About Our Office

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The National Weather Service Jackson Weather Forecast Office (WFO) is a local branch of the National Weather Service, which is a line office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration under the U.S. Department of Commerce. Our area of responsibility, or County Warning Area (CWA), includes 58 counties and parishes in central and southern Mississippi, northeastern Louisiana, and southeastern Arkansas. We operate 24 hours a day/7 days a week, and our mission is to provide weather, water, and climate data, forecasts and warnings for the protection of life and property and enhancement of the national economy.

Some of our primary duties include:

Official severe weather watches, warnings, and advisories
Routine 7-day public forecasts, forecast discussions, and hazardous weather outlooks
Hydrological monitoring and warnings for several local waterways, including the Mississippi River from Arkansas City, AR to near Natchez, MS
Terminal aerodrome forecasts (TAFs) for nine local airports
Twice-daily fire weather forecasts for forestry planning and management and spot forecasts for controlled burns and wildfires
Collection and quality control of local climate and hydrometeorological data
NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards broadcasts for eight local radio stations
Maintenance of seven local Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS) sites and the Brandon, MS WSR-88D Doppler radar

Office Staff


Management Team	Program Managers/Support Staff
Meteorologist in Charge: Bill Parker	Information Technology Officer: (vacant)
Warning Coordination Meteorologist: Michael Hill	Observation Program Leader: (vacant)
Science and Operations Officer: Chad Entremont	Hydrologist: Latrice Maxie
Electronics Systems Analyst: John Goforth	Administrative Support Assistant: Lakeysha Johnson
	NWS Liaison USACE Vicksburg: Anna Wolverton

Lead Meteorologists	Electronics Technicians
Eric Carpenter	Jason Mitchell
Mike Edmonston	Steve Barr
David Cox	(vacant)
Nicholas Fenner
(vacant)
(vacant)

Meteorologists
Dan Byrd	Alan Campbell
Daniel Lamb	Logan Poole
Christopher Rainer	Sarah Sickles
Sharonda Waddell	Kendall Parks
Orion Jones

County Warning Area

NWS Jackson

Office Location/Directions

Our office is located just off of MS Highway 475 (Airport Rd) on the north end of the Jackson Medgar-Wiley Evers International Airport at 234 Weather Service Drive.

Tours

We gladly provide tours of our facility to small/medium sized groups, but we request that you schedule in advance so we can ensure adequate staffing will be available. For more information, please contact Sarah Sickles.

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Directions

From the north: Heading south on I-55, take exit 98B for Lakeland Drive/MS Highway 25. Turn left (north) onto Lakeland Drive/MS Highway 25. Turn right on Airport Road. Turn left on Weather Service Drive, and drive approximately one-half mile. Our office is on the right.

From the south: Heading north on I-55 or US 49, exit onto I-20 east. Take exit 52 for MS Highway 475/Jackson-Evers Intl Airport. Turn left (north) onto MS Highway 475. Turn right on Weather Service Drive, and drive approximately one-half mile. Our office is on the right.

From the east: Heading west on I-20, take exit 52 for MS Highway 475/Jackson-Evers Intl Airport. Turn right (north) onto MS Highway 475. Turn right on Weather Service Drive, and drive approximately one-half mile. Our office is on the right.

From the west: Heading east on I-20, take exit 52 for MS Highway 475/Jackson-Evers Intl Airport. Turn left (north) onto MS Highway 475. Turn right on Weather Service Drive, and drive approximately one-half mile. Our office is on the right.

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