Alert archive / Mississippi / 1997
Weather alerts in Mississippi, February 1997
67 weather alerts in February 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 February 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 67
- Warnings
- 59
- Watches
- 8
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- February 21, 199740 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 14, 4:45 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 60 min |
| Feb 20, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Choctaw, Coahoma and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 20, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 21, 1:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 1:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 1:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 55 min |
| Feb 21, 1:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 65 min |
| Feb 21, 2:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 59 min |
| Feb 21, 2:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 2:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 2:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 61 min |
| Feb 21, 2:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 2:48 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 3:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 42 min |
| Feb 21, 3:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 3:21 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 54 min |
| Feb 21, 3:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 56 min |
| Feb 21, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 3:55 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Montgomery | 65 min |
| Feb 21, 4:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 4:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 46 min |
| Feb 21, 4:17 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 43 min |
| Feb 21, 4:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 4:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 4:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 45 min |
| Feb 21, 4:34 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper, Jefferson Davis and 13 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 21, 4:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 38 min |
| Feb 21, 4:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 5:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 5:29 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| Feb 21, 5:38 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 52 min |
| Feb 21, 5:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Smith | 47 min |
| Feb 21, 5:57 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone, Wayne | 63 min |
| Feb 21, 6:12 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 48 min |
| Feb 21, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 7:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 57 min |
| Feb 21, 8:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 59 min |
| Feb 21, 8:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 59 min |
| Feb 21, 8:58 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 62 min |
| Feb 26, 2:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma | 5 hr |
| Feb 26, 7:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 44 min |
| Feb 26, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 41 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 26, 9:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 50 min |
| Feb 26, 9:34 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 26 min |
| Feb 26, 9:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 39 min |
| Feb 26, 10:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 49 min |
| Feb 26, 10:32 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 33 min |
| Feb 26, 10:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 34 min |
| Feb 26, 11:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah, Union | 36 min |
| Feb 26, 11:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Union | 34 min |
| Feb 26, 11:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 35 min |
| Feb 26, 11:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 34 min |
| Feb 26, 11:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 46 min |
| Feb 26, 11:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 32 min |
| Feb 27, 12:15 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Itawamba, Lowndes, Monroe, Noxubee, Tishomingo | 6 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:16 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Monroe | 49 min |
| Feb 28, 2:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 27 min |
| Feb 28, 2:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll and 57 more | 6 hr |
| Feb 28, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 4:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 38 min |
| Feb 28, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 65 min |
| Feb 28, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 35 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 | 51 |
| Tornado Warning | 8 |
| Tornado Watch | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Claiborne County6
- Hinds County6
- Warren County6
- Union County6
- Sunflower County5
- Attala County5
- Holmes County5
- Leake County5
- Madison County5
- Scott County5
- Yazoo County5
- Smith County5
- Tippah County5
- Bolivar County4
- Calhoun County4
- Carroll County4
- Choctaw County4
- Leflore County4
- Montgomery County4
- Pontotoc County4
- Webster County4
- Yalobusha County4
- Copiah County4
- Humphreys County4
- Jefferson County4
- Rankin County4
- Simpson County4
- Winston County4
- Alcorn County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Clay County4
- Lee County4
- Monroe County4
- Oktibbeha County4
- Benton County3
- Coahoma County3
- DeSoto County3
- Grenada County3
- Lafayette County3
- Marshall County3
39 more counties
- Panola County3
- Quitman County3
- Tallahatchie County3
- Tate County3
- Tunica County3
- Amite County3
- Franklin County3
- Lincoln County3
- Pike County3
- Sharkey County3
- Wilkinson County3
- Neshoba County3
- Newton County3
- Covington County3
- Greene County3
- Jasper County3
- Jefferson Davis County3
- Marion County3
- Noxubee County3
- Perry County3
- Wayne County3
- Itawamba County3
- Lowndes County3
- Prentiss County3
- Tishomingo County3
- Stone County3
- Washington County2
- Adams County2
- Issaquena County2
- Lawrence County2
- Forrest County2
- Jones County2
- Kemper County2
- Lamar County2
- Walthall County2
- George County2
- Harrison County1
- Clarke County1
- Lauderdale 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. Rebuilt daily.