Alert archive / Mississippi / 1997
Weather alerts in Mississippi, July 1997
99 weather alerts in July 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 July 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 99
- Warnings
- 93
- Watches
- 6
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- July 13, 199716 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 4, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 40 min |
| Jul 4, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 29 min |
| Jul 4, 9:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren, Yazoo | 35 min |
| Jul 4, 10:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 42 min |
| Jul 4, 11:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 33 min |
| Jul 6, 2:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 68 min |
| Jul 6, 4:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 63 min |
| Jul 7, 2:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 119 min |
| Jul 7, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 52 min |
| Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Jul 7, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Tunica | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 33 min |
| Jul 8, 4:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 39 min |
| Jul 8, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 57 min |
| Jul 8, 5:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 45 min |
| Jul 9, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 46 min |
| Jul 9, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 34 min |
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 38 min |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coahoma, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 31 min |
| Jul 9, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 36 min |
| Jul 9, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 32 min |
| Jul 9, 8:06 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 2 hr |
| Jul 9, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 44 min |
| Jul 9, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 33 min |
| Jul 9, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Jul 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 51 min |
| Jul 10, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 46 min |
| Jul 10, 5:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 53 min |
| Jul 10, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| Jul 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 40 min |
| Jul 10, 7:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 65 min |
| Jul 11, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 11, 4:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 10:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 11:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 12:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton | 44 min |
| Jul 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Newton | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 48 min |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 53 min |
| Jul 15, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 35 min |
| Jul 15, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| Jul 15, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 50 min |
| Jul 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 9:00 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 9 more | 12 hr |
| Jul 19, 5:35 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jul 21, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 37 min |
| Jul 22, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 40 min |
| Jul 22, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Walthall | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite | 47 min |
| Jul 22, 7:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 46 min |
| Jul 23, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 65 min |
| Jul 23, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 61 min |
| Jul 23, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 62 min |
| Jul 23, 4:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 41 min |
| Jul 23, 5:03 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar | 117 min |
| Jul 23, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 37 min |
| Jul 25, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 5:14 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 61 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 | 80 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 11 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harrison County8
- Rankin County7
- Sunflower County6
- Jackson County6
- Washington County5
- Hinds County5
- Lee County4
- Prentiss County4
- Bolivar County4
- Grenada County4
- Montgomery County4
- Sharkey County4
- Yazoo County4
- Neshoba County4
- Winston County4
- Lamar County4
- Wilkinson County4
- Hancock County4
- Tippah County3
- Attala County3
- Carroll County3
- Humphreys County3
- Issaquena County3
- Leake County3
- Walthall County3
- Newton County3
- Pearl River County3
- Smith County3
- Alcorn County2
- Benton County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Choctaw County2
- Clay County2
- Itawamba County2
- Lowndes County2
- Monroe County2
- Oktibbeha County2
- Pontotoc County2
- Holmes County2
- Leflore County2
38 more counties
- Webster County2
- Warren County2
- Madison County2
- Noxubee County2
- Lawrence County2
- Marion County2
- Tunica County2
- Wayne County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Scott County2
- Marshall County2
- Copiah County2
- Lafayette County2
- Simpson County2
- Jefferson Davis County2
- Amite County2
- Forrest County2
- Lincoln County2
- George County2
- Tishomingo County1
- Union County1
- DeSoto County1
- Panola County1
- Calhoun County1
- Kemper County1
- Tallahatchie County1
- Yalobusha County1
- Coahoma County1
- Quitman County1
- Pike County1
- Claiborne County1
- Jasper County1
- Franklin County1
- Covington County1
- Greene County1
- Jones County1
- Perry County1
- Stone 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.