Alert archive / Mississippi / Holmes County

Weather alerts in Holmes County, Mississippi, 2008

244 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Holmes County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
244
Warnings
82
Watches
41
Advisories
64
Busiest month
December37 alerts
Busiest day
August 3, 200815 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

6 of 16 tornado warnings covering Holmes County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 6 of 6 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 22 minutes after it went out.

Holmes County, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings16663%6100%22 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings361947%1346%9 min
Flash flood warnings15847%0

Each office's whole area, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Jackson, MS: tornado warnings3157875%18681%23 min
NWS Jackson, MS: severe thunderstorm warnings82337055%1,05965%21 min
NWS Jackson, MS: flash flood warnings1365659%13479%96 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 5, 4:15 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN10 hr
Jan 7, 2:34 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN27 hr
Jan 8, 1:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jan 8, 1:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jan 8, 2:12 PM CSTWind AdvisoryJAN4 hr
Jan 8, 4:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jan 10, 7:17 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Jan 10, 7:46 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jan 10, 11:41 AM CSTTornado WarningJAN64 min
Jan 10, 12:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jan 10, 12:50 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN55 min
Jan 19, 5:06 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryJAN4 hr
Jan 25, 6:14 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryJAN18 hr
Jan 25, 11:26 AM CSTIce Storm WarningJAN13 hr
Jan 25, 12:24 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 25, 6:10 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC6 hr
Jan 28, 1:02 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN8 hr
Jan 28, 2:48 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Jan 29, 3:41 AM CSTWind AdvisoryJAN20 hr
Feb 3, 3:37 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN26 hr
Feb 3, 7:30 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJAN7 days
Feb 4, 2:59 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Feb 4, 2:59 PM CSTWind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Feb 5, 12:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
Feb 5, 3:09 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPC9 hr
Feb 5, 8:07 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Feb 5, 11:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN26 min
Feb 5, 11:28 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN32 min
Feb 12, 9:15 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJAN35 hr
Feb 16, 10:14 AM CSTWind AdvisoryJAN17 hr
Feb 16, 11:30 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Feb 17, 4:19 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Feb 21, 8:36 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJAN37 hr
Feb 22, 1:05 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Feb 25, 5:01 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN4 hr
Feb 25, 3:31 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN26 hr
Feb 25, 7:20 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 25, 11:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Feb 29, 9:22 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN12 hr
Mar 1, 5:56 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN23 hr
Mar 2, 5:21 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN35 hr
Mar 2, 5:21 PM CSTWind AdvisoryJAN25 hr
Mar 3, 1:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Mar 3, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC11 hr
Mar 3, 5:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN57 min
Mar 3, 5:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Mar 4, 10:39 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJAN3 days
Mar 6, 4:18 PM CSTWinter Storm WatchJAN13 hr
Mar 7, 5:05 AM CSTHeavy Snow WarningJAN21 hr
Mar 14, 3:32 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC118 min
Mar 14, 10:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Mar 14, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN30 min
Mar 14, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr
Mar 14, 11:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN48 min
Mar 14, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN35 min
Mar 15, 1:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Mar 15, 8:43 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN9 hr
Mar 16, 3:41 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN63 hr
Mar 17, 3:15 PM CDTWind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Mar 18, 10:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Mar 18, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 19, 1:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN50 min
Mar 19, 1:43 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN32 min
Mar 19, 2:02 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN28 min
Mar 19, 2:35 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Mar 19, 3:59 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN22 min
Mar 19, 7:21 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN14 hr
Mar 25, 4:31 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN14 hr
Mar 25, 7:59 AM CDTRed Flag WarningJAN11 hr
Mar 26, 2:41 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN28 hr
Apr 1, 12:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
Apr 1, 8:41 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningJAN10 days
Apr 3, 12:16 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Apr 3, 2:59 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN30 hr
Apr 3, 3:15 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN36 hr
Apr 4, 7:55 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 4, 11:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN60 min
Apr 4, 12:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN41 min
Apr 4, 12:07 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN38 min
Apr 9, 3:00 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN32 hr
Apr 11, 7:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 11, 12:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN48 min
Apr 12, 11:43 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN4 hr
Apr 13, 3:59 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN15 hr
Apr 13, 3:26 PM CDTFreeze WatchJAN13 hr
Apr 14, 4:00 AM CDTFreeze WarningJAN29 hr
Apr 22, 1:51 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Apr 22, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Apr 22, 3:52 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Apr 22, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN25 min
Apr 22, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN43 min
Apr 22, 5:50 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN115 min
Apr 22, 7:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC119 min
Apr 26, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN51 min
Apr 26, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN25 hr
Apr 27, 3:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN48 min
Apr 29, 3:43 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN28 hr
Apr 30, 3:08 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN31 hr
May 1, 9:39 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN23 hr
May 2, 3:35 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
May 2, 3:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN18 min
May 2, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 2, 7:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 2, 11:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 2, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 3, 12:44 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN46 min
May 3, 1:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN66 min
May 3, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN49 min
May 3, 2:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
May 6, 3:25 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
May 7, 11:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
May 8, 7:48 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
May 8, 8:04 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 8, 10:07 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
May 8, 10:20 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN9 hr
May 10, 9:40 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC65 min
May 10, 10:11 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 10, 2:23 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC97 min
May 10, 3:36 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC4 hr
May 10, 6:51 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPC7 hr
May 11, 6:56 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN11 hr
May 13, 4:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN44 hr
May 15, 4:16 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
May 15, 4:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN5 hr
May 15, 5:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 15, 8:27 AM CDTWind AdvisoryJAN3 hr
May 15, 9:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN91 min
May 27, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN49 min
Jun 1, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Jun 3, 2:28 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN30 hr
Jun 4, 3:03 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN29 hr
Jun 12, 11:51 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Jun 20, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 24, 8:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN41 min
Jun 28, 10:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jul 4, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
Jul 6, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN48 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN19 min
Jul 21, 3:05 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryJAN27 hr
Jul 22, 4:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN44 min
Jul 26, 4:07 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryJAN4 days
Jul 26, 11:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 1, 7:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN119 min
Aug 1, 2:37 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchJAN47 hr
Aug 2, 4:30 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Aug 2, 2:52 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningJAN38 hr
Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 2, 10:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN31 min
Aug 2, 10:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN38 min
Aug 2, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN38 min
Aug 2, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN38 min
Aug 2, 10:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 2, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN25 min
Aug 3, 10:50 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC55 min
Aug 3, 2:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN23 min
Aug 3, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN46 min
Aug 3, 3:09 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC66 min
Aug 3, 3:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN41 min
Aug 3, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN45 min
Aug 3, 4:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC54 min
Aug 3, 4:28 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN53 min
Aug 7, 2:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN39 min
Aug 7, 2:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Aug 10, 2:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN24 hr
Aug 11, 2:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN30 hr
Aug 12, 3:41 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN2 hr
Aug 12, 5:46 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN4 hr
Aug 15, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN13 hr
Aug 20, 2:07 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN6 hr
Aug 23, 4:57 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN35 hr
Aug 23, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN54 hr
Aug 31, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN4 days
Aug 31, 5:39 PM CDTWind AdvisoryJAN52 hr
Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 1, 6:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 1, 10:17 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN42 hr
Sep 2, 6:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Sep 2, 6:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Sep 2, 10:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN2 hr
Sep 2, 3:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Sep 3, 5:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Sep 3, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 3, 9:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Sep 3, 10:42 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN2 hr
Sep 3, 11:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Sep 3, 11:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN3 hr
Sep 4, 2:51 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN114 min
Sep 11, 2:52 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN67 hr
Sep 11, 2:52 PM CDTWind AdvisoryJAN51 hr
Sep 13, 4:38 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN35 hr
Sep 14, 1:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 14, 6:24 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Sep 14, 7:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN51 min
Sep 14, 7:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN41 min
Sep 14, 8:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN2 hr
Sep 14, 8:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN39 min
Sep 14, 9:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Sep 14, 10:39 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN108 min
Oct 27, 5:06 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN12 hr
Oct 27, 10:12 AM CDTRed Flag WarningJAN8 hr
Oct 28, 4:51 AM CDTFreeze WarningJAN28 hr
Nov 12, 9:40 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN11 hr
Nov 15, 3:59 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN12 hr
Nov 30, 4:35 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN13 hr
Dec 2, 3:07 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN27 hr
Dec 4, 4:21 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN11 hr
Dec 9, 4:27 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN14 hr
Dec 9, 9:32 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Dec 9, 2:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Dec 9, 3:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Dec 9, 4:05 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJAN4 hr
Dec 9, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN45 min
Dec 9, 4:49 PM CSTTornado Warning EmergencyJAN56 min
Dec 9, 5:04 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN41 min
Dec 9, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN45 min
Dec 9, 5:52 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Dec 9, 6:19 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN10 hr
Dec 9, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN41 min
Dec 9, 6:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN33 min
Dec 9, 7:10 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN50 min
Dec 9, 8:20 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJAN3 hr
Dec 9, 8:24 PM CSTRiver Flood WarningJAN10 days
Dec 10, 4:13 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN18 hr
Dec 10, 4:24 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningJAN23 hr
Dec 10, 4:24 PM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryJAN18 hr
Dec 11, 7:49 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Dec 13, 3:24 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN39 hr
Dec 13, 2:20 PM CSTWind AdvisoryJAN24 hr
Dec 16, 2:38 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN20 hr
Dec 17, 3:17 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN24 hr
Dec 18, 6:11 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN6 hr
Dec 20, 3:36 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN23 hr
Dec 23, 3:13 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Dec 24, 7:06 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Dec 24, 10:47 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Dec 26, 3:28 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Dec 27, 12:18 PM CSTWind AdvisoryJAN8 hr
Dec 27, 6:59 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN46 min
Dec 27, 7:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN49 min
Dec 27, 8:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN58 min
Dec 28, 7:29 AM CSTRiver Flood WarningJAN5 days

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The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

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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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.