternoon and evening pop-up storms, some producing brief gusty winds…

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