Weather alerts in Mississippi, 1987
188 weather alerts in 1987, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state.
Weather alerts by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 188
- Warnings
- 188
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest month
- March28 alerts
- Busiest day
- November 16, 198725 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 21, 5:54 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Wayne | 101 min |
| Feb 15, 12:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| Feb 15, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 10:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest | 64 min |
| Feb 28, 2:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 34 min |
| Feb 28, 3:07 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 8:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 8:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 8:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 9:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 10:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 34 min |
| Mar 17, 3:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 26 min |
| Mar 17, 4:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 119 min |
| Mar 17, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 28 min |
| Mar 17, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Mar 17, 7:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Walthall | 18 min |
| Mar 17, 7:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 27 min |
| Mar 17, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Walthall | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 8:43 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 2 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:09 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock, Pearl River | 60 min |
| Mar 17, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 10:25 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Forrest, Perry | 3 hr |
| Mar 17, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Harrison, Stone | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Jackson | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 1:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 48 min |
| Mar 18, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 5:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 6:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 6:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 65 min |
| Mar 27, 9:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 44 min |
| Mar 29, 1:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 63 min |
| Mar 29, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison, Stone | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 33 min |
| Apr 10, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 30 min |
| Apr 11, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 60 min |
| Apr 13, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 48 min |
| Apr 13, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 23 min |
| Apr 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 45 min |
| Apr 13, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 2:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Lamar | 28 min |
| Apr 14, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 45 min |
| May 2, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 27 min |
| May 2, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 38 min |
| May 2, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 51 min |
| May 2, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| May 3, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 31 min |
| May 3, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 45 min |
| May 3, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 42 min |
| May 3, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| May 3, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 41 min |
| May 3, 7:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 44 min |
| May 4, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock, Harrison, Stone | 46 min |
| May 4, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Hancock | 65 min |
| May 4, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 41 min |
| May 5, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 67 min |
| May 6, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Yazoo | 29 min |
| May 6, 1:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 36 min |
| May 6, 4:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Leflore | 2 hr |
| May 12, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 34 min |
| May 16, 2:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 36 min |
| May 21, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 24 min |
| May 21, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 36 min |
| May 21, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 40 min |
| May 21, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 17 min |
| May 22, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower, Tallahatchie | 2 hr |
| May 22, 4:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 24 min |
| Jun 3, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Jun 3, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 9:14 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 3 hr |
| Jun 14, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 32 min |
| Jun 14, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 60 min |
| Jun 14, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 24 min |
| Jun 19, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Wayne | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones, Wayne | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore | 38 min |
| Jun 30, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 46 min |
| Jul 6, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 40 min |
| Jul 14, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 52 min |
| Jul 25, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Jul 25, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 25 min |
| Jul 25, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 34 min |
| Jul 25, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 24 min |
| Jul 26, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 25 min |
| Jul 26, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 31 min |
| Jul 28, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 59 min |
| Jul 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 25 min |
| Jul 30, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 45 min |
| Jul 30, 5:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 41 min |
| Jul 30, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 64 min |
| Aug 5, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 5:45 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 11:52 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Forrest, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Aug 13, 4:18 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 4 hr |
| Aug 13, 8:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 8:15 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Harrison, Stone | 4 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 4:30 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MOB | Harrison, Jackson | 3 hr |
| Aug 17, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 56 min |
| Aug 18, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 50 min |
| Aug 18, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 37 min |
| Aug 18, 6:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 39 min |
| Aug 24, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 24 min |
| Aug 26, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 3 hr |
| Aug 28, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Sep 8, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 35 min |
| Sep 9, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 26 min |
| Sep 10, 4:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| Sep 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 25 min |
| Sep 10, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| Sep 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 50 min |
| Sep 10, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Union | 20 min |
| Sep 10, 7:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 60 min |
| Sep 10, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Sep 17, 2:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 49 min |
| Sep 17, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Walthall | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 8:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 11:01 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 119 min |
| Nov 16, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 11:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 1:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 1:35 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 115 min |
| Nov 16, 1:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 2:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 31 min |
| Nov 16, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 2:47 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 2:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| Nov 16, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 27 min |
| Nov 16, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 3:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 35 min |
| Nov 16, 3:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 3:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 36 min |
| Nov 16, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 4:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 15 min |
| Nov 16, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 20 min |
| Nov 16, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 4:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 41 min |
| Nov 16, 4:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Monroe, Prentiss | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss | 45 min |
| Dec 14, 9:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 51 min |
| Dec 14, 9:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 53 min |
| Dec 14, 10:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 62 min |
| Dec 14, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 28 min |
| Dec 14, 10:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 23 min |
| Dec 14, 10:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 37 min |
| Dec 14, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 46 min |
| Dec 14, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 30 min |
| Dec 14, 11:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 25 min |
| Dec 14, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 35 min |
| Dec 14, 11:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 33 min |
| Dec 15, 12:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 32 min |
| Dec 15, 12:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 34 min |
| Dec 15, 12:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 42 min |
| Dec 15, 12:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Dec 15, 12:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest, Pearl River | 47 min |
| Dec 19, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 40 min |
| Dec 19, 4:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 40 min |
| Dec 19, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 34 min |
| Dec 19, 4:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 34 min |
| Dec 19, 5:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 23 min |
| Dec 25, 8:20 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton | 8 hr |
By product
Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.
| Product | Alerts |
|---|---|
| Severe storms | |
| Severe Thunderstorm Warning | 139 |
| Tornado Warning | 27 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 22 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hinds County16
- Warren County11
- Lauderdale County9
- Jackson County9
- Claiborne County8
- Yazoo County7
- Rankin County6
- Issaquena County6
- Sharkey County6
- Kemper County6
- Leflore County6
- Lee County6
- Jones County5
- Humphreys County5
- Harrison County5
- Prentiss County5
- Bolivar County5
- Marion County5
- Wayne County4
- Forrest County4
- Copiah County4
- Holmes County4
- Hancock County4
- Stone County4
- Itawamba County4
- Newton County4
- Madison County4
- Scott County3
- Clarke County3
- Adams County3
- Jefferson County3
- Lincoln County3
- Walthall County3
- Pearl River County3
- Union County3
- Monroe County3
- DeSoto County3
- Washington County3
- Sunflower County3
- Winston County3
27 more counties
- Carroll County3
- Neshoba County3
- Simpson County2
- Jasper County2
- George County2
- Pontotoc County2
- Lamar County2
- Jefferson Davis County2
- Amite County2
- Grenada County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Lafayette County2
- Attala County2
- Lowndes County1
- Smith County1
- Perry County1
- Covington County1
- Webster County1
- Tallahatchie County1
- Tishomingo County1
- Franklin County1
- Greene County1
- Marshall County1
- Pike County1
- Leake County1
- Noxubee County1
- Benton County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.