Alert archive / Mississippi / 1996
Weather alerts in Mississippi, May 1996
76 weather alerts in May 1996, 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 May 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 76
- Warnings
- 76
- Watches
- 0
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 28, 199633 alerts
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 30 min |
| May 27, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 46 min |
| May 27, 3:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 41 min |
| May 27, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 34 min |
| May 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 43 min |
| May 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 41 min |
| May 27, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 25 min |
| May 27, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 43 min |
| May 27, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 25 min |
| May 27, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 37 min |
| May 27, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 39 min |
| May 27, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 36 min |
| May 27, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 52 min |
| May 27, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 44 min |
| May 27, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 34 min |
| May 28, 12:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 35 min |
| May 28, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 50 min |
| May 28, 1:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah, Union | 27 min |
| May 28, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss | 26 min |
| May 28, 4:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 40 min |
| May 28, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 40 min |
| May 28, 7:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 41 min |
| May 28, 7:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 30 min |
| May 28, 9:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 45 min |
| May 28, 9:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 39 min |
| May 28, 9:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 48 min |
| May 28, 10:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 27 min |
| May 28, 12:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 40 min |
| May 28, 12:47 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 2 hr |
| May 28, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 29 min |
| May 28, 1:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 36 min |
| May 28, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 45 min |
| May 28, 2:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 28 min |
| May 28, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 47 min |
| May 28, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 51 min |
| May 28, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 30 min |
| May 28, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 30 min |
| May 28, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 53 min |
| May 28, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 34 min |
| May 28, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 54 min |
| May 28, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 50 min |
| May 28, 6:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 43 min |
| May 28, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 41 min |
| May 28, 7:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 32 min |
| May 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 45 min |
| May 28, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 35 min |
| May 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 59 min |
| May 28, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 38 min |
| May 28, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 43 min |
| May 28, 9:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| May 28, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 40 min |
| May 28, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 32 min |
| May 28, 9:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 32 min |
| May 28, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 51 min |
| May 28, 10:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 47 min |
| May 28, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 40 min |
| May 28, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 33 min |
| May 28, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 45 min |
| May 28, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 36 min |
| May 28, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 32 min |
| May 28, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 44 min |
| May 28, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 43 min |
| May 29, 12:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 29, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 29, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 53 min |
| May 29, 3:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 53 min |
| May 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 52 min |
| May 29, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 67 min |
| May 29, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 65 min |
| May 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 62 min |
| May 29, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 62 min |
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 | 62 |
| Tornado Warning | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Coahoma County4
- Tippah County4
- Warren County4
- Lee County3
- Itawamba County3
- Prentiss County3
- Claiborne County3
- Jefferson County3
- Franklin County3
- Panola County2
- Pontotoc County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Benton County2
- DeSoto County2
- Holmes County2
- Leflore County2
- Attala County2
- Clarke County2
- Yazoo County2
- Copiah County2
- Tishomingo County2
- Alcorn County2
- Adams County2
- Lincoln County2
- Pike County2
- Walthall County2
- Hancock County2
- Quitman County1
- Lafayette County1
- Yalobusha County1
- Lowndes County1
- Tate County1
- Union County1
- Tallahatchie County1
- Humphreys County1
- Winston County1
- Sunflower County1
- Kemper County1
- Sharkey County1
- Hinds County1
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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.