Alert archive / Mississippi / Severe Thunderstorm Watches
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Mississippi, 2017
20 severe thunderstorm watches in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watches
- 20
- Busiest month
- April6 severe thunderstorm watches
- Busiest day
- March 27, 20172 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 6, 10:59 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate and 1 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 7, 3:37 AM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 33 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 9, 11:18 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette and 11 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 25, 12:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Bolivar, Claiborne, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 27, 1:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clay and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 7 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 22, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, Quitman, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Tunica and 1 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 22, 3:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Attala, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 26, 5:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 26, 9:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay and 29 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | DeSoto, Tunica | 6 hr |
| May 12, 10:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 2 more | 5 hr |
| May 27, 4:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah, Tishomingo | 6 hr |
| May 28, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 27 more | 6 hr |
| May 28, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and 5 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 16, 12:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Adams, Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun and 63 more | 10 hr |
| Jun 18, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Benton, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Nov 3, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Leflore, Quitman, Sunflower and 2 more | 6 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Coahoma County12
- Quitman County12
- Tunica County11
- DeSoto County10
- Panola County10
- Tallahatchie County10
- Tate County9
- Benton County9
- Lafayette County9
- Marshall County9
- Pontotoc County8
- Tippah County8
- Union County8
- Bolivar County7
- Calhoun County7
- Itawamba County7
- Lee County7
- Sunflower County7
- Tishomingo County7
- Yalobusha County7
- Alcorn County6
- Chickasaw County6
- Choctaw County6
- Clay County6
- Leflore County6
- Monroe County6
- Montgomery County6
- Oktibbeha County6
- Prentiss County6
- Washington County6
- Webster County6
- Attala County5
- Carroll County5
- Humphreys County5
- Claiborne County5
- Lowndes County5
- Grenada County4
- Holmes County4
- Issaquena County4
- Sharkey County4
38 more counties
- Yazoo County4
- Adams County4
- Jefferson County4
- Kemper County4
- Leake County4
- Madison County4
- Neshoba County4
- Noxubee County4
- Winston County4
- Warren County3
- Hinds County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Newton County3
- Rankin County3
- Scott County3
- Copiah County3
- Franklin County3
- Jefferson Davis County3
- Lawrence County3
- Lincoln County3
- Marion County3
- Simpson County3
- Clarke County2
- Covington County2
- Forrest County2
- Jasper County2
- Jones County2
- Lamar County2
- Smith County2
- George County1
- Greene County1
- Hancock County1
- Harrison County1
- Jackson County1
- Pearl River County1
- Perry County1
- Stone County1
- Wilkinson County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
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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.