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Extreme Cold Watch, Mississippi

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Dangerously cold wind chills are possible Friday and Saturday nights. Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures.

Ended Thursday, January 29, 2026.

Replaced by the Extreme Cold Warning on Thursday, January 29, 10:15 at night.

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Map of Mississippi with this watch The Extreme Cold Watch covers Waynesboro, Wiggins, Leakesville. I-59I-10I-65I-165US 98WaynesboroWigginsLeakesvilleLucedaleRichtonALABAMAMISSISSIPPILOUISIANA20 mi I-59I-10I-65US 98WaynesboroWigginsLeakesvilleLucedaleALABAMAMISSISSIPPILOUISIANA25 mi I-59I-65I-10WaynesboroWigginsLeakesvilleALABAMAMISSISSIPPILOUISIANA25 mi I-59I-65WaynesboroWigginsLeakesvilleALABAMAMISSISSIPPI50 mi
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Details from the National Weather Service

What
Dangerously cold wind chills are possible Friday and Saturday nights. Wind chills in the single digits to lower teens possible Friday night, with single digits possible areawide on Saturday night.
Where
Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida, and southeast Mississippi.
When
From late Friday night through Sunday morning.
Impacts
Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of freezing temperatures could cause ruptured water pipes.
Additional details
This will likely be an extended duration cold event, especially over interior counties where air temperatures will possibly remain below freezing for up to 36 hours. Wind chills during the day on Saturday may remain in the upper teens to lower 20s areawide.

Updates

  1. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 29, 2026
  2. Area expanded. January 29, 2026
  3. Reissued with no change to the times or amounts. January 29, 2026
  4. Extreme Cold Watch issued for Saturday overnight through Sunday afternoon. January 28, 2026