Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 1997
40 severe thunderstorm watches in 1997. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Severe Thunderstorm Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 40
- Busiest month
- January12 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- January 5, 19973 severe thunderstorm watches
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By month
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 4, 8:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 25 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 8:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Issaquena and 4 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 4, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Choctaw, Clay, Hinds, Kemper, Lauderdale and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 8, 10:15 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 26 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 15, 3:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Hancock, Pearl River, Pike, Stone, Walthall | 5 hr |
| Jan 23, 7:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Claiborne, Issaquena, Jefferson, Washington | 6 hr |
| Jan 24, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | George, Harrison, Jackson | 6 hr |
| Jan 27, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson and 4 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 27, 2:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Issaquena, Warren | 5 hr |
| Jan 27, 5:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar and 69 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 27, 7:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Wilkinson | 6 hr |
| Jan 28, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 9:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 17 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 1:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 33 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson | 4 hr |
| Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 21, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Grenada, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and 3 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 21, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Covington, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 26, 12:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amite, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 27, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 12 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Issaquena, Sharkey | 6 hr |
| May 3, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River, Stone | 6 hr |
| May 14, 4:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay, Hinds and 22 more | 6 hr |
| May 26, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 16 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 4:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 23 more | 4 hr |
| May 28, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amite, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 30, 2:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Choctaw, Coahoma and 17 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 17, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette and 10 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Claiborne, Grenada and 12 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 4, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 1:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Tunica | 6 hr |
| Jul 8, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 32 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 9, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coahoma, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 10:30 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 39 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 1, 1:45 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 4 hr |
| Nov 21, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Jackson | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Calhoun County13
- Choctaw County12
- Grenada County12
- Monroe County12
- Pontotoc County12
- Benton County11
- Carroll County11
- Itawamba County11
- Lee County11
- Lowndes County11
- Montgomery County11
- Oktibbeha County11
- Yalobusha County11
- Issaquena County11
- Alcorn County10
- Chickasaw County10
- Clay County10
- Holmes County10
- Humphreys County10
- Lafayette County10
- Prentiss County10
- Tallahatchie County10
- Tippah County10
- Union County10
- Washington County10
- Webster County10
- Adams County10
- Claiborne County10
- Jefferson County10
- Pike County10
- Walthall County10
- Attala County9
- Leflore County9
- Marshall County9
- Noxubee County9
- Sunflower County9
- Tishomingo County9
- Franklin County9
- Hinds County9
- Sharkey County9
42 more counties
- Warren County9
- Amite County9
- Wilkinson County9
- Tunica County9
- Rankin County8
- Jefferson Davis County8
- Lawrence County8
- Lincoln County8
- Marion County8
- Pearl River County8
- Coahoma County8
- Copiah County7
- Yazoo County7
- Kemper County7
- Lauderdale County7
- Leake County7
- Neshoba County7
- Newton County7
- Scott County7
- Winston County7
- Covington County7
- Lamar County7
- Jackson County7
- Bolivar County7
- DeSoto County7
- Panola County7
- Quitman County7
- Tate County7
- Madison County6
- Forrest County6
- Jones County6
- Perry County6
- Hancock County6
- Stone County6
- George County6
- Harrison County6
- Clarke County5
- Greene County5
- Simpson County5
- Wayne County5
- Jasper County4
- Smith County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.