Happy Father’s Day! We have started off dry, but a few showers and storms are possible by midday and this afternoon. Some storms may produce heavy downpours. Highs will be in the mid 80s this afternoon.
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Updated: 7 hours ago
Taylor Graham
Meteorologist
Happy Father’s Day! We have started off dry, but a few showers and storms are possible by midday and this afternoon. Some storms may produce heavy downpours. Highs will be in the mid 80s this afternoon.
Storm shelters are where some families will lay their heads Saturday night after Tropical Storm Claudette came through overnight Friday into early Saturday morning, leaving a lot of water behind across South Mississippi.
Gov. Tate Reeves took to social media Friday morning to encourage Mississippi residents to stay safe and be prepared as tropical weather threatens the Gulf Coast.
With tropical rain in the forecast this weekend for much of South Mississippi, sandbags are available for residents in some areas where the potential of flooding is a concern.
Mississippi’s Emergency Management Agency is moving 2021 emergency guides all around the state to local EMA offices. Their first stop is Harrison County, and at each destination, the plan of being prepared is also delivered.
Experts this year aren’t expecting the historic level of storm activity we saw in 2020. But the 2021 Hurricane Season is still predicted to bring us an above average number of storms.
This year could see an above-average hurricane season, with as many as 20 named storms predicted to form, reported NOAA on Thursday in its pre-season report.
