Weather alerts in Mississippi, 2023
4,008 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 4,008
- Warnings
- 1,436
- Watches
- 170
- Advisories
- 413
- Busiest month
- June983 alerts
- Busiest day
- June 19, 202394 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
4,008 alerts are too many to list on one page. Narrow it to a product above, to a month in the chart, or to a county.
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 | 930 |
| Tornado Warning | 120 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 43 |
| Tornado Watch | 38 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 247 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,742 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 92 |
| River Flood Warning | 157 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Flood Watch | 19 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 131 |
| River Flood Advisory | 5 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 3 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 64 |
| Excessive Heat Watch | 36 |
| Heat Advisory | 135 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 27 |
| Freeze Watch | 19 |
| Frost Advisory | 3 |
| Wind and dust | |
| High Wind Warning | 5 |
| High Wind Watch | 2 |
| Wind Advisory | 37 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 29 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 7 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 82 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 5 |
| Coastal Flood Watch | 4 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 16 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County307
- Pearl River County305
- Jackson County288
- Harrison County275
- Amite County257
- Pike County255
- Wayne County251
- DeSoto County248
- Wilkinson County248
- Marshall County246
- Rankin County243
- Walthall County242
- Hinds County237
- Jones County235
- George County235
- Greene County231
- Copiah County229
- Tunica County228
- Jefferson Davis County227
- Madison County227
- Leake County226
- Lafayette County224
- Scott County223
- Lee County221
- Perry County220
- Covington County218
- Lincoln County218
- Tate County217
- Stone County214
- Jasper County213
- Simpson County213
- Tishomingo County212
- Monroe County210
- Panola County210
- Prentiss County209
- Warren County209
- Marion County206
- Itawamba County204
- Clarke County204
- Yazoo County204
42 more counties
- Alcorn County203
- Union County203
- Lawrence County203
- Smith County203
- Pontotoc County201
- Lamar County201
- Tippah County200
- Lauderdale County200
- Coahoma County199
- Issaquena County199
- Sunflower County197
- Claiborne County196
- Benton County195
- Forrest County194
- Neshoba County194
- Newton County193
- Jefferson County190
- Quitman County190
- Leflore County190
- Bolivar County188
- Washington County188
- Holmes County185
- Attala County185
- Adams County184
- Humphreys County184
- Chickasaw County183
- Kemper County183
- Calhoun County181
- Tallahatchie County179
- Franklin County178
- Sharkey County177
- Noxubee County177
- Carroll County175
- Winston County171
- Lowndes County168
- Yalobusha County162
- Choctaw County161
- Montgomery County159
- Oktibbeha County157
- Grenada County156
- Clay County155
- Webster County154
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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.