Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, May 2021
86 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 86
- Busiest day
- May 4, 202155 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 2, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 47 min |
| May 3, 1:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 45 min |
| May 3, 1:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 28 min |
| May 3, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 45 min |
| May 4, 7:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 62 min |
| May 4, 10:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 43 min |
| May 4, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 38 min |
| May 4, 12:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 72 min |
| May 4, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 75 min |
| May 4, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 50 min |
| May 4, 12:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 44 min |
| May 4, 12:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 43 min |
| May 4, 12:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 76 min |
| May 4, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 24 min |
| May 4, 1:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake | 50 min |
| May 4, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 59 min |
| May 4, 1:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 41 min |
| May 4, 1:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 71 min |
| May 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Union | 33 min |
| May 4, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 44 min |
| May 4, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Warren, Yazoo | 53 min |
| May 4, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada, Montgomery | 75 min |
| May 4, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Jefferson and 1 more | 78 min |
| May 4, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 45 min |
| May 4, 2:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott and 1 more | 66 min |
| May 4, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Scott, Simpson and 1 more | 93 min |
| May 4, 2:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Montgomery | 63 min |
| May 4, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 64 min |
| May 4, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 61 min |
| May 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Webster | 60 min |
| May 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 30 min |
| May 4, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Winston | 42 min |
| May 4, 2:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union | 26 min |
| May 4, 2:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 80 min |
| May 4, 2:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott, Smith | 46 min |
| May 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 47 min |
| May 4, 2:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 47 min |
| May 4, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Tippah | 19 min |
| May 4, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 28 min |
| May 4, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union | 16 min |
| May 4, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 57 min |
| May 4, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 52 min |
| May 4, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 51 min |
| May 4, 3:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 81 min |
| May 4, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 28 min |
| May 4, 3:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 42 min |
| May 4, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 42 min |
| May 4, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 57 min |
| May 4, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 54 min |
| May 4, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Lincoln and 1 more | 82 min |
| May 4, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 29 min |
| May 4, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 55 min |
| May 4, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 65 min |
| May 4, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 32 min |
| May 4, 4:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 65 min |
| May 4, 4:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 94 min |
| May 4, 4:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry, Wayne | 61 min |
| May 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 61 min |
| May 4, 5:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 61 min |
| May 6, 5:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Monroe and 5 more | 66 min |
| May 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc | 50 min |
| May 6, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha, Webster | 60 min |
| May 9, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tunica | 40 min |
| May 9, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 24 min |
| May 9, 5:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 36 min |
| May 9, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 44 min |
| May 9, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union | 44 min |
| May 9, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 40 min |
| May 9, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Yalobusha | 27 min |
| May 9, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc, Union | 67 min |
| May 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 73 min |
| May 9, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 16 min |
| May 9, 7:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 43 min |
| May 9, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 28 min |
| May 9, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 39 min |
| May 9, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 37 min |
| May 9, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 60 min |
| May 9, 10:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Warren, Yazoo | 62 min |
| May 9, 10:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 35 min |
| May 9, 10:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 82 min |
| May 10, 4:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 25 min |
| May 10, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 32 min |
| May 11, 9:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 29 min |
| May 11, 10:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Jackson | 51 min |
| May 11, 10:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 48 min |
| May 12, 2:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Lee County8
- Rankin County7
- Yazoo County7
- Union County7
- Itawamba County7
- Chickasaw County7
- Tate County6
- Madison County6
- Issaquena County6
- Lafayette County6
- Pontotoc County6
- Marshall County5
- Lowndes County5
- Copiah County5
- Hinds County5
- Simpson County5
- Leake County5
- Scott County5
- Smith County5
- Calhoun County5
- Washington County4
- Panola County4
- Holmes County4
- Amite County4
- Webster County4
- Tishomingo County4
- Monroe County4
- DeSoto County3
- Choctaw County3
- Oktibbeha County3
- Sharkey County3
- Benton County3
- Warren County3
- Wilkinson County3
- Prentiss County3
- Noxubee County3
- Wayne County3
- Tunica County3
- Pearl River County2
- Bolivar County2
39 more counties
- Sunflower County2
- Humphreys County2
- Carroll County2
- Montgomery County2
- Adams County2
- Franklin County2
- Neshoba County2
- Attala County2
- Alcorn County2
- Tippah County2
- Winston County2
- Jefferson Davis County2
- Lawrence County2
- Lincoln County2
- Newton County2
- Jasper County2
- Kemper County2
- Pike County2
- Walthall County2
- Jones County2
- Lamar County2
- Marion County2
- George County2
- Greene County2
- Perry County2
- Yalobusha County2
- Clay County2
- Hancock County2
- Jackson County2
- Leflore County1
- Grenada County1
- Claiborne County1
- Jefferson County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Covington County1
- Clarke County1
- Forrest County1
- Quitman County1
- Harrison 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. Rebuilt daily.