Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Mississippi, May 2026
60 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 60
- Busiest day
- May 6, 202612 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 6, 3:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 51 min |
| May 6, 4:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Rankin, Scott | 39 min |
| May 6, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 57 min |
| May 6, 5:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams | 55 min |
| May 6, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 53 min |
| May 6, 5:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 61 min |
| May 6, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Kemper | 54 min |
| May 6, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 40 min |
| May 6, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith | 34 min |
| May 6, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 51 min |
| May 6, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 60 min |
| May 6, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 56 min |
| May 6, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 25 min |
| May 6, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Wayne | 25 min |
| May 6, 11:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 67 min |
| May 6, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest | 18 min |
| May 7, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 58 min |
| May 7, 3:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 42 min |
| May 7, 3:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 31 min |
| May 8, 10:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 41 min |
| May 8, 10:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 49 min |
| May 8, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 49 min |
| May 8, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 13 min |
| May 8, 11:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 39 min |
| May 8, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MOB | George | 38 min |
| May 9, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 49 min |
| May 9, 2:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Kemper, Leake, Madison, Neshoba and 4 more | 41 min |
| May 9, 5:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 44 min |
| May 9, 6:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 47 min |
| May 9, 7:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 41 min |
| May 10, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery | 72 min |
| May 10, 5:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 33 min |
| May 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 68 min |
| May 10, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 74 min |
| May 10, 9:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 54 min |
| May 10, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Holmes, Leflore, Montgomery and 1 more | 56 min |
| May 17, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin | 54 min |
| May 17, 6:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 52 min |
| May 17, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 27 min |
| May 22, 3:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 28 min |
| May 22, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 66 min |
| May 22, 4:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 46 min |
| May 22, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 47 min |
| May 22, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 40 min |
| May 22, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 32 min |
| May 22, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 33 min |
| May 22, 7:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 64 min |
| May 22, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 62 min |
| May 22, 8:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 56 min |
| May 23, 11:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 53 min |
| May 23, 12:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson | 59 min |
| May 23, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 64 min |
| May 23, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 55 min |
| May 23, 1:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin, Warren | 56 min |
| May 23, 1:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Copiah | 45 min |
| May 23, 2:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin, Yazoo | 38 min |
| May 23, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 44 min |
| May 26, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 36 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rankin County7
- Madison County6
- Hinds County6
- Copiah County5
- Jefferson Davis County5
- Simpson County5
- Issaquena County5
- Yazoo County5
- Warren County5
- Adams County4
- Leake County4
- Franklin County4
- Lincoln County4
- Pike County4
- Smith County4
- Forrest County4
- Sharkey County4
- Attala County4
- Jefferson County4
- Scott County3
- Amite County3
- Newton County3
- Walthall County3
- Covington County3
- Lamar County3
- Perry County3
- Jones County3
- Pearl River County3
- Stone County3
- Holmes County3
- Carroll County3
- Choctaw County3
- Neshoba County2
- Kemper County2
- Lawrence County2
- Wayne County2
- Marion County2
- George County2
- Winston County2
- Montgomery County2
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.