Alert archive / Mississippi / Marion County
Weather alerts in Marion County, Mississippi, 2011
179 weather alerts in 2011, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.
Marion County and its neighbors
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2011. Tap one for its archive.
- Alerts
- 179
- Warnings
- 45
- Watches
- 34
- Advisories
- 20
- Busiest month
- March30 alerts
- Busiest day
- March 9, 20119 alerts
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
2 of 6 tornado warnings covering Marion County in 2011 had a tornado report inside them; 2 of 3 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 21 minutes after it went out.
Marion County, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 6 | 2 | 67% | 3 | 67% | 21 min |
| Severe thunderstorm warnings | 24 | 16 | 33% | 14 | 64% | 21 min |
| Flash flood warnings | 9 | 6 | 33% | 5 | 80% | 43 min |
Each office's whole area, 2011
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Jackson, MS: tornado warnings | 225 | 65 | 71% | 184 | 85% | 26 min |
| NWS Jackson, MS: severe thunderstorm warnings | 717 | 416 | 42% | 1,089 | 75% | 24 min |
| NWS Jackson, MS: flash flood warnings | 164 | 99 | 40% | 205 | 93% | 110 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 1, 3:10 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Jan 1, 6:06 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 114 min |
| Jan 5, 10:53 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 11 hr |
| Jan 7, 3:30 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | JAN | 45 hr |
| Jan 9, 12:45 PM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | JAN | 23 hr |
| Jan 31, 2:38 PM CST | Wind Advisory | JAN | 29 hr |
| Feb 1, 8:40 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Feb 1, 12:00 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Feb 1, 1:23 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 67 min |
| Feb 1, 1:44 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 46 min |
| Feb 1, 2:25 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 65 min |
| Feb 2, 3:54 PM CST | Winter Storm Watch | JAN | 25 hr |
| Feb 3, 4:39 AM CST | Winter Storm Warning | JAN | 31 hr |
| Feb 3, 12:58 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 5, 8:54 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 5, 11:12 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 93 min |
| Mar 5, 12:51 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 3 hr |
| Mar 7, 6:02 PM CST | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | 41 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:52 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 53 min |
| Mar 8, 12:54 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 36 min |
| Mar 8, 1:08 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Mar 8, 4:12 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 3 hr |
| Mar 8, 5:36 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 54 min |
| Mar 8, 5:46 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Mar 8, 7:11 PM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 84 min |
| Mar 8, 7:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 8, 9:40 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 65 min |
| Mar 9, 1:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Mar 9, 2:39 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:07 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 4 hr |
| Mar 9, 4:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | 25 min |
| Mar 9, 6:28 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 92 min |
| Mar 9, 11:40 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | 9 hr |
| Mar 10, 10:26 AM CST | River Flood Warning | JAN | 4 days |
| Mar 14, 12:49 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 56 min |
| Mar 14, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 4:19 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | 26 hr |
| Mar 29, 2:48 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Mar 29, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 29, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 59 min |
| Mar 29, 6:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Mar 29, 8:56 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Mar 29, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 31 min |
| Apr 4, 12:05 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | 22 hr |
| Apr 4, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 4, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 6:50 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 4, 6:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 39 min |
| Apr 11, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Apr 15, 7:32 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 10:28 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 1:30 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Apr 15, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Apr 15, 3:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Apr 15, 4:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 63 min |
| Apr 15, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | 60 min |
| Apr 15, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 59 min |
| Apr 15, 6:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 96 min |
| Apr 15, 7:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 54 min |
| Apr 21, 10:00 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 90 min |
| Apr 21, 2:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 28 min |
| Apr 21, 3:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 31 min |
| Apr 26, 1:48 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | 29 hr |
| Apr 27, 11:02 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 39 min |
| Apr 27, 6:27 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 33 min |
| Apr 27, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 53 min |
| Apr 27, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
| May 2, 1:51 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| May 13, 2:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 45 min |
| May 13, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 67 min |
| May 13, 7:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 62 min |
| May 13, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 52 min |
| May 13, 10:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 46 min |
| May 26, 2:05 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| May 26, 1:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 47 min |
| May 26, 2:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 2:48 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | 3 days |
| Jun 3, 5:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 118 min |
| Jun 4, 6:03 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 117 min |
| Jun 5, 6:13 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 7:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 5:09 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 2:01 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 59 min |
| Jun 7, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 56 min |
| Jun 7, 6:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Jun 8, 2:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 20 min |
| Jun 8, 2:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 7:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 30 min |
| Jun 13, 1:32 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Jun 13, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 69 min |
| Jun 16, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 49 min |
| Jun 28, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Jun 30, 2:28 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 12:58 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Jul 4, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 44 min |
| Jul 6, 5:51 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 3 hr |
| Jul 9, 4:39 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | 6 days |
| Jul 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 32 min |
| Jul 12, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 38 min |
| Jul 16, 6:23 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 2:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 113 min |
| Jul 25, 5:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | 12 hr |
| Jul 31, 4:00 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | 72 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:53 AM CDT | Excessive Heat Warning | JAN | 5 days |
| Aug 1, 4:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 46 min |
| Aug 1, 4:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 23 min |
| Aug 1, 4:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 2:49 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | 8 days |
| Aug 12, 2:05 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Aug 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 45 min |
| Aug 13, 1:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 10:28 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 32 min |
| Aug 18, 1:04 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 116 min |
| Aug 18, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 38 min |
| Aug 18, 4:24 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | 3 days |
| Aug 18, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 51 min |
| Aug 22, 3:13 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | JAN | 4 days |
| Sep 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | JAN | 3 days |
| Sep 3, 9:41 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 12 hr |
| Sep 3, 1:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 64 min |
| Sep 3, 3:57 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | JAN | 52 hr |
| Sep 3, 5:57 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 3, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 3, 11:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 4, 4:30 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 60 min |
| Sep 4, 5:05 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 11 hr |
| Sep 4, 8:25 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 110 min |
| Sep 4, 9:50 AM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 85 min |
| Sep 4, 2:47 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 88 min |
| Sep 4, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 9 hr |
| Sep 4, 11:35 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Sep 5, 8:38 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 10:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | JAN | 3 days |
| Sep 19, 12:29 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 91 min |
| Sep 28, 8:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 32 min |
| Sep 28, 12:10 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Sep 28, 1:29 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 31 min |
| Sep 28, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 47 min |
| Sep 28, 5:19 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 86 min |
| Sep 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Sep 29, 3:59 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 5 hr |
| Oct 18, 4:20 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 5 hr |
| Nov 10, 4:08 AM CST | Freeze Warning | JAN | 28 hr |
| Nov 15, 8:59 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Nov 16, 1:35 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 115 min |
| Nov 16, 2:20 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 16, 3:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | 25 min |
| Nov 16, 3:49 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 26 min |
| Nov 16, 3:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | 24 min |
| Nov 16, 4:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | 44 min |
| Nov 16, 5:33 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 87 min |
| Nov 20, 1:28 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 8 hr |
| Nov 20, 10:08 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 11 hr |
| Nov 21, 7:18 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 9 hr |
| Nov 22, 10:26 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 94 min |
| Nov 22, 11:38 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 37 min |
| Nov 22, 11:58 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| Nov 22, 12:47 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | JAN | 33 min |
| Dec 12, 2:36 PM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 12 hr |
| Dec 20, 11:25 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 20, 5:11 PM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 2 hr |
| Dec 22, 3:38 AM CST | Dense Fog Advisory | JAN | 5 hr |
| Dec 22, 4:11 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 34 min |
| Dec 22, 4:36 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
| Dec 22, 7:50 AM CST | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | 55 min |
| Dec 22, 9:40 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 50 min |
| Dec 22, 10:22 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | 53 min |
| Dec 25, 2:43 PM CST | Flood Watch | JAN | 31 hr |
| Dec 26, 8:25 AM CST | Flash Flood Warning | JAN | 2 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 | 24 |
| Tornado Warning | 6 |
| Severe Thunderstorm Watch | 4 |
| Tornado Watch | 23 |
| Mesoscale Discussion | 59 |
| Special Weather Statement | 21 |
| Flooding | |
| Flash Flood Warning | 9 |
| River Flood Warning | 3 |
| Flash Flood Watch | 4 |
| Flood Watch | 1 |
| Winter | |
| Winter Storm Warning | 1 |
| Winter Storm Watch | 2 |
| Winter Weather Advisory | 1 |
| Heat | |
| Excessive Heat Warning | 1 |
| Heat Advisory | 6 |
| Cold | |
| Freeze Warning | 1 |
| Wind and dust | |
| Wind Advisory | 4 |
| Fog and smoke | |
| Dense Fog Advisory | 9 |
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.