Alert archive / Mississippi / Lafayette County
Weather alerts in Lafayette County, Mississippi, 2016
93 weather alerts in 2016, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Lafayette County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 93
- Warnings
- 28
- Watches
- 14
- Advisories
- 19
- Busiest month
- March19 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 31, 20168 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
1 of 2 tornado warnings covering Lafayette County in 2016 had a tornado report inside them.
Lafayette County, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 2 | 1 | 50% | 0 | ||
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 9 | 1 | 89% | 2 | 0% | |
| Flash flood warnings | 5 | 0 | 100% | 0 |
Each office's whole area, 2016
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Memphis, TN: tornado warnings | 30 | 7 | 77% | 11 | 64% | 15 min |
| NWS Memphis, TN: severe thunderstorm warnings | 225 | 76 | 66% | 179 | 64% | 23 min |
| NWS Memphis, TN: flash flood warnings | 157 | 36 | 77% | 80 | 74% | 94 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 12:21 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jan 20, 1:33 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | MEG | 26 hr |
| Jan 20, 9:17 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | 11 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MEG | 40 hr |
| Jan 21, 9:08 PM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | 24 hr |
| Jan 22, 3:58 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Feb 1, 3:55 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | 26 hr |
| Feb 2, 10:41 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 2, 12:22 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Feb 2, 4:36 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | 3 hr |
| Feb 2, 6:13 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Feb 15, 7:09 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | 15 hr |
| Feb 24, 10:41 AM CST | River Flood Warning | MEG | 26 hr |
| Mar 10, 8:52 AM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | 6 hr |
| Mar 10, 11:46 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | 3 hr |
| Mar 10, 2:46 PM CST | Areal Flood Warning | MEG | 8 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:24 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | 4 days |
| Mar 13, 6:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Mar 13, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Mar 13, 9:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Mar 13, 11:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Mar 20, 3:55 AM CDT | Freeze Warning | MEG | 29 hr |
| Mar 29, 3:20 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MEG | 51 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Mar 30, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | 46 hr |
| Mar 31, 1:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 35 min |
| Mar 31, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 31, 2:47 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | 23 hr |
| Mar 31, 4:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Mar 31, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 44 min |
| Mar 31, 6:52 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Apr 6, 2:40 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 11, 3:17 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 9:27 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MEG | 26 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 83 min |
| Apr 29, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 40 min |
| May 1, 1:11 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| May 2, 9:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 52 min |
| Jun 15, 4:08 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | 60 hr |
| Jun 15, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Jun 17, 11:34 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 17, 12:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 17, 4:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 38 min |
| Jun 25, 10:36 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | 32 hr |
| Jun 27, 3:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 50 min |
| Jun 27, 5:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 7:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 41 min |
| Jul 6, 2:21 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | 13 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:40 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | 5 hr |
| Jul 14, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 4 hr |
| Jul 18, 3:18 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | 6 days |
| Jul 20, 11:41 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 37 min |
| Jul 26, 10:39 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | 9 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 44 min |
| Jul 29, 7:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 3:03 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | MEG | 4 days |
| Aug 3, 4:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 51 min |
| Aug 5, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 40 min |
| Aug 5, 4:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 24 min |
| Aug 6, 1:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 38 min |
| Aug 26, 12:27 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MEG | 48 min |
| Sep 10, 1:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 2:21 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:30 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | 7 hr |
| Oct 7, 2:46 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MEG | 13 hr |
| Oct 8, 4:08 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MEG | 15 hr |
| Oct 8, 3:39 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MEG | 13 hr |
| Oct 9, 4:22 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MEG | 14 hr |
| Oct 15, 2:49 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | 6 hr |
| Nov 12, 3:19 AM CST | Frost Advisory | MEG | 30 hr |
| Nov 18, 3:22 PM CST | Freeze Watch | MEG | 12 hr |
| Nov 19, 3:18 AM CST | Freeze Warning | MEG | 29 hr |
| Nov 25, 2:08 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | 7 hr |
| Nov 26, 4:43 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | 4 hr |
| Nov 27, 12:46 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | MEG | 8 hr |
| Nov 27, 2:04 PM CST | Wind Advisory | MEG | 28 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:08 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 29, 3:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Nov 29, 5:53 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | MEG | 3 hr |
| Dec 17, 8:28 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| Dec 17, 8:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Dec 17, 9:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 45 min |
| Dec 17, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | 33 min |
| Dec 17, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | 31 min |
| Dec 17, 11:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | 65 min |
| Dec 20, 5:47 AM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MEG | 4 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:43 PM CST | Freezing Fog Advisory | MEG | 9 hr |
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 | 9 |
| Tornado Warning | 2 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 2 |
| Tornado Watch | 6 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 21 |
| Special Weather Statement | 11 |
| Flooding | |
| Areal Flood Warning | 2 |
| Flash Flood Warning | 5 |
| River Flood Warning | 5 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 2 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Heat Advisory | 7 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 2 |
| Freeze Watch | 1 |
| Frost Advisory | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 2 |
| Fire | |
| Red Flag Warning | 2 |
| Fire Weather Watch | 2 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 7 |
| Freezing Fog Advisory | 2 |
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.