Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2002
27 severe thunderstorm watches in 2002. 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 2002. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 27
- Busiest month
- March9 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- April 29, 20024 severe thunderstorm watches
Over time
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 24, 2:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper, Jefferson Davis and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Jan 31, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | DeSoto | 5 hr |
| Mar 9, 6:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 10:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma and 18 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 25, 11:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 22 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 26, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 5 hr |
| Mar 29, 8:00 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 30, 1:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 9 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 30, 6:30 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 27 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 31, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 7 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 31, 8:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, DeSoto, Humphreys, Issaquena and 11 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 8, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Wilkinson | 5 hr |
| Apr 24, 9:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee, Marshall and 6 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 28, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Tishomingo | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 12:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes, Humphreys and 19 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Quitman, Sunflower and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 29, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Clarke, Covington, Greene, Hinds, Holmes and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lee, Marshall and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 2:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Clay, DeSoto and 17 more | 6 hr |
| May 3, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 20 more | 6 hr |
| May 13, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Leflore and 9 more | 4 hr |
| May 17, 12:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 11 more | 6 hr |
| May 17, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Clarke, Greene, Kemper, Lauderdale, Lowndes, Noxubee and 2 more | 5 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Covington, Itawamba and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Nov 15, 12:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Amite, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 31, 12:00 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Franklin, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Lawrence and 6 more | 5 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tishomingo County10
- Tate County9
- Lee County9
- DeSoto County8
- Chickasaw County8
- Panola County8
- Prentiss County8
- Union County8
- Itawamba County8
- Lauderdale County7
- Benton County7
- Calhoun County7
- Lafayette County7
- Marshall County7
- Tallahatchie County7
- Tippah County7
- Webster County7
- Clarke County6
- Kemper County6
- Newton County6
- Wayne County6
- Bolivar County6
- Coahoma County6
- Quitman County6
- Alcorn County6
- Pontotoc County6
- Sunflower County6
- Yalobusha County6
- Choctaw County6
- Monroe County6
- Clay County6
- Lowndes County6
- Oktibbeha County6
- Greene County5
- Jasper County5
- Jones County5
- Neshoba County5
- Scott County5
- Smith County5
- Tunica County5
42 more counties
- Grenada County5
- Adams County5
- Attala County5
- Carroll County5
- Holmes County5
- Humphreys County5
- Leake County5
- Leflore County5
- Lincoln County5
- Madison County5
- Montgomery County5
- Warren County5
- Washington County5
- Yazoo County5
- Noxubee County5
- Covington County4
- Jefferson Davis County4
- Lamar County4
- Perry County4
- Walthall County4
- Claiborne County4
- Hinds County4
- Issaquena County4
- Jefferson County4
- Rankin County4
- Sharkey County4
- Amite County4
- Wilkinson County4
- Simpson County4
- Winston County4
- Forrest County3
- Marion County3
- Copiah County3
- Franklin County3
- Pike County3
- Pearl River County3
- Lawrence County3
- George County2
- Hancock County2
- Harrison County2
- Jackson County2
- Stone County2
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.