Rain Moving Into Mississippi Saturday Night — Totals Between One-Quarter and One-Half Inch Expected

HATTIESBURG, MISSISSIPPI — A line of showers was moving through southern Mississippi and the broader Gulf South region during the early morning hours of Sunday, April 16, 2026, with radar showing ongoing rainfall across communities from Natchez to Waynesboro as of 2:30 AM. Rainfall totals are expected to remain light, generally between one-quarter and one-half of an inch, with most activity occurring while residents sleep.

Showers Ongoing Across Southern Mississippi at 2:30 AM

Hour-by-hour futurecast radar from WDAM First Alert Weather showed a widespread band of green returns — indicating steady light to moderate rain — draped across the southern half of Mississippi. Cities including Hattiesburg, Laurel, Collins, Columbia, Poplarville, and New Augusta were all within the active precipitation area at the time of the map.

Heavier pockets of rainfall, shown in yellow and red on the radar, were concentrated further west near the Louisiana border and toward Baton Rouge, keeping the most intense activity away from the core of the Mississippi coverage zone.

Light Totals Expected — No Significant Flooding Concern

The overall rainfall event is not expected to produce impactful accumulations. Forecasters indicated totals would land in the one-quarter to one-half inch range region-wide, consistent with what a typical overnight shower passage delivers.

The rainfall pattern is moving in from the west and tracking eastward, which means communities along the Alabama border — including Lucedale, Mobile, and areas near Biloxi — were also seeing developing shower activity by early Sunday morning.

Northern Mississippi Largely Dry

The rain was primarily a southern Mississippi event. Cities further north, including Jackson, Meridian, and Bay Springs, sat along or just north of the precipitation boundary. Radar showed lighter, more scattered returns in those areas, with the heaviest concentration of moisture remaining south of that corridor. Stay with GordonRamsayClub.com for the latest weather updates and detailed forecast coverage.