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Tornado Warning — Warned Area, MS — Jun 18, 2026

NWS LIX · ETN 83 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office LIX issued a tornado warning at 13:16 UTC on Jun 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 24 minutes, ending at Jun 18, 2026 13:40 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 30.57, -89.28, moving north-northeast at about 32 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
4 NE Whites Crossing Stone, MS EF1° After reviewing available Sentinel 2 satellite imagery... it was determined a brief EF1 tornado occurred northeast of Whites Crossing... shortly after the first EF1 tor (MOB)
1 W Wlox Tv Station Tow Stone, MS EF1° A brief EF1 tornado occurred in the McHenry area... beginning just southwest of Beech Road... tracking northeast across Beech Road and Hall Road. On the tornadoes short (MOB)

Preliminary local storm reports (SPC) within the warned area window — subject to revision after NWS surveys. ° = rating parsed from the NWS damage-survey text quoted in the SPC report narrative (derived, not an official F-scale entry).

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