Jackson metropolitan area, Mississippi
Rain is very evenly spread throughout the year, and snow can fall in wintertime, although heavy snowfall is relatively rare.The Jackson metropolitan area lies in a region prone to severe thunderstorms which can produce large hail, damaging winds and tornadoes.The storm, called the Candlestick Park tornado for a destroyed Jackson shopping center, killed 58 and injured 216.These include electrical equipment and machinery, processed food, and primary and fabricated metal products.Interstate 55Runs north-south from Chicago through Jackson towards Brookhaven, McComb, and the Louisiana state line to New Orleans.U.S. Highway 49 Runs north-south from the Arkansas state line at Lula via Clarksdale and Yazoo City, to I-220 on the northwest side of Jackson.U.S. Highway 51The predecessor route from Chicago to New Orleans, US 51 runs along with I-55 from County Line Road on the Jackson/Ridgeland border to Terry.In addition, the area is served by the Natchez Trace Parkway, which runs from north of the city through Ridgeland and Clinton, Mississippi.
Jackson metropolitan areaMetropolitan Statistical AreaJacksonCity of JacksonCity of VicksburgCity of BrookhavenCountryUnited StatesMississippiClintonMadisonBrandonRidgelandYazoo CityVicksburgBrookhavenTime zoneCopiahHolmesRankinSimpson2010 censuscounty seatsRaymond2020 censusCantonFlowoodCrystal SpringsDurantEdwardsFlorenceGluckstadtGoodmanHazlehurstLexingtonMendenhallPelahatchiePickensRichlandTchulaWessonBeauregardBentoniaBoltonBraxtonCrugerGeorgetownLearnedPuckettSatartiaAndingBentonBrownsvilleBrozvilleCamdenCarpenterCarterCoxburgDentvilleEbenezerEulogyFanninFranklinGallmanGood HopeGoshen SpringsGreenfieldHarrisvilleHolly BluffHopewellHopewell LandingHowardLangfordLeesburgLittle YazooMarcellaMartinsvilleMidwayMilestonMontgomeryOakleyOil CityOregonOwens WellsPiney WoodsPinolaPocahontasQuofalomaSandhillScotlandSharonThorntonTinsleyTolarvilleVaughanWhitfieldcensusAfrican AmericanNative AmericanPacific Islanderother racesHispanicLatinohumid subtropical climatesevere thunderstormstornadoesTuscaloosa County, AlabamaCandlestick ParkBelhaven UniversityCopiah-Lincoln Community CollegeDelta Technical CollegeHinds Community CollegeHolmes Community CollegeJackson State UniversityMillsaps CollegeMississippi CollegeMississippi College School of LawReformed Theological SeminaryTougaloo CollegeUniversity of Mississippi Medical CenterUniversity of MississippiMississippi State UniversityUniversity of Southern MississippiWesley Biblical SeminaryWesley CollegeCanton Public School District