Alert archive / Mississippi / 1998
Weather alerts in Mississippi, March 1998
105 weather alerts in March 1998, 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 March 1998. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 105
- Warnings
- 95
- Watches
- 10
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- March 7, 199844 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 5, 1:29 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 66 min |
| Mar 5, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 48 min |
| Mar 5, 1:56 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 49 min |
| Mar 5, 4:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 44 min |
| Mar 5, 5:16 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 29 min |
| Mar 5, 6:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 47 min |
| Mar 5, 6:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Issaquena | 3 hr |
| Mar 5, 7:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 58 min |
| Mar 5, 7:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 63 min |
| Mar 5, 10:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 56 min |
| Mar 5, 10:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 68 min |
| Mar 5, 10:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Hancock, Jefferson and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 10:43 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 22 min |
| Mar 5, 11:10 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 35 min |
| Mar 5, 11:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 47 min |
| Mar 5, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Clay | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 12:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay, Lowndes | 62 min |
| Mar 6, 1:08 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 32 min |
| Mar 6, 12:44 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll | 2 hr |
| Mar 6, 1:08 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| Mar 6, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 5 hr |
| Mar 6, 2:09 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 36 min |
| Mar 6, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 65 min |
| Mar 6, 3:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 34 min |
| Mar 6, 3:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 60 min |
| Mar 6, 5:49 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 26 min |
| Mar 6, 9:02 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 33 min |
| Mar 6, 10:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 45 min |
| Mar 6, 10:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 51 min |
| Mar 6, 11:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 55 min |
| Mar 6, 11:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 35 min |
| Mar 7, 12:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Clay | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 12:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 2:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 45 min |
| Mar 7, 3:09 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 51 min |
| Mar 7, 3:45 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hancock, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:52 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 53 min |
| Mar 7, 4:10 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 4:25 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 4:35 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 4:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 4:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 5:01 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Simpson | 44 min |
| Mar 7, 5:07 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 5:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 5:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 62 min |
| Mar 7, 5:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 5:32 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 33 min |
| Mar 7, 5:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 54 min |
| Mar 7, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 49 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Mar 7, 6:11 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Mar 7, 6:28 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 6:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 7:02 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 43 min |
| Mar 7, 7:23 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 52 min |
| Mar 7, 7:51 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 24 min |
| Mar 7, 10:43 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 47 min |
| Mar 7, 11:20 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 25 min |
| Mar 7, 11:43 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:07 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin, Hinds and 15 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 7, 12:35 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Mar 7, 12:40 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Mar 7, 12:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 7, 1:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 26 min |
| Mar 7, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Wilkinson | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 30 min |
| Mar 7, 4:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 4:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Mar 7, 7:41 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:05 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 8:51 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 59 min |
| Mar 7, 9:17 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 63 min |
| Mar 7, 9:38 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 117 min |
| Mar 7, 9:50 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 60 min |
| Mar 7, 11:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:00 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones | 2 hr |
| Mar 7, 11:13 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Jackson | 117 min |
| Mar 7, 11:31 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 119 min |
| Mar 8, 1:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 115 min |
| Mar 8, 1:20 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Marion | 115 min |
| Mar 8, 3:31 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 44 min |
| Mar 18, 6:50 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 50 min |
| Mar 18, 11:05 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 65 min |
| Mar 19, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 30 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 19, 4:48 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 5:39 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 51 min |
| Mar 19, 5:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 52 min |
| Mar 19, 5:58 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 47 min |
| Mar 19, 6:22 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 48 min |
| Mar 19, 7:53 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 37 min |
| Mar 19, 8:06 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 49 min |
| Mar 19, 8:11 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 34 min |
| Mar 19, 8:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 35 min |
| Mar 27, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Tunica | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:00 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Issaquena, Jefferson, Wilkinson | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:07 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 38 min |
| Mar 31, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 45 min |
| Mar 31, 1:20 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 1:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 2:37 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 53 min |
| Mar 31, 3:04 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 3:13 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 32 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 | 75 |
| Tornado Warning | 5 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 6 |
| Tornado Watch | 4 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 15 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County11
- Jefferson County9
- Harrison County9
- Franklin County8
- Copiah County7
- Lincoln County7
- Jefferson Davis County6
- Claiborne County6
- Adams County6
- Lamar County6
- Marion County6
- Pearl River County6
- Jackson County6
- Simpson County6
- Covington County6
- Issaquena County5
- Lawrence County5
- Wilkinson County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Clay County5
- Lowndes County5
- Smith County5
- Forrest County5
- Noxubee County5
- Grenada County4
- Oktibbeha County4
- Warren County4
- Leflore County4
- Jones County4
- Madison County4
- Rankin County4
- Scott County4
- Yazoo County4
- Greene County3
- Jasper County3
- Clarke County3
- Amite County3
- Carroll County3
- Neshoba County3
- Winston County3
39 more counties
- Hinds County3
- Kemper County3
- Leake County3
- Sharkey County3
- Webster County3
- Perry County2
- Pike County2
- Walthall County2
- Union County2
- Itawamba County2
- Lee County2
- George County2
- Stone County2
- Benton County2
- Wayne County2
- Attala County2
- Calhoun County2
- Choctaw County2
- Holmes County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Monroe County2
- Montgomery County2
- Newton County2
- Sunflower County2
- Tallahatchie County2
- Yalobusha County2
- Bolivar County1
- Humphreys County1
- Washington County1
- Alcorn County1
- Lafayette County1
- Marshall County1
- Panola County1
- Pontotoc County1
- Prentiss County1
- Tate County1
- Tippah County1
- Tishomingo County1
- Tunica 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.