Alert archive / Mississippi / Smith County

Weather alerts in Smith County, Mississippi, 2008

232 weather alerts in 2008, from the National Weather Service and the Storm Prediction Center. An alert counts here when it covered this county.

Smith County and its neighbors

Each county as a circle sized by its count in 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts
232
Warnings
100
Watches
41
Advisories
37
Busiest month
September34 alerts
Busiest day
September 2, 200824 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.

7 of 37 tornado warnings covering Smith County in 2008 had a tornado report inside them; 6 of 7 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 28 minutes after it went out.

Smith County, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings37781%786%28 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings492451%4363%23 min
Flash flood warnings6433%3100%138 min

Each office's whole area, 2008

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Jackson, MS: tornado warnings3157875%18681%23 min
NWS Jackson, MS: severe thunderstorm warnings82337055%1,05965%21 min
NWS Jackson, MS: flash flood warnings1365659%13479%96 min

An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.

Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jan 8, 1:11 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Jan 8, 3:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC3 hr
Jan 8, 4:03 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jan 8, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN36 min
Jan 8, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Jan 8, 6:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN47 min
Jan 8, 7:44 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN46 min
Jan 8, 8:19 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN41 min
Jan 10, 7:46 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Jan 10, 10:11 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Jan 10, 12:09 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
Jan 10, 12:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN45 min
Jan 10, 1:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jan 10, 2:40 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN35 min
Jan 10, 3:05 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC115 min
Jan 10, 3:18 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN42 min
Jan 10, 3:42 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Jan 10, 5:25 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Jan 19, 6:40 AM CSTHeavy Snow WarningJAN2 hr
Jan 19, 9:24 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryJAN3 hr
Jan 28, 2:48 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Feb 4, 2:59 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Feb 6, 2:41 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Feb 12, 12:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 12, 12:48 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN72 min
Feb 12, 1:29 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN46 min
Feb 12, 2:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
Feb 16, 10:14 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN20 hr
Feb 17, 2:13 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC32 min
Feb 17, 2:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Feb 17, 5:46 AM CSTTornado WarningJAN26 min
Feb 21, 9:25 AM CSTFlash Flood WatchJAN20 hr
Feb 21, 4:41 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN49 min
Feb 21, 6:53 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 21, 10:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN43 min
Feb 21, 10:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN36 min
Feb 21, 10:55 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN35 min
Feb 21, 11:34 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJAN6 hr
Feb 22, 1:02 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN43 min
Feb 22, 1:44 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Feb 25, 5:01 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN4 hr
Feb 25, 3:31 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN26 hr
Feb 25, 11:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Feb 26, 12:10 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Feb 26, 2:50 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Feb 26, 4:09 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN36 min
Feb 29, 9:22 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN12 hr
Mar 2, 5:21 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN35 hr
Mar 3, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC11 hr
Mar 3, 5:58 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC62 min
Mar 3, 6:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN33 min
Mar 3, 8:56 PM CSTFlash Flood WarningJAN3 hr
Mar 3, 9:02 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN28 min
Mar 3, 9:08 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN52 min
Mar 3, 9:11 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN34 min
Mar 3, 9:25 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN50 min
Mar 3, 9:30 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN45 min
Mar 14, 10:36 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Mar 14, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC3 hr
Mar 15, 1:47 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC88 min
Mar 15, 8:43 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN9 hr
Mar 16, 3:41 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN63 hr
Mar 18, 10:34 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Mar 18, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Mar 19, 3:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN46 min
Mar 19, 7:21 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN14 hr
Mar 24, 3:39 AM CDTFreeze WarningJAN29 hr
Mar 25, 7:59 AM CDTRed Flag WarningJAN11 hr
Mar 28, 11:38 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Mar 29, 11:33 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Apr 1, 6:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN28 min
Apr 3, 2:59 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN30 hr
Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Apr 4, 12:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC89 min
Apr 4, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN38 min
Apr 4, 1:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN15 min
Apr 9, 3:00 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN32 hr
Apr 11, 7:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
Apr 11, 1:15 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 11, 3:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Apr 13, 3:26 PM CDTFreeze WatchJAN13 hr
Apr 14, 4:00 AM CDTFreeze WarningJAN29 hr
Apr 18, 3:24 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Apr 18, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN46 min
Apr 18, 6:07 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC53 min
Apr 25, 4:27 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN5 hr
Apr 26, 1:48 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN25 hr
Apr 26, 4:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN57 min
May 1, 9:39 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN23 hr
May 2, 2:21 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC114 min
May 2, 4:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN16 hr
May 2, 5:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN43 min
May 2, 11:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
May 2, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 3, 2:16 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
May 3, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN34 min
May 3, 4:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN31 min
May 3, 4:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN33 min
May 3, 5:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN39 min
May 3, 5:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN30 min
May 7, 11:49 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC116 min
May 8, 10:20 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN9 hr
May 8, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr
May 11, 1:39 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 11, 6:56 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN11 hr
May 13, 4:24 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN44 hr
May 14, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN50 min
May 15, 5:54 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC96 min
May 15, 7:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC94 min
May 15, 8:09 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN2 hr
May 15, 8:27 AM CDTWind AdvisoryJAN3 hr
May 15, 8:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC63 min
May 15, 10:28 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN72 min
May 22, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN34 min
May 22, 5:18 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC57 min
May 24, 8:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN42 min
Jun 9, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN37 min
Jun 14, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN53 min
Jun 17, 5:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN31 min
Jun 20, 9:49 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC86 min
Jun 20, 1:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN67 min
Jun 20, 1:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN56 min
Jun 20, 1:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr
Jun 20, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN55 min
Jun 20, 2:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN24 min
Jun 20, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN44 min
Jun 20, 3:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN63 min
Jun 25, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN44 min
Jun 25, 3:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN27 min
Jun 25, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN16 min
Jun 27, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN49 min
Jun 27, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN32 min
Jun 28, 10:59 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC61 min
Jun 29, 9:18 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC117 min
Jun 29, 10:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr
Jun 29, 1:04 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Jul 6, 1:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN20 min
Jul 26, 4:07 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryJAN4 days
Jul 26, 11:41 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC3 hr
Aug 1, 2:37 PM CDTExcessive Heat WatchJAN47 hr
Aug 2, 2:52 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryJAN23 hr
Aug 2, 7:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Aug 2, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN41 min
Aug 2, 10:57 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Aug 7, 2:44 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC91 min
Aug 7, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN41 min
Aug 11, 2:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN30 hr
Aug 12, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Aug 15, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN31 min
Aug 15, 10:00 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN13 hr
Aug 23, 4:57 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN35 hr
Aug 23, 5:26 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN54 hr
Aug 23, 3:49 PM CDTWind AdvisoryJAN13 hr
Aug 31, 5:29 AM CDTInland Tropical Storm WatchJAN62 hr
Aug 31, 4:29 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchJAN4 days
Aug 31, 5:39 PM CDTWind AdvisoryJAN52 hr
Sep 1, 12:07 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN38 min
Sep 1, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN51 min
Sep 1, 3:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN47 min
Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 1, 6:28 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Sep 1, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN31 min
Sep 1, 10:12 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN33 min
Sep 1, 10:17 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN42 hr
Sep 1, 11:01 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC59 min
Sep 1, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr
Sep 2, 1:58 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN47 min
Sep 2, 2:45 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN45 min
Sep 2, 3:29 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN46 min
Sep 2, 3:42 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC93 min
Sep 2, 4:13 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN47 min
Sep 2, 4:30 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN30 min
Sep 2, 4:58 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN62 min
Sep 2, 6:04 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Sep 2, 6:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Sep 2, 7:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN50 min
Sep 2, 7:20 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN40 min
Sep 2, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN48 min
Sep 2, 8:14 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN3 hr
Sep 2, 8:45 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN45 min
Sep 2, 9:29 AM CDTTornado WarningJAN61 min
Sep 2, 11:27 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningJAN6 hr
Sep 2, 3:11 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC64 min
Sep 2, 3:20 PM CDTTornado WarningJAN25 min
Sep 2, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
Sep 3, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC8 hr
Sep 3, 9:06 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Sep 3, 11:25 PM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC95 min
Sep 11, 2:52 PM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN67 hr
Sep 14, 9:21 AM CDTMesoscale DiscussionSPC84 min
Oct 27, 5:06 AM CDTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN12 hr
Oct 27, 10:12 AM CDTRed Flag WarningJAN8 hr
Oct 28, 4:51 AM CDTFreeze WarningJAN28 hr
Nov 5, 4:46 AM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN3 hr
Nov 12, 9:40 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN11 hr
Nov 30, 4:35 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN13 hr
Dec 9, 4:27 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN14 hr
Dec 9, 2:18 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC87 min
Dec 9, 3:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPC9 hr
Dec 9, 4:39 PM CSTFlash Flood WatchJAN13 hr
Dec 9, 5:52 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC83 min
Dec 9, 6:19 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN10 hr
Dec 9, 6:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN42 min
Dec 9, 7:35 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN40 min
Dec 9, 7:43 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN47 min
Dec 9, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN50 min
Dec 9, 8:36 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN39 min
Dec 9, 9:06 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN39 min
Dec 9, 10:19 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC56 min
Dec 9, 10:24 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN51 min
Dec 9, 10:58 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN18 min
Dec 9, 11:21 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN39 min
Dec 9, 11:27 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN33 min
Dec 9, 11:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJAN35 min
Dec 10, 12:05 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN25 min
Dec 10, 12:24 AM CSTTornado WarningJAN21 min
Dec 10, 12:27 AM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningJAN48 min
Dec 10, 5:25 AM CSTWinter Storm WatchJAN11 hr
Dec 10, 4:13 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN18 hr
Dec 10, 4:24 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningJAN23 hr
Dec 11, 7:21 AM CSTAreal Flood WarningJAN4 hr
Dec 11, 7:49 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC2 hr
Dec 11, 11:43 AM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC4 hr
Dec 13, 2:20 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN28 hr
Dec 16, 2:38 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN20 hr
Dec 17, 3:17 PM CSTDense Fog AdvisoryJAN24 hr
Dec 23, 3:13 AM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN33 hr
Dec 24, 3:20 PM CSTMesoscale DiscussionSPC85 min
Dec 26, 4:00 PM CSTLake Wind AdvisoryJAN28 hr

By product

Every kind of product issued here, grouped by hazard. Each opens the same place narrowed to that product.

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.