Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, May 1989
48 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 48
- Busiest day
- May 9, 198911 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 4, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren | 43 min |
| May 4, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds | 59 min |
| May 4, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 40 min |
| May 4, 12:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 49 min |
| May 4, 12:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Scott | 32 min |
| May 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 35 min |
| May 4, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 48 min |
| May 4, 1:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 52 min |
| May 5, 5:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite, Pike | 32 min |
| May 5, 6:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Lamar, Pearl River | 47 min |
| May 8, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 19 min |
| May 8, 11:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 42 min |
| May 9, 12:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 44 min |
| May 9, 1:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 28 min |
| May 9, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 29 min |
| May 9, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Tallahatchie | 34 min |
| May 9, 1:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Tallahatchie | 34 min |
| May 9, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 66 min |
| May 9, 2:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 30 min |
| May 9, 2:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 37 min |
| May 9, 2:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore | 40 min |
| May 15, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Pike | 38 min |
| May 18, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 38 min |
| May 18, 1:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson | 32 min |
| May 18, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper | 43 min |
| May 18, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Pearl River | 32 min |
| May 20, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 38 min |
| May 20, 11:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 44 min |
| May 20, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jones | 45 min |
| May 20, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 43 min |
| May 20, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 61 min |
| May 20, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Smith | 42 min |
| May 20, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 47 min |
| May 20, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| May 20, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 59 min |
| May 20, 7:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 28 min |
| May 21, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 68 min |
| May 22, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Amite | 33 min |
| May 22, 7:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Panola, Tate | 66 min |
| May 22, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 52 min |
| May 22, 8:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 32 min |
| May 23, 12:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison | 25 min |
| May 23, 4:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene | 54 min |
| May 23, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest | 26 min |
| May 23, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Forrest, Lamar | 39 min |
| May 23, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 44 min |
| May 23, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Jackson | 28 min |
| May 23, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rankin County4
- Madison County3
- Simpson County3
- Smith County3
- Carroll County3
- Coahoma County3
- Leflore County3
- Claiborne County2
- Hinds County2
- Scott County2
- Jasper County2
- Clarke County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Amite County2
- Pike County2
- Lamar County2
- Pearl River County2
- Tunica County2
- Bolivar County2
- Sunflower County2
- Tallahatchie County2
- Forrest County2
- Jackson County2
- Warren County1
- Newton County1
- Holmes County1
- Quitman County1
- Grenada County1
- Jefferson County1
- Prentiss County1
- DeSoto County1
- Jones County1
- Copiah County1
- Panola County1
- Tate County1
- Montgomery County1
- Greene County1
- Marion County1
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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.