Freeze Warning Mississippi | Effective 03/16/2026 10:18

Headline: 
Freeze Warning issued March 16 at 12:18PM CDT until March 17 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Jackson MS
Event: 
Freeze Warning
Urgency: 
Expected
Effective: 
March 16, 2026 - 10:18am
Expires: 
March 16, 2026 - 5:00pm
Description: 
* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 20 expected. * WHERE...Portions of central, east central, north central, northeast, south central, southeast, southwest, and west central Mississippi. * WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 10 AM CDT Tuesday. * IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor plumbing.
Instruction: 
Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold. To prevent water pipes from freezing; wrap or drain or allow them to drip slowly.
Area Description: 
Grenada; Carroll; Montgomery; Webster; Clay; Lowndes; Choctaw; Oktibbeha; Holmes; Attala; Winston; Noxubee; Yazoo; Madison; Leake; Neshoba; Kemper; Warren; Hinds; Rankin; Scott; Newton; Lauderdale; Claiborne; Copiah; Simpson; Smith; Jasper; Clarke; Jefferson; Adams; Franklin; Lincoln; Lawrence; Jefferson Davis; Covington; Jones
Forcast Office: 
NWS Jackson MS