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UPDATE (5/31/24, 1:30am) -- the line of showers and thunderstorms continues to weaken while moving east. While some light rain and thunder may continue for the next few hours, the threat for severe weather has ended in the Metro Area. The SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH will expire at 2am Friday.
Tonight & Tomorrow: Thunderstorm activity will calm down in the overnight hours and thanks to the rain-cooled air from the earlier t-storms, we should experience a much better night with temps cooling a bit quicker. No rain is expected overnight as temperatures settle into the upper 70s and near 80 degrees. On Sunday, it will be another rinse and repeat scenario with the heat as high temperatures will once again run into the upper 90s and coupled with the humidity will cause feels-like temperatures to reach above 107 degrees. A slight chance of rain exist in the forecast, around 30% a...
The National Weather Service has issued a SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH for West Feliciana, East Feliciana, St. Helena and Tangipahoa Parishes and Wilkinson and Amite Counties until 5 pm tonight.
The new Congressional boundaries are in effect for the 2022 midterms. On Monday, Governor Tate Reeves signed HB 384, the ‘Magnolia 1’ Congressional Redistricting plan, as passed by the Mississippi Legislature. The redistricting plan was brought forward by the Joint Legislative Redistricting Comm
HB 384 passed the Mississippi House last week by a vote of 76-42. On Tuesday, State Senator Dean Kirby, chairman of the Senate Rules Committee, said that he expects to bring up HB 384 - the 'Magnolia 1' Congressional Redistricting plan - when the Mississippi Senate meets at 10 a.m. Wednesday mornin