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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1987
27 tornado warnings in 1987. 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in 1987. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 27
- Busiest month
- February9 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- November 16, 19879 tornado warnings
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 15, 1:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 57 min |
| Feb 15, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Feb 28, 8:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 8:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 37 min |
| Feb 28, 8:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 32 min |
| Feb 28, 9:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 46 min |
| Feb 28, 9:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Wayne | 31 min |
| Feb 28, 9:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 44 min |
| Feb 28, 10:28 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 34 min |
| Mar 17, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 28 min |
| Mar 17, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 30 min |
| Mar 17, 5:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 31 min |
| Mar 18, 7:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 60 min |
| Mar 29, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison, Stone | 44 min |
| Apr 13, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 2:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Lamar | 28 min |
| Aug 11, 5:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 11:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 2:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Nov 16, 3:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 48 min |
| Nov 16, 3:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 28 min |
| Nov 16, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 30 min |
| Nov 16, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 20 min |
| Nov 16, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 42 min |
| Nov 16, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 42 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hinds County4
- Rankin County3
- Claiborne County3
- Jones County2
- Simpson County2
- Kemper County2
- Warren County2
- Madison County2
- Lowndes County1
- Scott County1
- Smith County1
- Jasper County1
- Clarke County1
- Wayne County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Jefferson County1
- Itawamba County1
- Harrison County1
- Stone County1
- Lamar County1
- Yazoo County1
- Attala County1
- Winston County1
- Newton County1
- Neshoba County1
- Noxubee 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.