Weather alerts in Mississippi, May 1998

126 weather alerts in May 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 May 1998. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 126
Warnings: 112
Watches: 14
Advisories: 0
Busiest day: May 29, 199836 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
May 3, 2:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Amite, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin and 19 more	6 hr
May 3, 2:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	47 min
May 3, 3:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Madison	34 min
May 3, 1:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	47 min
May 3, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	34 min
May 3, 1:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jefferson Davis	33 min
May 3, 1:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah	31 min
May 3, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Adams, Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 21 more	7 hr
May 3, 1:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper, Smith	51 min
May 3, 1:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Copiah, Lincoln	49 min
May 3, 2:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Itawamba	20 min
May 3, 2:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	49 min
May 3, 2:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Clarke	48 min
May 3, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	48 min
May 3, 2:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	48 min
May 3, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Hancock, Harrison	31 min
May 3, 3:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Adams, Franklin	33 min
May 3, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Harrison	29 min
May 3, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	32 min
May 3, 4:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lincoln	35 min
May 3, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite, Pike	31 min
May 3, 5:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	Greene	56 min
May 3, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MOB	George	67 min
May 3, 7:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Clarke, George, Greene, Jackson, Lauderdale, Perry and 1 more	6 hr
May 6, 3:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Tunica	6 hr
May 6, 4:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	34 min
May 6, 4:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Marion	48 min
May 6, 11:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Jackson	61 min
May 6, 1:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	48 min
May 6, 2:05 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	20 min
May 6, 2:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Itawamba, Monroe, Tishomingo	6 hr
May 6, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tishomingo	32 min
May 6, 10:15 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Marshall, Prentiss and 3 more	6 hr
May 7, 12:45 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 28 more	6 hr
May 7, 3:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	DeSoto	33 min
May 7, 3:30 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo and 1 more	6 hr
May 7, 3:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton, Tippah	47 min
May 7, 8:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Tishomingo	5 hr
May 7, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lee	34 min
May 7, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Bolivar	47 min
May 7, 9:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	46 min
May 7, 9:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Itawamba	18 min
May 7, 9:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tallahatchie	35 min
May 7, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Yalobusha	31 min
May 7, 10:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Lafayette	36 min
May 9, 2:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 27 more	6 hr
May 9, 2:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	31 min
May 9, 2:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Washington	35 min
May 9, 3:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll, Holmes	32 min
May 9, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery	49 min
May 9, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Attala, Choctaw	34 min
May 9, 5:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Oktibbeha	34 min
May 9, 6:00 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Washington	5 hr
May 9, 6:10 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Winston	20 min
May 9, 6:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	33 min
May 9, 6:19 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MEG	Lowndes	46 min
May 9, 6:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Winston	33 min
May 9, 7:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Noxubee	30 min
May 9, 7:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Newton	36 min
May 9, 7:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Noxubee	35 min
May 9, 7:17 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Newton	33 min
May 9, 7:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 44 more	6 hr
May 9, 7:36 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Kemper, Lauderdale	44 min
May 9, 9:12 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Washington	48 min
May 9, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys, Sharkey	49 min
May 9, 10:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba	50 min
May 21, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Alcorn	5 hr
May 26, 6:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Washington	46 min
May 26, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sharkey	46 min
May 27, 6:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay and 28 more	6 hr
May 28, 4:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tate	31 min
May 28, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw, Pontotoc	40 min
May 28, 4:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tate	34 min
May 28, 5:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	49 min
May 28, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Calhoun	35 min
May 28, 5:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike	33 min
May 28, 5:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Union	34 min
May 28, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Pontotoc	31 min
May 28, 6:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Chickasaw	31 min
May 28, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	50 min
May 28, 6:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Coahoma, Tunica	35 min
May 28, 6:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Montgomery	49 min
May 28, 6:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lawrence	47 min
May 28, 6:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	51 min
May 28, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Union	34 min
May 28, 6:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	48 min
May 28, 6:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	34 min
May 28, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Choctaw	49 min
May 28, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Webster	47 min
May 28, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Tippah	49 min
May 28, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	32 min
May 28, 7:10 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Yazoo	2 hr
May 28, 7:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Sunflower	48 min
May 28, 7:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Humphreys	52 min
May 28, 7:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	50 min
May 28, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Wilkinson	65 min
May 28, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Clay	34 min
May 28, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Carroll	47 min
May 28, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Covington	51 min
May 28, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Amite	50 min
May 28, 7:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pike	44 min
May 28, 7:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Humphreys	2 hr
May 28, 7:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Monroe	45 min
May 28, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MEG	Benton	36 min
May 28, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Claiborne, Copiah	48 min
May 28, 8:09 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Amite	3 hr
May 28, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Franklin	49 min
May 28, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jones	47 min
May 28, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson	49 min
May 28, 8:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Jasper	47 min
May 28, 8:36 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	LIX	Pike	3 hr
May 28, 8:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Hinds, Madison	48 min
May 28, 8:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Smith	48 min
May 28, 8:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Carroll, Leflore	118 min
May 28, 8:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Montgomery	118 min
May 28, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Yazoo	51 min
May 28, 9:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Attala	49 min
May 28, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Issaquena, Warren	48 min
May 28, 10:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Lauderdale	49 min
May 28, 10:36 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Leflore	49 min
May 28, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	50 min
May 28, 10:51 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	Simpson, Smith	34 min
May 29, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	Neshoba, Newton	50 min
May 29, 3:41 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Attala	89 min
May 29, 4:33 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	Bolivar, Washington	92 min
May 29, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	LIX	Pearl River	48 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	93
Tornado Warning	11
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	6
Tornado Watch	8
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	8

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

42 more counties

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. Rebuilt daily.