Red Flag Warnings in Mississippi
140 red flag 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 red flag warnings reaches back to 2005.
Red Flag Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Red Flag Warnings
- 140
- Busiest year
- 202329 red flag warnings
- Average year
- 8over 17 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.
- Hancock County40
- Harrison County40
- Jackson County40
- Pearl River County40
- George County39
- Stone County39
- Perry County38
- Walthall County34
- Greene County34
- Amite County33
- Pike County33
- Wilkinson County33
- Wayne County33
- Lawrence County31
- Forrest County30
- Franklin County30
- Jefferson County30
- Jefferson Davis County30
- Lamar County30
- Lincoln County30
- Marion County30
- Adams County29
- Claiborne County28
- Copiah County28
- Warren County24
- Covington County23
- Issaquena County23
- Jones County23
- Sharkey County23
- Rankin County22
- Hinds County21
- Madison County21
- Scott County21
- Simpson County21
- Washington County21
- Yazoo County21
- Bolivar County20
- Clarke County20
- Humphreys County20
- Jasper County20
42 more counties
- Smith County20
- Sunflower County20
- Lauderdale County20
- Newton County20
- Carroll County19
- Coahoma County19
- Grenada County19
- Leflore County19
- Panola County19
- Quitman County19
- Attala County18
- DeSoto County18
- Holmes County18
- Kemper County18
- Leake County18
- Montgomery County18
- Neshoba County18
- Tallahatchie County18
- Tate County18
- Tunica County18
- Choctaw County17
- Lowndes County17
- Noxubee County17
- Oktibbeha County17
- Winston County17
- Webster County16
- Yalobusha County16
- Clay County15
- Marshall County15
- Alcorn County14
- Benton County14
- Calhoun County14
- Chickasaw County14
- Itawamba County14
- Lafayette County14
- Lee County14
- Monroe County14
- Pontotoc County14
- Prentiss County14
- Tippah County14
- Tishomingo County14
- Union County14
The latest red flag warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 27, 11:31 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 12 more | 31 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:30 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 32 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:22 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | JAN | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 41 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 27, 11:07 AM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LIX | Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more | 32 hr |
| Mar 15, 1:15 PM CDT | Red Flag Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 30 hr |
| Feb 22, 12:32 PM CST | Red Flag Warning | JAN | Adams, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and 5 more | 29 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:43 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LIX | Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more | 30 hr |
| Feb 22, 11:21 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:34 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 30 hr |
| Feb 21, 11:06 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | JAN | Adams, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and 5 more | 31 hr |
| Feb 21, 10:10 AM CST | Red Flag Warning | LIX | Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more | 32 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. Rebuilt daily.