Weather alerts in Mississippi, 2026
2,922 weather alerts in 2026, 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 2,922
- Warnings
- 1,042
- Watches
- 67
- Advisories
- 322
- Busiest month
- August547 alerts
- Busiest day
- April 29, 2026121 alerts
Over time
By month
The alerts
2,922 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 | 635 |
| Tornado Warning | 97 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 14 |
| Tornado Watch | 15 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 129 |
| Special Weather Statement | 1,362 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 15 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 131 |
| River Flood Warning | 107 |
| Flood Watch | 13 |
| Areal Flood Advisory | 133 |
| River Flood Advisory | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Ice Storm Warning | 3 |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 3 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 2 |
| Heat | |
| Extreme Heat Warning | 23 |
| Extreme Heat Watch | 4 |
| Heat Advisory | 112 |
| Cold | |
| Extreme Cold Warning | 9 |
| Freeze Warning | 8 |
| Extreme Cold Watch | 9 |
| Freeze Watch | 4 |
| Cold Weather Advisory | 7 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 6 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 11 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 3 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 57 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 1 |
| Tropical | |
| Tropical Storm Warning | 1 |
| Storm Surge Watch | 1 |
| Tropical Storm Watch | 1 |
| Coast and beach | |
| Coastal Flood Warning | 1 |
| Coastal Flood Advisory | 3 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Pearl River County248
- Hancock County237
- Harrison County223
- Jackson County199
- Rankin County196
- Hinds County174
- George County172
- Pike County172
- Covington County172
- Simpson County172
- Jefferson Davis County167
- Smith County167
- Amite County166
- Madison County166
- Jones County164
- Lawrence County164
- Walthall County161
- Greene County160
- Jasper County159
- Stone County158
- Lincoln County158
- Copiah County154
- Marion County152
- Forrest County151
- Lamar County150
- Perry County148
- Clarke County148
- Franklin County145
- Jefferson County142
- Scott County142
- DeSoto County141
- Marshall County140
- Newton County139
- Wilkinson County138
- Lauderdale County137
- Claiborne County136
- Lowndes County134
- Warren County134
- Yazoo County134
- Neshoba County132
42 more counties
- Lee County132
- Adams County130
- Wayne County129
- Holmes County128
- Monroe County127
- Leake County126
- Winston County126
- Attala County125
- Kemper County125
- Lafayette County125
- Choctaw County124
- Washington County124
- Bolivar County122
- Carroll County121
- Sharkey County121
- Pontotoc County121
- Humphreys County120
- Issaquena County120
- Union County120
- Panola County119
- Tishomingo County119
- Itawamba County117
- Oktibbeha County116
- Sunflower County116
- Clay County115
- Tippah County115
- Tunica County115
- Noxubee County114
- Chickasaw County114
- Leflore County113
- Montgomery County113
- Coahoma County113
- Quitman County113
- Prentiss County111
- Tate County111
- Tallahatchie County110
- Grenada County109
- Webster County108
- Alcorn County108
- Calhoun County108
- Benton County99
- Yalobusha County95
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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.