Alert archive / Mississippi / Smith County

Weather alerts in Smith County, Mississippi, 2025

172 weather alerts in 2025, 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Alerts: 172
Warnings: 44
Watches: 19
Advisories: 51
Busiest month: May36 alerts
Busiest day: March 15, 202514 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 11 tornado warnings covering Smith County in 2025 had a tornado report inside them; 8 of 8 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 20 minutes after it went out.

Smith County, 2025

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
Tornado warnings	11	9	18%	8	100%	20 min
Severe thunderstorm warnings	26	16	38%	15	80%	17 min
Flash flood warnings	3	1	67%	0

Each office's whole area, 2025

	Warnings	With a report	False alarm ratio	Reports	Inside a warning	Mean lead time
NWS Jackson, MS: tornado warnings	100	43	57%	114	78%	22 min
NWS Jackson, MS: severe thunderstorm warnings	502	289	42%	666	82%	24 min
NWS Jackson, MS: flash flood warnings	56	29	48%	72	85%	76 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 5, 3:05 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	17 hr
Jan 5, 1:36 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Jan 5, 6:02 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
Jan 5, 8:45 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	47 min
Jan 6, 12:25 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	JAN	9 hr
Jan 6, 2:18 PM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	JAN	20 hr
Jan 18, 1:02 PM CST	Winter Storm Watch	JAN	48 hr
Jan 19, 1:23 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	JAN	3 days
Jan 20, 12:50 PM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	JAN	30 hr
Jan 28, 12:55 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	9 hr
Jan 30, 10:06 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	114 min
Feb 3, 5:36 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	4 hr
Feb 5, 2:20 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	8 hr
Feb 5, 1:36 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	16 hr
Feb 11, 8:50 PM CST	Flood Watch	JAN	23 hr
Feb 12, 11:36 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Feb 12, 1:32 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	8 hr
Feb 12, 1:48 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Feb 12, 3:05 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	55 min
Feb 12, 5:05 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	55 min
Feb 12, 5:11 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	94 min
Feb 12, 5:53 PM CST	Tornado Warning	JAN	52 min
Feb 12, 6:01 PM CST	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	4 hr
Feb 15, 8:21 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	21 hr
Feb 15, 8:37 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	53 min
Feb 15, 9:11 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Feb 15, 11:07 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	38 min
Feb 19, 4:21 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	JAN	56 hr
Feb 24, 2:29 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	20 hr
Mar 3, 1:58 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	40 hr
Mar 4, 11:49 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	116 min
Mar 4, 12:22 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Mar 4, 2:14 PM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Mar 4, 3:21 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	69 min
Mar 4, 4:53 PM CST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	38 min
Mar 5, 2:58 AM CST	Wind Advisory	JAN	15 hr
Mar 8, 4:22 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	5 hr
Mar 8, 4:58 PM CST	Special Weather Statement	JAN	62 min
Mar 9, 6:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	66 min
Mar 15, 9:32 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	9 hr
Mar 15, 10:07 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Mar 15, 10:31 AM CDT	Tornado Watch PDS	SPC	9 hr
Mar 15, 11:53 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	97 min
Mar 15, 12:47 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	30 min
Mar 15, 12:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	57 min
Mar 15, 1:30 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	60 min
Mar 15, 1:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	119 min
Mar 15, 2:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
Mar 15, 2:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	JAN	26 min
Mar 15, 2:43 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	4 hr
Mar 15, 3:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Considerable damage threat	JAN	58 min
Mar 15, 3:29 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Mar 15, 3:45 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threat	JAN	60 min
Mar 23, 4:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	60 min
Mar 23, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Mar 24, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	62 min
Mar 24, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	42 min
Mar 31, 1:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
Mar 31, 5:38 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	52 min
Mar 31, 6:16 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
Mar 31, 6:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	69 min
Apr 1, 2:13 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	34 hr
Apr 5, 1:35 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	5 hr
Apr 5, 10:25 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr
Apr 5, 11:45 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	90 min
Apr 6, 2:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	57 min
Apr 6, 3:27 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Apr 6, 3:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	65 min
Apr 6, 3:53 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	67 min
Apr 6, 4:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	58 min
Apr 6, 4:38 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	JAN	51 min
Apr 11, 12:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	39 min
Apr 11, 12:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	46 min
Apr 21, 12:28 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 22, 1:30 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	3 hr
Apr 26, 2:32 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	6 hr
Apr 30, 6:31 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	3 hr
May 1, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	51 min
May 2, 7:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	62 min
May 2, 9:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	63 min
May 5, 1:54 PM CDT	Flood Watch	JAN	44 hr
May 8, 2:42 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	6 hr
May 11, 10:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	31 min
May 17, 3:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	48 min
May 17, 4:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	37 min
May 20, 5:08 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 24, 1:16 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
May 24, 1:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 24, 3:31 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	89 min
May 24, 5:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	57 min
May 24, 5:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	46 min
May 24, 6:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	67 min
May 25, 7:56 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 25, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	96 min
May 26, 10:57 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
May 26, 12:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
May 26, 12:47 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	118 min
May 26, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	51 min
May 26, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	62 min
May 26, 3:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	64 min
May 27, 4:54 AM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	96 min
May 27, 5:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr
May 27, 5:21 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	39 min
May 27, 6:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	26 min
May 27, 8:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	43 min
May 27, 9:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	JAN	116 min
May 27, 3:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	36 min
May 27, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	40 min
May 27, 4:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	49 min
May 27, 5:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr
May 28, 1:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	83 min
May 28, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	5 hr
May 28, 5:53 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	2 hr
Jun 11, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	50 min
Jun 12, 7:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	49 min
Jun 20, 1:37 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	29 hr
Jun 22, 2:41 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	5 days
Jun 27, 11:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	26 min
Jun 27, 12:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	22 min
Jun 29, 6:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	55 min
Jul 1, 12:14 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	91 min
Jul 1, 3:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	48 min
Jul 1, 4:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	61 min
Jul 1, 5:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	83 min
Jul 12, 6:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	29 min
Jul 13, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	53 min
Jul 14, 5:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	64 min
Jul 15, 11:24 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	32 hr
Jul 19, 4:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	60 min
Jul 20, 12:43 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Jul 21, 12:34 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Jul 22, 1:28 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	65 hr
Jul 22, 1:28 AM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	JAN	65 hr
Jul 26, 12:22 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	32 hr
Jul 26, 1:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	43 min
Jul 26, 1:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	44 min
Jul 27, 1:15 PM CDT	Extreme Heat Warning	JAN	4 days
Jul 31, 12:38 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Aug 1, 2:07 PM CDT	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	113 min
Aug 13, 9:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	53 min
Aug 14, 1:45 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	30 hr
Aug 15, 12:47 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Aug 15, 2:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	54 min
Aug 16, 1:14 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Aug 17, 10:51 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	33 hr
Aug 18, 1:10 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Aug 19, 12:51 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Aug 30, 2:56 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	6 hr
Sep 16, 5:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	63 min
Sep 19, 5:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	JAN	59 min
Oct 6, 8:35 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	13 hr
Oct 19, 2:09 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	JAN	24 min
Oct 28, 11:40 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	JAN	31 hr
Nov 6, 4:09 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	5 hr
Nov 7, 11:37 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	10 hr
Nov 8, 8:10 PM CST	Freeze Watch	JAN	7 hr
Nov 8, 8:10 PM CST	Freeze Warning	JAN	37 hr
Nov 9, 2:56 AM CST	Freeze Warning	JAN	53 hr
Nov 17, 11:59 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	9 hr
Nov 19, 10:20 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	23 hr
Nov 21, 8:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	11 hr
Nov 24, 3:24 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	6 hr
Nov 24, 9:37 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	83 min
Nov 24, 10:46 PM CST	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr
Nov 25, 1:28 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	92 min
Nov 25, 3:42 AM CST	Mesoscale Discussion	SPC	93 min
Dec 6, 6:41 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	14 hr
Dec 12, 9:49 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	11 hr
Dec 13, 11:48 AM CST	Cold Weather Advisory	JAN	45 hr
Dec 23, 7:19 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	15 hr
Dec 24, 10:05 AM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	24 hr
Dec 25, 8:34 PM CST	Dense Fog Advisory	JAN	13 hr

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	26
Tornado Warning	11
Severe Thunderstorm Watch	8
Tornado Watch	7
Mesoscale Discussion	31
Special Weather Statement	27
Flooding
Flash Flood Warning	3
Flood Watch	2
Winter
Winter Storm Watch	1
Winter Weather Advisory	1
Heat
Extreme Heat Warning	2
Heat Advisory	14
Cold
Freeze Warning	2
Freeze Watch	1
Cold Weather Advisory	5
Wind and dust
Wind Advisory	8
Fog and smoke
Dense Fog Advisory	23

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

Nearby

Alerts in force now Tornadoes on record Forecast The radar archive 2024 2026

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.