Alert archive / Mississippi / Smith County

Weather alerts in Smith County, Mississippi, 2023

203 weather alerts in 2023, 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 203
Warnings: 66
Watches: 35
Advisories: 35
Busiest month: June64 alerts
Busiest day: March 26, 202311 alerts

Over time

By month

Warning verification

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

9 of 14 tornado warnings covering Smith County in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 8 of 9 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 33 minutes after it went out.

Smith County, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	14	9	36%	9	89%	33 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	32	14	56%	11	64%	27 min
Flash flood warnings	2	1	50%	0

Each office's whole area, 2023

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Jackson, MS: tornado warnings	67	31	54%	88	80%	19 min
NWS Jackson, MS: severe thunderstorm warnings	595	288	52%	926	76%	26 min
NWS Jackson, MS: flash flood warnings	55	27	51%	86	83%	85 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jan 1, 1:55 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	20 hr
Jan 3, 9:14 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jan 3, 5:01 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jan 3, 9:19 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jan 3, 10:04 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	41 min
Jan 8, 5:04 AM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	26 min
Jan 9, 2:30 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	7 hr
Jan 12, 6:38 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jan 12, 6:59 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jan 12, 8:34 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	41 min
Jan 12, 9:01 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jan 17, 10:02 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	12 hr
Jan 18, 11:44 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	46 min
Jan 23, 2:39 PM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	36 hr
Jan 24, 10:07 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	53 min
Jan 30, 9:39 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	12 hr
Feb 7, 7:28 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	14 hr
Feb 8, 2:22 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Feb 8, 4:34 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	56 min
Feb 8, 4:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Feb 8, 8:19 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	56 min
Feb 8, 9:50 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	40 min
Feb 8, 10:03 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	42 min
Feb 8, 10:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	39 min
Feb 16, 9:59 AM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Feb 16, 11:37 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Feb 16, 1:16 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	59 min
Feb 16, 1:24 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	40 min
Feb 16, 2:20 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Feb 21, 1:21 PM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	29 hr
Feb 26, 6:02 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	3 hr
Mar 2, 4:03 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	38 hr
Mar 3, 8:26 AM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	54 min
Mar 6, 4:20 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	6 hr
Mar 12, 3:20 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	55 min
Mar 12, 4:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	51 min
Mar 12, 5:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	65 min
Mar 14, 3:25 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	JAN	30 hr
Mar 18, 3:14 AM CDT	Freeze Watch	JAN	11 hr
Mar 18, 3:14 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	JAN	31 hr
Mar 18, 2:09 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	JAN	44 hr
Mar 19, 1:39 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	JAN	25 hr
Mar 24, 5:20 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Mar 24, 6:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Mar 24, 6:11 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	64 min
Mar 26, 1:55 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 26, 2:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Mar 26, 4:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Mar 26, 4:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	62 min
Mar 26, 4:57 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	63 min
Mar 26, 7:32 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	28 min
Mar 26, 3:06 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Mar 26, 3:57 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 26, 5:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	61 min
Mar 26, 5:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	70 min
Mar 26, 6:15 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	3 hr
Apr 1, 2:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Apr 1, 2:40 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	4 hr
Apr 2, 10:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	5 hr
Apr 3, 3:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	53 min
Apr 3, 4:41 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	51 min
Apr 3, 4:57 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Apr 3, 5:19 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	56 min
Apr 6, 12:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 15, 12:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	38 min
Apr 15, 1:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	40 min
Apr 20, 4:48 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	4 hr
Apr 21, 7:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	50 min
Apr 21, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	49 min
Apr 26, 8:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	60 min
May 7, 5:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
May 9, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	37 min
May 11, 12:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
May 11, 12:45 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 11, 2:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	62 min
May 11, 3:02 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	88 min
May 11, 3:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	39 min
May 12, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	28 min
May 16, 12:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 20, 1:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 10, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	47 min
Jun 10, 3:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	44 min
Jun 10, 4:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
Jun 10, 6:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	45 min
Jun 10, 6:19 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	86 min
Jun 12, 2:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 12, 3:43 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	62 min
Jun 13, 11:01 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 13, 1:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	29 min
Jun 14, 2:50 AM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	32 hr
Jun 14, 4:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	3 hr
Jun 14, 1:33 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 14, 1:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch PDS	SPC	6 hr
Jun 14, 3:25 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	95 min
Jun 14, 7:10 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	65 min
Jun 14, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 14, 7:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	64 min
Jun 15, 1:35 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	115 min
Jun 15, 6:46 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Jun 15, 9:26 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Jun 15, 9:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 16, 1:52 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
Jun 16, 5:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JAN	78 min
Jun 16, 5:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JAN	73 min
Jun 16, 4:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	85 min
Jun 16, 4:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 16, 10:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	63 min
Jun 16, 11:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Jun 17, 10:03 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 17, 10:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	10 hr
Jun 17, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 17, 2:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	57 min
Jun 17, 4:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	3 hr
Jun 17, 6:18 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 18, 2:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 hr
Jun 18, 5:21 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Jun 18, 5:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	71 min
Jun 18, 9:49 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	56 min
Jun 18, 1:45 PM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	17 hr
Jun 18, 6:52 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr
Jun 18, 9:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	57 min
Jun 18, 9:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	20 min
Jun 18, 9:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	62 min
Jun 18, 10:48 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	117 min
Jun 18, 10:57 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	63 min
Jun 19, 12:57 AM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 19, 3:08 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 19, 5:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	45 min
Jun 24, 3:34 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	40 hr
Jun 25, 2:20 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	30 hr
Jun 25, 9:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jun 25, 10:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Jun 25, 10:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	JAN	95 min
Jun 26, 2:29 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	30 hr
Jun 27, 4:28 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	JAN	24 hr
Jun 27, 2:21 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	84 min
Jun 27, 4:27 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Jun 27, 4:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	4 hr
Jun 28, 4:23 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	41 hr
Jun 28, 4:23 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	17 hr
Jun 29, 3:51 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	41 hr
Jun 29, 3:05 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	54 hr
Jun 30, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	38 min
Jun 30, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	39 min
Jul 1, 3:09 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	42 hr
Jul 4, 1:22 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Jul 5, 1:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	50 min
Jul 5, 1:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	40 min
Jul 12, 2:53 PM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	24 hr
Jul 13, 12:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	37 min
Jul 13, 3:21 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	29 hr
Jul 14, 2:19 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	30 hr
Jul 17, 1:57 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	30 hr
Jul 18, 2:44 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	30 hr
Jul 18, 2:44 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	30 hr
Jul 19, 2:28 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	53 hr
Jul 20, 4:26 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	39 hr
Jul 22, 12:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	65 min
Jul 22, 3:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	41 min
Jul 28, 1:33 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	30 hr
Jul 29, 2:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	24 min
Jul 29, 2:56 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	29 hr
Jul 29, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	29 min
Jul 30, 2:35 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jul 30, 3:30 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	29 hr
Jul 31, 2:30 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	7 days
Jul 31, 2:30 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	4 days
Aug 8, 3:25 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	8 hr
Aug 8, 2:37 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	45 hr
Aug 9, 3:54 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	6 days
Aug 18, 2:56 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	5 days
Aug 20, 3:51 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	66 hr
Aug 22, 3:26 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	5 days
Aug 26, 2:11 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	JAN	31 hr
Aug 26, 2:11 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Aug 27, 11:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	49 min
Aug 27, 2:16 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	21 hr
Aug 29, 2:40 PM CDT	Fire Weather Watch	JAN	23 hr
Aug 29, 2:40 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	JAN	29 hr
Sep 26, 4:34 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	5 hr
Oct 5, 3:17 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	JAN	52 hr
Oct 28, 2:43 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	19 hr
Oct 30, 2:08 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	JAN	29 hr
Oct 30, 2:53 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	JAN	42 hr
Oct 30, 2:53 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	JAN	42 hr
Oct 31, 1:08 PM CDT	Red Flag Warning	JAN	30 hr
Nov 1, 3:25 AM CDT	Freeze Warning	JAN	30 hr
Nov 7, 12:58 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	20 hr
Nov 20, 3:14 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Nov 20, 3:52 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Nov 20, 6:03 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	87 min
Nov 20, 7:29 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	61 min
Nov 20, 7:38 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	55 min
Nov 20, 7:51 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	39 min
Nov 20, 8:17 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	58 min
Dec 9, 3:00 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Dec 9, 3:56 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Dec 9, 4:59 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	61 min
Dec 9, 5:56 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Dec 9, 8:29 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Dec 9, 9:20 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	55 min
Dec 9, 9:48 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	26 min

By product

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

Product	Alerts
Severe storms
Severe Thunderstorm Warning	32
Tornado Warning	14
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	14
Tornado Watch	13
Mesoscale Discussion	49
Special Weather Statement	18
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	2
Flood Watch	3
Heat
Excessive Heat Warning	9
Excessive Heat Watch	1
Heat Advisory	21
Cold
Freeze Warning	5
Freeze Watch	3
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	3
Fire
Red Flag Warning	4
Fire Weather Watch	1
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	11

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2022 2024

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.