Alert archive / Mississippi / 2016
Weather alerts in Mississippi, May 2016
152 weather alerts in May 2016, 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 152
- Warnings
- 51
- Watches
- 2
- Advisories
- 2
- Busiest day
- May 12, 201622 alerts
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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 1, 3:22 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Amite, Wilkinson | 113 min |
| May 1, 7:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Franklin | 43 min |
| May 1, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Copiah | 46 min |
| May 1, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 52 min |
| May 1, 9:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Oktibbeha | 29 min |
| May 1, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 29 min |
| May 1, 10:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Scott | 39 min |
| May 1, 10:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 47 min |
| May 1, 10:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 45 min |
| May 1, 10:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 46 min |
| May 1, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison, Scott | 55 min |
| May 1, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala | 62 min |
| May 1, 11:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 63 min |
| May 1, 12:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 48 min |
| May 1, 12:14 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 32 hr |
| May 1, 12:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock | 54 min |
| May 1, 1:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 4 more | 64 min |
| May 1, 1:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 57 min |
| May 1, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Harrison | 61 min |
| May 1, 7:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 49 min |
| May 2, 2:43 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Washington | 2 hr |
| May 2, 3:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren and 1 more | 5 hr |
| May 2, 4:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 25 min |
| May 2, 4:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Coahoma | 49 min |
| May 2, 5:48 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Warren and 1 more | 87 min |
| May 2, 6:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar | 46 min |
| May 2, 7:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sunflower | 38 min |
| May 2, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Panola | 24 min |
| May 2, 8:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Yalobusha | 24 min |
| May 2, 8:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 53 min |
| May 2, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Lafayette | 52 min |
| May 2, 9:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 21 hr |
| May 2, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| May 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 42 min |
| May 10, 1:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 41 min |
| May 10, 1:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Tunica | 45 min |
| May 10, 1:42 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 5 more | 93 min |
| May 10, 2:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Coahoma | 44 min |
| May 10, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 26 min |
| May 12, 9:10 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Prentiss, Tate and 4 more | 95 min |
| May 12, 2:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 41 more | 87 min |
| May 12, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 43 min |
| May 12, 2:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 26 min |
| May 12, 3:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 18 min |
| May 12, 4:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Calhoun | 25 min |
| May 12, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Grenada | 37 min |
| May 12, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 42 min |
| May 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 24 min |
| May 12, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw | 39 min |
| May 12, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 37 min |
| May 12, 5:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Monroe | 44 min |
| May 12, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Carroll | 25 min |
| May 12, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 36 min |
| May 12, 5:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Holmes | 36 min |
| May 12, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Attala | 33 min |
| May 12, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 28 min |
| May 12, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| May 12, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 27 min |
| May 12, 6:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leake | 25 min |
| May 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 23 min |
| May 12, 7:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 25 min |
| May 12, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 26 min |
| May 12, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 29 min |
| May 12, 7:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 36 min |
| May 12, 8:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Newton | 36 min |
| May 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 15 min |
| May 17, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 min |
| May 17, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 33 min |
| May 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 30 min |
| May 17, 1:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 87 min |
| May 17, 1:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Stone | 41 min |
| May 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 16 min |
| May 17, 2:57 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 3 hr |
| May 17, 3:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Harrison | 32 min |
| May 17, 8:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 36 hr |
| May 17, 8:12 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 44 hr |
| May 17, 8:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | LIX | Harrison | 24 hr |
| May 18, 3:10 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 23 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 5:42 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lamar, Marion, Pearl River, Walthall | 93 min |
| May 19, 10:22 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 83 min |
| May 19, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 19, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 42 min |
| May 19, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison | 47 min |
| May 19, 11:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone | 54 min |
| May 19, 11:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 19 min |
| May 20, 12:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Walthall | 41 min |
| May 20, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 65 min |
| May 20, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 16 min |
| May 20, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 57 min |
| May 20, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 74 min |
| May 20, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 60 min |
| May 20, 12:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jones | 46 min |
| May 20, 1:26 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Wayne | 2 hr |
| May 20, 2:33 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Lowndes | 2 hr |
| May 20, 3:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 24 min |
| May 20, 4:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 13 min |
| May 20, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lowndes | 27 min |
| May 20, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 19 min |
| May 20, 4:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 27 min |
| May 20, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 14 min |
| May 20, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 14 min |
| May 25, 3:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 46 min |
| May 25, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 19 min |
| May 25, 4:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 25, 4:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman | 16 min |
| May 25, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Marshall, Tate | 38 min |
| May 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 40 min |
| May 25, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 34 min |
| May 25, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 44 min |
| May 25, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Issaquena | 30 min |
| May 25, 7:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Warren | 26 min |
| May 25, 8:09 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | Warren | 2 hr |
| May 26, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 50 min |
| May 26, 8:38 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 3 hr |
| May 27, 4:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey, Warren and 1 more | 117 min |
| May 27, 4:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower, Washington | 50 min |
| May 27, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 35 min |
| May 27, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | DeSoto | 31 min |
| May 27, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 55 min |
| May 28, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 37 min |
| May 28, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 41 min |
| May 28, 5:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Chickasaw | 13 min |
| May 28, 6:56 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun | 34 min |
| May 30, 3:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Sharkey | 31 min |
| May 30, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Jackson | 37 min |
| May 30, 4:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Jefferson | 27 min |
| May 30, 5:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Washington | 35 min |
| May 30, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Walthall | 38 min |
| May 30, 5:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Amite | 31 min |
| May 30, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike | 27 min |
| May 30, 5:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Wilkinson | 25 min |
| May 30, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Amite | 43 min |
| May 30, 6:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 31 min |
| May 30, 6:23 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | LIX | Amite, Pike | 2 hr |
| May 30, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | LIX | Pike | 24 min |
| May 30, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Lincoln | 37 min |
| May 30, 6:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| May 30, 7:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Simpson | 30 min |
| May 31, 1:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 31 min |
| May 31, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Kemper | 32 min |
| May 31, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Choctaw | 24 min |
| May 31, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Noxubee | 28 min |
| May 31, 3:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Winston | 30 min |
| May 31, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | Calhoun | 25 min |
| May 31, 5:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MOB | Greene | 40 min |
| May 31, 5:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Leflore | 37 min |
| May 31, 5:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Rankin | 47 min |
| May 31, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 51 min |
| May 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Claiborne | 44 min |
| May 31, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Madison | 42 min |
| May 31, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | Hinds | 38 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 | 36 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 13 |
| Special Weather Statement | 84 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 4 |
| River Flood Warning | 5 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 1 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harrison County19
- Marshall County9
- Washington County9
- Leake County8
- Winston County8
- Noxubee County8
- Hancock County8
- DeSoto County8
- Warren County8
- Kemper County8
- Lowndes County7
- Madison County7
- Pearl River County7
- Coahoma County7
- Hinds County6
- Newton County6
- Attala County6
- Benton County6
- Bolivar County6
- Issaquena County6
- Sunflower County6
- Amite County5
- Scott County5
- Tippah County5
- Tunica County5
- Sharkey County5
- Leflore County5
- George County5
- Jackson County5
- Stone County5
- Wilkinson County4
- Rankin County4
- Panola County4
- Tate County4
- Union County4
- Adams County4
- Calhoun County4
- Claiborne County4
- Jefferson County4
- Simpson County4
42 more counties
- Lamar County4
- Greene County4
- Perry County4
- Pike County4
- Franklin County3
- Copiah County3
- Oktibbeha County3
- Jasper County3
- Choctaw County3
- Neshoba County3
- Humphreys County3
- Quitman County3
- Carroll County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Holmes County3
- Lincoln County3
- Forrest County3
- Marion County3
- Walthall County3
- Alcorn County2
- Lafayette County2
- Yalobusha County2
- Tallahatchie County2
- Tishomingo County2
- Grenada County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Lawrence County2
- Lee County2
- Monroe County2
- Pontotoc County2
- Smith County2
- Jones County2
- Prentiss County1
- Clay County1
- Montgomery County1
- Webster County1
- Yazoo County1
- Itawamba County1
- Clarke County1
- Covington County1
- Jefferson Davis County1
- Wayne 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.