Alert archive / Mississippi / 1997
Weather alerts in Mississippi, April 1997
149 weather alerts in April 1997, 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 April 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 149
- Warnings
- 129
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- April 22, 199741 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 4, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 2:30 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 18 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Holmes and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 27 min |
| Apr 5, 7:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 7:26 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 34 min |
| Apr 5, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sunflower | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 7:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 52 min |
| Apr 5, 7:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 7:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Leflore | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Apr 5, 8:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 37 min |
| Apr 5, 8:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 8:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 8:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 8:46 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 44 min |
| Apr 5, 8:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 31 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 9:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 9:42 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 9:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 48 min |
| Apr 5, 10:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 10:18 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha, Webster | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 10:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 40 min |
| Apr 5, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 54 min |
| Apr 5, 11:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 53 min |
| Apr 5, 11:53 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 67 min |
| Apr 5, 11:56 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 64 min |
| Apr 5, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 12:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 12:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 65 min |
| Apr 5, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 5 hr |
| Apr 11, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 44 min |
| Apr 11, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 42 min |
| Apr 12, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 32 min |
| Apr 12, 6:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 46 min |
| Apr 19, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 63 min |
| Apr 21, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 44 min |
| Apr 21, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 33 min |
| Apr 21, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 49 min |
| Apr 21, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 30 min |
| Apr 21, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 46 min |
| Apr 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Grenada, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 32 min |
| Apr 21, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Clay | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 41 min |
| Apr 21, 7:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 64 min |
| Apr 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 35 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 10:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 51 min |
| Apr 22, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey, Washington | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 11:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 11:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 11:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 28 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 11:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 11 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 22, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 63 min |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Covington, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 50 min |
| Apr 22, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 44 min |
| Apr 22, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 49 min |
| Apr 22, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 4:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 41 min |
| Apr 22, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 37 min |
| Apr 22, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 66 min |
| Apr 22, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 65 min |
| Apr 22, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 60 min |
| Apr 22, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 36 min |
| Apr 22, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 64 min |
| Apr 22, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 67 min |
| Apr 22, 6:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 33 min |
| Apr 22, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 39 min |
| Apr 22, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 7:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 68 min |
| Apr 22, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 62 min |
| Apr 22, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 57 min |
| Apr 22, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Jackson, Perry | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 44 min |
| Apr 23, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 51 min |
| Apr 25, 2:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 65 min |
| Apr 26, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amite, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 60 min |
| Apr 26, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 47 min |
| Apr 26, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 40 min |
| Apr 27, 1:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 2:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Adams | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 52 min |
| Apr 27, 2:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 31 min |
| Apr 27, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 43 min |
| Apr 27, 3:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 36 min |
| Apr 27, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 32 min |
| Apr 27, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 47 min |
| Apr 27, 4:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 4:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 4:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 5:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 5:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 35 min |
| Apr 27, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 15 min |
| Apr 27, 6:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 44 min |
| Apr 27, 6:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 7:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 7:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 27 min |
| Apr 27, 7:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike | 117 min |
| Apr 27, 9:07 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 10:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 4 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:42 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 12:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 55 min |
| Apr 27, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 60 min |
| Apr 27, 1:00 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Apr 27, 1:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 59 min |
| Apr 27, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 2 hr |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Smith | 105 min |
| Apr 27, 3:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 105 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 | 109 |
| Tornado Warning | 9 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 12 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pike County16
- Marion County15
- Walthall County14
- Amite County13
- Jefferson Davis County12
- Pearl River County12
- Perry County12
- Wayne County12
- Jackson County12
- Lawrence County11
- Claiborne County10
- Greene County10
- Jones County10
- Stone County10
- Adams County9
- Copiah County9
- Rankin County9
- Simpson County9
- Smith County9
- Wilkinson County9
- Covington County9
- George County9
- Lamar County9
- Hinds County8
- Lincoln County8
- Yazoo County8
- Clarke County8
- Forrest County8
- Hancock County8
- Harrison County8
- Franklin County7
- Scott County7
- Jasper County7
- Lauderdale County7
- Jefferson County6
- Madison County6
- Warren County6
- Lafayette County6
- Pontotoc County6
- Prentiss County6
42 more counties
- Issaquena County5
- Leake County5
- Sharkey County5
- Grenada County5
- Holmes County5
- Humphreys County5
- Neshoba County5
- Newton County5
- Calhoun County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Itawamba County5
- Carroll County4
- Panola County4
- Sunflower County4
- Tallahatchie County4
- Washington County4
- Yalobusha County4
- Alcorn County4
- Clay County4
- Lee County4
- Oktibbeha County4
- Tishomingo County4
- Webster County4
- Coahoma County3
- DeSoto County3
- Leflore County3
- Marshall County3
- Quitman County3
- Tate County3
- Kemper County3
- Choctaw County3
- Lowndes County3
- Monroe County3
- Noxubee County3
- Union County3
- Bolivar County2
- Tunica County2
- Attala County2
- Benton County2
- Montgomery County2
- Tippah County2
- Winston County2
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.