Alert archive / Mississippi / 2002
Weather alerts in Mississippi, May 2002
70 weather alerts in May 2002, 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 70
- Warnings
- 65
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- May 17, 200224 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 2, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 34 min |
| May 2, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall | 13 min |
| May 2, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 56 min |
| May 2, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 36 min |
| May 2, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate, Tunica | 29 min |
| May 2, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 29 min |
| May 2, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 31 min |
| May 2, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 36 min |
| May 2, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 22 min |
| May 2, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 23 min |
| May 3, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 28 min |
| May 3, 12:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 35 min |
| May 3, 12:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 33 min |
| May 3, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Yalobusha | 30 min |
| May 3, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 1:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 25 min |
| May 3, 3:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 25 min |
| May 3, 4:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 57 min |
| May 3, 9:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Panola, Pontotoc and 2 more | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:24 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 3 hr |
| May 3, 10:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 39 min |
| May 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 50 min |
| May 3, 11:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 46 min |
| May 3, 11:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke and 27 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 64 min |
| May 4, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 34 min |
| May 4, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 36 min |
| May 9, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 31 min |
| May 9, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 36 min |
| May 9, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 21 min |
| May 9, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 42 min |
| May 9, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 45 min |
| May 9, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 33 min |
| May 9, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 57 min |
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Leflore and 9 more | 4 hr |
| May 13, 7:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 42 min |
| May 13, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 39 min |
| May 17, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 31 min |
| May 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 35 min |
| May 17, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 41 min |
| May 17, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 34 min |
| May 17, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 46 min |
| May 17, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 38 min |
| May 17, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 28 min |
| May 17, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 43 min |
| May 17, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| May 17, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| May 17, 3:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 39 min |
| May 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| May 17, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 47 min |
| May 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 46 min |
| May 17, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 39 min |
| May 17, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 52 min |
| May 17, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 45 min |
| May 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Greene, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 17, 5:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 33 min |
| May 17, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 32 min |
| May 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 57 min |
| May 17, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 47 min |
| May 17, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 13 min |
| May 26, 12:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 29 min |
| May 26, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 59 min |
| May 26, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 42 min |
| May 26, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 47 min |
| May 26, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 34 min |
| May 26, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 39 min |
| May 26, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 47 min |
| May 26, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 36 min |
| May 28, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 39 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 | 61 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 1 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 2 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Itawamba County7
- Lee County7
- Yalobusha County7
- Calhoun County6
- Holmes County6
- Yazoo County6
- Clarke County6
- Hinds County6
- Bolivar County5
- Lafayette County5
- Panola County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Monroe County5
- Marshall County4
- Quitman County4
- Tate County4
- Tallahatchie County4
- Pontotoc County4
- Tishomingo County4
- Union County4
- Madison County4
- Coahoma County3
- Tippah County3
- Attala County3
- Lowndes County3
- Noxubee County3
- Prentiss County3
- Winston County3
- Humphreys County3
- Jasper County3
- Kemper County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Rankin County3
- Smith County3
- Covington County3
- Jefferson Davis County3
- Tunica County2
- Alcorn County2
- Carroll County2
- Choctaw County2
28 more counties
- Clay County2
- Grenada County2
- Montgomery County2
- Oktibbeha County2
- Webster County2
- Issaquena County2
- Sharkey County2
- Leake County2
- Neshoba County2
- Newton County2
- Jones County2
- Benton County2
- Jefferson County2
- Lamar County2
- Scott County1
- Warren County1
- DeSoto County1
- Leflore County1
- Sunflower County1
- Adams County1
- Pike County1
- Walthall County1
- Claiborne County1
- Pearl River County1
- Simpson County1
- Forrest County1
- Greene County1
- Wayne County1
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.