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…