Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi
26,295 severe thunderstorm 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 severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 26,295
- Busiest year
- 20111,125 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Average year
- 641over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with 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.
- Hinds County1,211
- Rankin County1,160
- Madison County1,044
- Yazoo County945
- Copiah County871
- Smith County841
- Simpson County837
- Warren County830
- Scott County799
- Jasper County790
- Lauderdale County763
- Jones County756
- Lee County750
- Holmes County743
- Washington County725
- Issaquena County713
- Newton County693
- Sunflower County690
- Leake County688
- Greene County687
- Itawamba County685
- Marshall County677
- Neshoba County676
- Lamar County675
- Claiborne County660
- Monroe County649
- Pearl River County647
- Attala County646
- DeSoto County644
- Wayne County644
- Jefferson Davis County642
- Forrest County639
- Covington County633
- Lincoln County631
- Bolivar County629
- Clarke County625
- Kemper County621
- Pontotoc County607
- Jefferson County606
- Lowndes County604
42 more counties
- Winston County602
- Noxubee County596
- Lafayette County591
- Carroll County590
- Sharkey County572
- Leflore County568
- Clay County566
- Chickasaw County561
- Lawrence County561
- Amite County559
- Union County558
- Marion County553
- Oktibbeha County553
- Panola County551
- Harrison County537
- Perry County535
- Hancock County528
- George County526
- Tippah County525
- Prentiss County521
- Humphreys County520
- Adams County512
- Benton County509
- Franklin County504
- Tunica County499
- Tate County487
- Choctaw County484
- Montgomery County478
- Tishomingo County477
- Jackson County469
- Wilkinson County468
- Pike County458
- Webster County456
- Alcorn County432
- Walthall County423
- Calhoun County423
- Quitman County405
- Coahoma County404
- Grenada County404
- Tallahatchie County365
- Yalobusha County362
- Stone County355
The latest severe thunderstorm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 39 min |
| Sep 21, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Washington | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 9:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Washington | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 65 min |
| Sep 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 67 min |
| Sep 21, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 42 min |
| Sep 21, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 54 min |
| Sep 21, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Sep 21, 6:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 55 min |
| Sep 21, 6:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 49 min |
| Sep 21, 6:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
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.