NWS Jackson Fire Weather Service Area

WFO Jackson Service Area

The area served by WFO Jackson consists of the following parishes and counties in the County Warning Area.

Extreme Southeast Arkansas (Mississippi Delta Region) Ashley...Chicot Counties

There are no national forest units involved in this area. These counties reside in the Southeast State Forestry District number 1 of Arkansas. There is one National Wildlife Refuge in western Ashley county. An illustration is attached in the Appendix Section.

Northeast Louisiana (Mississippi Delta Region) Morehouse...West Carroll...East Carroll...Richland...Tensas...Franklin...Madison...Concordia ...Catahoula Parishes.

Most of Mississippi...

The southern tier of the Northern Mississippi Counties of :

Bolivar...Sunflower...Leflore...Grenada...Carroll...Montgomery...Webster...Choctaw...Clay... Oktibbeha...Lowndes...Washington...Humphreys...Holmes...Attala...Winston...Noxubee

These counties include the southern unit of the Tombigbee National Forest. These counties reside in the State Forestry Districts of most of the Northwest Forestry District...extreme southern unit of the Northeast District, and the northern unit of the East Central District. An illustration is attached in the Appendix Section.

The Central Mississippi Counties of:

Issaquena...Sharkey...Yazoo...Madison...Leake...Neshoba...Kemper...Warren...Hinds...Rankin...Scott... Newton...Lauderdale...Claiborne...Copiah...Simpson...Smith...Jasper...Clarke

These counties include the Delta National Forest, Bienville National Forest, and the northern unit of the Homochitto National Forest. These counties reside in the State Forestry Districts of the southern unit of the Northwest District, the northern unit of the Southwest Ranger District, the northern unit of the South Central District, and the southern unit of the East Central District. An illustration is attached in the Appendix Section.

Jefferson...Adams...Franklin...Lincoln...Lawrence...Jefferson Davis...Covington...Jones...Marion...Lamar ...Forrest

These counties include the southern unit of the Homochito National Forest and the northern unit of the Desoto National Forest. These counties reside in the State Forestry Districts of the southern unit of the Southwest District, the southern unit of the South Central Ranger District and the northern unit of the Southeast District. An illustration is attached in the Appendix Section.