City of Moss Point provides update on tornado
The City of Moss Point held a press conference to update everyone on the tornado aftermath. Mayor Billy Knight was joined by MEMA, emergency services, and Lt. Governor…
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MEMA updates damage numbers in Moss Point
MEMA has updated damage numbers in Jackson County as a result of the EF-2 tornado that ripped through Moss Point on Monday afternoon. MEMA says that local officials are reporting that 300 homes and 80 businesses were damaged in the…
6/21 - The Chief's "First Day of Summer" Wednesday Morning Forecast
There is a disturbance in the pattern located in our area this morning. This disturbance will move SW just a bit and should be located…
Flash flood warning issued in South Mississippi
The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for areas in South Mississippi. The advisory, which is until 5 p.m., includes east central Harrison County and southwestern Jackson County. Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the…
Hail in Gulfport near Jones Park
This is a picture sent in by Vanezza Smith of Gulfport. This video was taken near Jones Park and Highway 90. It may sound like rain, but Vanezza found a…
Tornado touches down in Moss Point
A tornado touched down in downtown Moss Point this afternoon. The WXXV Weather Center reports the funnel cloud touched down about 2:50 p.m. Reports are coming in of damage in the city and Jackson County Sheriff's Office has sent deputies…
Destruction in Texas Panhandle: Storm blamed for 3 deaths wrecked mobile homes and main street
PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — As Sabrina Devers watched what would turn out to be a deadly storm approach her ranch just north of the Texas Panhandle town Perryton, she first spotted golf ball-sized and then softball-sized hail. Then, Devers said, across the…
6/16 The Chief's "Scattered Thunderstorms/Humid Flow" Friday Forecast
A Heat advisory is in affect for area from 11 am to 7 pm, be sure to practice summertime safety. The boundary has generally been north of our…
6/14 - The Chief's "Slight/Enhanced Severe Potential" Wednesday Afternoon Forecast
A disturbance in the overall pattern riding SE into the area will continue to bring a SLIGHT/MODERATE threat to the area into early afternoon. All forms…
6/13 - The Chief's "HOT and HUMID" Tuesday Afternoon Forecast
A secondary disturbance has settled into SE LA coastal areas. This is bringing a highly unstable marine airmass to the There will be a brief, disorganized…
6/13 - The Chief's "Summertime HOT" Tuesday Morning Forecast
Starting out this Tuesday morning on the calm side after a rather active late afternoon/evening yesterday. Upper-level clouds are spreading east across the area from earlier thunderstorm…
6/7 - The Chief's "Warm And Humid Start" Wednesday Morning Forecast
Overnight showers & t-storms in the outer coastal will continue to move towards the coast early this morning and dissipate. Hot temperatures ahead with high…
6/6 - The Chief's "Continued Hot & Humid" Tuesday Afternoon Forecast
A stationary front continues to linger south of the area. This will continue to bring hot and humid conditions along with a 40% chance for…
6/5 - The Chief's "Sea-Breeze Thunderstorms" Afternoon Forecast
We are still in a persistent pattern of afternoon showers and thunderstorms due to a boundary in the area will last through Wednesday. This afternoon daytime heating interacts…
6/5 - The Chief's "First Full Week Of June" Monday Morning Forecast
A very persistent pattern of afternoon showers and thunderstorms due to a boundary in the area will last through Wednesday, given that no significant…
5/31- The Chiefs "Scattered Rain Ahead" Wednesday Morning Forecast
We are still dealing with an upper level disturbance in the Gulf near our outer coastal waters, with a lot of dry air being brought…
5/30 - The Chiefs "Increasingly Humid Flow" Tuesday Morning Forecast
A very weak disturbance was seen this morning just off the coast, which provided just enough instability combined with the sea breeze to produce isolated showers/t-storms…
5/26 - The Chief's "Very Nice" Friday Morning Forecast
Relative humidity has been rather low the past few days…and that trend will continue heading into the weekend. The current weak upper low pressure over the FL…
NOAA releases predictions for 2023 Hurricane Season
NOAA released its 2023 predictions as hurricane season approaches. NOAA forecasters with the Climate Prediction Center predicts near-normal hurricane activity in the Atlantic for the 2023 season. Hurricane season begins June…
Hail falls in the state this morning
This video of hail was sent in by Amy Kurtz this morning! She also took pictures of herself holding the up-to golf ball sized hail stones. There’s also a…
EMA begins preparations for upcoming hurricane season
We’re just over a month away from hurricane season and Governor Reeves has named April 30th through May 6th Hurricane Preparedness Week. Hurricane season starts June 1st and emergency…
Mississippi tornado victims wonder, ‘How can we rebuild?’
ROLLING FORK, Miss. (AP) — The tornado that collapsed the roof and two walls of Jermaine Wells’ Mississippi home also hurled a massive tractor tire that landed near him in the living room as his wife huddled in the laundry room. The…
Wait, what!? Twitter user says Phil no MSU weather grad
Mississippi State's Professional Meteorology Concentration program got a little shoutout on Groundhog Day. Josh Breslow, a digital journalist at LiveNow Fox based in Orlando, tweeted out to his followers that Punxsutawney Phil did NOT graduate from MSU despite what…
Western NY death toll rises to 27 from cold, storm chaos
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The death toll from a Buffalo-area blizzard rose to 27 in western New York, authorities said Monday, as the region reeled from one of the worst weather-related disasters in its history. Much of the rest of the…