Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, May 1986
28 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 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 in May 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 28
- Busiest day
- May 18, 198613 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 55 min |
| May 10, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 40 min |
| May 11, 3:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| May 11, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 57 min |
| May 11, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| May 11, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 60 min |
| May 18, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 66 min |
| May 18, 11:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 55 min |
| May 18, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 32 min |
| May 18, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 42 min |
| May 18, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 53 min |
| May 18, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 37 min |
| May 18, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lamar | 35 min |
| May 18, 2:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington | 40 min |
| May 18, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 63 min |
| May 18, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 45 min |
| May 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lamar | 50 min |
| May 18, 3:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 25 min |
| May 18, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest | 35 min |
| May 24, 1:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 37 min |
| May 24, 2:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Quitman | 65 min |
| May 24, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 66 min |
| May 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 35 min |
| May 24, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 92 min |
| May 24, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 65 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 60 min |
| May 25, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 30 min |
| May 25, 7:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 56 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rankin County3
- Yazoo County3
- Madison County2
- Lamar County2
- DeSoto County2
- Attala County1
- Oktibbeha County1
- Hinds County1
- Coahoma County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Neshoba County1
- Newton County1
- Kemper County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Jefferson Davis County1
- Covington County1
- Jones County1
- Greene County1
- Perry County1
- Marion County1
- Forrest County1
- Alcorn County1
- Quitman County1
- Holmes County1
- Humphreys County1
- Tate County1
- Tunica County1
- Simpson County1
- Lee County1
- Prentiss County1
- Union County1
- Jasper County1
- Smith County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.