Alert archive / Mississippi / 1997
Weather alerts in Mississippi, January 1997
118 weather alerts in January 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 January 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 118
- Warnings
- 98
- Watches
- 20
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- January 24, 199735 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 4:15 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Humphreys, Leflore and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 4, 7:03 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 32 min |
| Jan 4, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Issaquena and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:55 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 50 min |
| Jan 4, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Hinds, Kemper, Lauderdale and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 12:44 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 61 min |
| Jan 8, 6:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 45 min |
| Jan 8, 9:14 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 31 min |
| Jan 8, 9:33 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 42 min |
| Jan 8, 10:03 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 27 min |
| Jan 8, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 47 min |
| Jan 8, 10:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 40 min |
| Jan 8, 11:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jan 8, 12:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 53 min |
| Jan 8, 12:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 65 min |
| Jan 8, 12:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 53 min |
| Jan 8, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 6 hr |
| Jan 8, 5:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 34 min |
| Jan 8, 5:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 62 min |
| Jan 8, 5:46 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 29 min |
| Jan 8, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 60 min |
| Jan 8, 7:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Stone | 62 min |
| Jan 8, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Jackson, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 2:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 28 min |
| Jan 15, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock, Pearl River, Pike, Stone, Walthall | 5 hr |
| Jan 15, 4:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 25 min |
| Jan 15, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| Jan 15, 4:57 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 33 min |
| Jan 15, 4:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 46 min |
| Jan 15, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 53 min |
| Jan 15, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 32 min |
| Jan 15, 5:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 57 min |
| Jan 15, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 50 min |
| Jan 15, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Perry and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 56 min |
| Jan 15, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 64 min |
| Jan 23, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 49 min |
| Jan 23, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Claiborne, Issaquena, Jefferson, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 23, 10:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 39 min |
| Jan 23, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 40 min |
| Jan 23, 11:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 40 min |
| Jan 23, 11:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 46 min |
| Jan 23, 11:28 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 47 min |
| Jan 24, 12:13 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 47 min |
| Jan 24, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 39 min |
| Jan 24, 4:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 68 min |
| Jan 24, 4:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 55 min |
| Jan 24, 4:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 69 min |
| Jan 24, 4:59 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 31 min |
| Jan 24, 4:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 61 min |
| Jan 24, 5:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 40 min |
| Jan 24, 5:19 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 56 min |
| Jan 24, 6:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 67 min |
| Jan 24, 6:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 56 min |
| Jan 24, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 45 min |
| Jan 24, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Kemper, Leake, Lee and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 24, 3:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 48 min |
| Jan 24, 4:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 37 min |
| Jan 24, 4:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 51 min |
| Jan 24, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 47 min |
| Jan 24, 4:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 47 min |
| Jan 24, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Harrison, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 4:52 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 53 min |
| Jan 24, 4:54 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Jan 24, 4:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Clay | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 5:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 35 min |
| Jan 24, 5:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 62 min |
| Jan 24, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 5:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 40 min |
| Jan 24, 5:26 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 49 min |
| Jan 24, 5:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 32 min |
| Jan 24, 6:14 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 46 min |
| Jan 24, 6:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 34 min |
| Jan 24, 6:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 52 min |
| Jan 24, 7:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 51 min |
| Jan 24, 8:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 41 min |
| Jan 24, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 44 min |
| Jan 24, 8:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 54 min |
| Jan 24, 9:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, George and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 9:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 38 min |
| Jan 24, 9:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 50 min |
| Jan 24, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | George, Harrison, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Issaquena, Warren | 5 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 25 min |
| Jan 27, 3:24 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 36 min |
| Jan 27, 4:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 28 min |
| Jan 27, 4:33 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 42 min |
| Jan 27, 4:42 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike | 48 min |
| Jan 27, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar and 69 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 30 min |
| Jan 27, 6:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 28 min |
| Jan 27, 6:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 52 min |
| Jan 27, 6:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 37 min |
| Jan 27, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Wilkinson | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 7:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 7:38 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 37 min |
| Jan 27, 8:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 50 min |
| Jan 27, 8:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore | 44 min |
| Jan 27, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 31 min |
| Jan 27, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jan 27, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jan 27, 9:05 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 9:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 51 min |
| Jan 27, 9:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 46 min |
| Jan 27, 10:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 37 min |
| Jan 27, 11:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 37 min |
| Jan 27, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 11:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 53 min |
| Jan 27, 11:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 35 min |
| Jan 28, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:06 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 69 min |
| Jan 28, 12:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 41 min |
| Jan 28, 1:24 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 36 min |
| Jan 28, 3:27 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 63 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 | 85 |
| Tornado Warning | 13 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 12 |
| Tornado Watch | 8 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greene County12
- Copiah County10
- Jackson County10
- Perry County10
- George County10
- Pearl River County10
- Stone County10
- Rankin County9
- Harrison County9
- Walthall County9
- Hinds County8
- Neshoba County8
- Simpson County8
- Amite County8
- Forrest County8
- Pike County8
- Wayne County8
- Claiborne County7
- Issaquena County7
- Jefferson County7
- Kemper County7
- Leake County7
- Smith County7
- Jones County7
- Marion County7
- Washington County6
- Itawamba County6
- Noxubee County6
- Oktibbeha County6
- Adams County6
- Franklin County6
- Lauderdale County6
- Newton County6
- Scott County6
- Lamar County6
- Hancock County6
- Humphreys County5
- Leflore County5
- Choctaw County5
- Clay County5
42 more counties
- Lafayette County5
- Monroe County5
- Warren County5
- Jasper County5
- Jefferson Davis County5
- Lincoln County5
- Wilkinson County5
- Sunflower County4
- Attala County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Lee County4
- Lowndes County4
- Sharkey County4
- Madison County4
- Clarke County4
- Covington County4
- Lawrence County4
- Benton County3
- Coahoma County3
- Marshall County3
- Tallahatchie County3
- Calhoun County3
- Carroll County3
- Montgomery County3
- Pontotoc County3
- Prentiss County3
- Union County3
- Webster County3
- Yalobusha County3
- Yazoo County3
- Winston County3
- Bolivar County2
- DeSoto County2
- Panola County2
- Quitman County2
- Tate County2
- Tunica County2
- Alcorn County2
- Grenada County2
- Holmes County2
- Tippah County2
- Tishomingo County2
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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.