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

NWS MOB · ETN 25 · National Weather Service warning
Radar-indicated position & projected track

Event Summary

The National Weather Service office MOB issued a tornado warning at 12:55 UTC on Jun 18, 2026. The warning was in effect for 50 minutes, ending at Jun 18, 2026 13:45 UTC. At the last radar check, the storm was located near 30.78, -89.17, moving north-northeast at about 24 mph.

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Counties Affected

Storm Reports

TimeLocationCounty / StateEFRemarks
8 NE Kiln Hancock, MS EF1° NWS ground survey confirmed an EF-1 touched down near Standard Dedeaux Rd and moved northeast into Harrison County. It lifted near MS Hwy 53. (LIX)
4 SE Wiggins Stone, MS Unrated The tornado first touched down just northwest of the intersection of King Bee Rd and Ten Mile Church Rd. The tornado uprooted trees at a residence at Spiers Rd and King (MOB)
1 SW Whites Crossing Stone, MS Unrated Stone County EM reports trees down at Hwy. 25 east of Wiggins. Collocated with TDS on radar. (MOB)
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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