Alert archive / Mississippi / 2003
Weather alerts in Mississippi, August 2003
174 weather alerts in August 2003, 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 August 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 174
- Warnings
- 153
- Watches
- 5
- Advisories
- 0
- Busiest day
- August 6, 200326 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 67 min |
| Aug 1, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Stone | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 8 more | 57 min |
| Aug 2, 12:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 23 more | 113 min |
| Aug 2, 1:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 2:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 27 min |
| Aug 2, 2:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Quitman | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 44 min |
| Aug 2, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 45 min |
| Aug 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 4:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 43 min |
| Aug 2, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Claiborne and 28 more | 91 min |
| Aug 3, 5:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 46 min |
| Aug 3, 9:54 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys and 14 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 11:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 12:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 1:07 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada, Itawamba and 8 more | 113 min |
| Aug 3, 1:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Yalobusha | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Union | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 31 min |
| Aug 3, 4:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 44 min |
| Aug 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 19 min |
| Aug 3, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 40 min |
| Aug 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lee, Marshall and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 43 min |
| Aug 4, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Aug 4, 7:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke and 31 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 46 min |
| Aug 4, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 47 min |
| Aug 4, 8:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tunica | 95 min |
| Aug 4, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 45 min |
| Aug 4, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 4, 11:02 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 8 more | 88 min |
| Aug 4, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 61 min |
| Aug 5, 1:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Chickasaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee and 8 more | 62 min |
| Aug 5, 2:16 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss | 59 min |
| Aug 5, 3:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 6:45 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 7:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Union | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 8:12 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:36 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee | 114 min |
| Aug 6, 12:36 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Quitman, Sharkey and 3 more | 114 min |
| Aug 6, 2:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 43 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Clarke, Hinds, Holmes and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 4:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 41 min |
| Aug 6, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 4:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tate | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 5:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 42 min |
| Aug 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Hinds and 25 more | 83 min |
| Aug 6, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 5:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 57 min |
| Aug 6, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 35 min |
| Aug 6, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 58 min |
| Aug 6, 7:16 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Lee, Monroe | 119 min |
| Aug 6, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Covington, Forrest and 30 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 6, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 62 min |
| Aug 6, 8:01 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 4 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 59 min |
| Aug 6, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 8:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 8:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Clay | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 46 min |
| Aug 6, 8:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 39 min |
| Aug 6, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 74 min |
| Aug 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lamar | 76 min |
| Aug 6, 9:34 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Covington, Forrest and 31 more | 86 min |
| Aug 6, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 60 min |
| Aug 6, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 61 min |
| Aug 7, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 12:38 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Hinds, Jasper, Jefferson Davis and 9 more | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 12:41 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Rankin | 119 min |
| Aug 7, 1:03 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Hinds | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 12:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 21 min |
| Aug 12, 2:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 44 min |
| Aug 16, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Aug 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 49 min |
| Aug 16, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 7:40 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:39 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 3:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 61 min |
| Aug 20, 4:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Forrest | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:12 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Forrest, George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson Davis and 6 more | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 46 min |
| Aug 20, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 27 min |
| Aug 20, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 6:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 43 min |
| Aug 20, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 44 min |
| Aug 20, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 29 min |
| Aug 20, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 38 min |
| Aug 20, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 42 min |
| Aug 21, 12:39 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, Franklin, Humphreys and 8 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 21, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 46 min |
| Aug 21, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 48 min |
| Aug 21, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 44 min |
| Aug 21, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 43 min |
| Aug 21, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 46 min |
| Aug 22, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 32 min |
| Aug 22, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 49 min |
| Aug 23, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 49 min |
| Aug 27, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 43 min |
| Aug 27, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 1:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Grenada | 118 min |
| Aug 27, 1:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Grenada | 36 min |
| Aug 27, 2:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 41 min |
| Aug 27, 2:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 30 min |
| Aug 27, 2:33 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 45 min |
| Aug 27, 2:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton | 34 min |
| Aug 27, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes | 46 min |
| Aug 27, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tippah | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 3:21 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Attala | 119 min |
| Aug 27, 3:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 60 min |
| Aug 27, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 20 min |
| Aug 27, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 37 min |
| Aug 27, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 50 min |
| Aug 27, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 42 min |
| Aug 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 27 min |
| Aug 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds | 40 min |
| Aug 28, 8:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Leflore | 3 hr |
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 | 130 |
| Tornado Warning | 4 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 5 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 16 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 19 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County17
- Lee County14
- Tate County13
- Leflore County13
- Neshoba County13
- Pontotoc County12
- Carroll County12
- Rankin County12
- Alcorn County11
- Itawamba County11
- Prentiss County11
- Union County11
- Attala County11
- Bolivar County11
- Yazoo County11
- Lauderdale County11
- Scott County11
- Smith County11
- Benton County10
- DeSoto County10
- Lafayette County10
- Tippah County10
- Hinds County10
- Holmes County10
- Leake County10
- Sunflower County10
- Kemper County10
- Lowndes County10
- Noxubee County10
- Jones County10
- Marshall County9
- Panola County9
- Chickasaw County9
- Grenada County9
- Humphreys County9
- Warren County9
- Newton County9
- Oktibbeha County9
- Clarke County9
- Tunica County8
41 more counties
- Choctaw County8
- Montgomery County8
- Washington County8
- Jasper County8
- Simpson County8
- Forrest County8
- George County7
- Tishomingo County7
- Quitman County7
- Sharkey County7
- Clay County7
- Jefferson Davis County7
- Monroe County7
- Winston County7
- Coahoma County6
- Issaquena County6
- Tallahatchie County6
- Webster County6
- Yalobusha County6
- Copiah County6
- Covington County6
- Wayne County6
- Claiborne County5
- Hancock County5
- Lamar County5
- Stone County4
- Calhoun County4
- Adams County4
- Franklin County4
- Jackson County4
- Pearl River County4
- Greene County3
- Lawrence County3
- Harrison County3
- Marion County3
- Perry County3
- Jefferson County2
- Amite County1
- Lincoln County1
- Walthall County1
- Wilkinson 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. Rebuilt daily.