Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2023
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, May 2023
66 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 66
- Busiest day
- May 11, 202320 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 5, 1:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 5, 1:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 55 min |
| May 5, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 54 min |
| May 5, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar | 81 min |
| May 5, 3:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 52 min |
| May 5, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 43 min |
| May 5, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 28 min |
| May 5, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 26 min |
| May 5, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 31 min |
| May 6, 9:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 48 min |
| May 6, 10:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson | 47 min |
| May 7, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 56 min |
| May 7, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 62 min |
| May 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 49 min |
| May 7, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 25 min |
| May 9, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 30 min |
| May 9, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 49 min |
| May 10, 6:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 34 min |
| May 11, 12:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Issaquena, Warren | 73 min |
| May 11, 12:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson | 97 min |
| May 11, 12:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 70 min |
| May 11, 1:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Rankin and 3 more | 95 min |
| May 11, 1:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 74 min |
| May 11, 2:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Leake, Leflore, Madison and 1 more | 54 min |
| May 11, 2:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott, Smith | 62 min |
| May 11, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 17 min |
| May 11, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 26 min |
| May 11, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Montgomery, Webster and 1 more | 68 min |
| May 11, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Neshoba, Newton | 79 min |
| May 11, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 48 min |
| May 11, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 83 min |
| May 11, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 63 min |
| May 11, 4:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 22 min |
| May 11, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 51 min |
| May 11, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones | 61 min |
| May 11, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 55 min |
| May 11, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 49 min |
| May 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 48 min |
| May 12, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 45 min |
| May 12, 3:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 46 min |
| May 12, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 43 min |
| May 12, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 45 min |
| May 12, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin | 38 min |
| May 12, 4:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | 26 min |
| May 12, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 45 min |
| May 12, 4:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 54 min |
| May 12, 4:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin | 39 min |
| May 12, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 17 min |
| May 12, 5:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 39 min |
| May 12, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Newton, Rankin, Scott | 51 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 51 min |
| May 12, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 28 min |
| May 15, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 43 min |
| May 16, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 45 min |
| May 16, 1:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 23 min |
| May 16, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 38 min |
| May 16, 5:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 59 min |
| May 16, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 45 min |
| May 16, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 37 min |
| May 17, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 36 min |
| May 17, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 25 min |
| May 17, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke | 16 min |
| May 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 20 min |
| May 23, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 30 min |
| May 27, 12:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll | 23 min |
| May 27, 6:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MEG | Monroe | 21 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson Davis County8
- Copiah County7
- Lincoln County6
- Pearl River County6
- Covington County5
- Issaquena County5
- Claiborne County5
- Rankin County5
- Lauderdale County5
- Lawrence County4
- Simpson County4
- Marion County4
- Warren County4
- Madison County4
- Jefferson County4
- Webster County4
- Montgomery County4
- Leake County4
- Jasper County4
- Clarke County4
- Jones County3
- Lamar County3
- Hancock County3
- Harrison County3
- Yazoo County3
- Hinds County3
- Franklin County3
- Clay County3
- Oktibbeha County3
- Choctaw County3
- Carroll County3
- Scott County3
- Winston County3
- Neshoba County3
- Newton County3
- Forrest County2
- Sharkey County2
- Attala County2
- DeSoto County2
- Tate County2
21 more counties
- Tunica County2
- Lowndes County2
- Noxubee County2
- Kemper County2
- George County2
- Perry County1
- Stone County1
- Jackson County1
- Itawamba County1
- Lee County1
- Prentiss County1
- Tishomingo County1
- Adams County1
- Humphreys County1
- Washington County1
- Holmes County1
- Leflore County1
- Smith County1
- Grenada County1
- Wayne County1
- Monroe 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.