Extreme Heat Warnings in Mississippi
42 extreme heat warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of extreme heat warnings reaches back to 2005.
Extreme Heat Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Extreme Heat Warnings
- 42
- Busiest year
- 202623 extreme heat warnings
- Average year
- 21over 2 years on file
Over time
By year
Before late 2005 the archive holds only tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings, and from 1997 SPC's watches, so the jump that year is the archive widening, not the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Sunflower County16
- Bolivar County15
- Issaquena County15
- Leflore County15
- Sharkey County15
- Warren County15
- Yazoo County15
- Claiborne County14
- Coahoma County14
- Copiah County14
- Hinds County14
- Humphreys County14
- Quitman County14
- Tunica County14
- Washington County14
- DeSoto County13
- Jefferson County13
- Panola County13
- Tallahatchie County13
- Madison County12
- Tate County12
- Adams County10
- Hancock County10
- Harrison County10
- Holmes County10
- Jackson County10
- Rankin County10
- Franklin County9
- Simpson County9
- Benton County8
- Carroll County8
- Marshall County8
- Grenada County7
- Alcorn County6
- Amite County6
- Jefferson Davis County6
- Lawrence County6
- Lincoln County6
- Marion County6
- Pearl River County6
37 more counties
- Pike County6
- Tippah County6
- Walthall County6
- Wilkinson County6
- Calhoun County5
- Chickasaw County5
- Covington County5
- Itawamba County5
- Lafayette County5
- Lamar County5
- Lee County5
- Monroe County5
- Pontotoc County5
- Prentiss County5
- Tishomingo County5
- Union County5
- Yalobusha County5
- Choctaw County3
- Clay County3
- Forrest County3
- Jasper County3
- Jones County3
- Lowndes County3
- Montgomery County3
- Noxubee County3
- Oktibbeha County3
- Scott County3
- Smith County3
- Webster County3
- Winston County3
- Attala County2
- Clarke County2
- Kemper County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Leake County2
- Neshoba County2
- Newton County2
The latest extreme heat warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 12:46 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Issaquena and 11 more | 31 hr |
| Aug 20, 11:13 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LIX | Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 19, 3:12 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | JAN | Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 12 more | 18 hr |
| Aug 18, 11:41 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MEG | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more | 32 hr |
| Aug 17, 12:08 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | 32 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:58 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 24 hr |
| Aug 16, 10:47 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LIX | Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 16, 2:15 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 42 hr |
| Aug 15, 11:09 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LIX | Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 14, 10:55 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | LIX | Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more | 33 hr |
| Aug 12, 4:06 AM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 5 days |
| Jul 28, 2:00 PM CDT | Extreme Heat Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Grenada, Hinds and 13 more | 31 hr |
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.