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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1988
105 tornado warnings in 1988. 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 1988. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 105
- Busiest month
- November60 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- November 4, 198817 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 19, 10:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 21 min |
| Jan 19, 10:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 40 min |
| Jan 19, 10:48 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 42 min |
| Jan 19, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 35 min |
| Jan 19, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower, Tallahatchie | 24 min |
| Jan 19, 11:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 47 min |
| Jan 19, 11:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 16 min |
| Jan 19, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 51 min |
| Jan 19, 3:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 40 min |
| Jan 19, 3:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 25 min |
| Jan 19, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 29 min |
| Mar 12, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 28 min |
| Mar 12, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 36 min |
| Mar 12, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Apr 23, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 35 min |
| May 3, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 35 min |
| May 3, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 18 min |
| May 9, 12:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 56 min |
| May 9, 12:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate | 68 min |
| May 22, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 48 min |
| May 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 33 min |
| Aug 26, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 28 min |
| Sep 16, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison | 40 min |
| Sep 16, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Hancock | 15 min |
| Sep 24, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 17 min |
| Sep 24, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 26 min |
| Nov 3, 3:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 42 min |
| Nov 4, 2:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Nov 4, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 44 min |
| Nov 4, 3:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 35 min |
| Nov 4, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 20 min |
| Nov 4, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 54 min |
| Nov 4, 3:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| Nov 4, 3:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 31 min |
| Nov 4, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 29 min |
| Nov 4, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 28 min |
| Nov 4, 3:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 47 min |
| Nov 4, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 33 min |
| Nov 4, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 30 min |
| Nov 4, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 29 min |
| Nov 4, 4:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 30 min |
| Nov 4, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 47 min |
| Nov 4, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 30 min |
| Nov 4, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 60 min |
| Nov 4, 7:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Pike | 34 min |
| Nov 4, 8:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 47 min |
| Nov 12, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 23 min |
| Nov 12, 4:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 35 min |
| Nov 12, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Nov 12, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 39 min |
| Nov 12, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 51 min |
| Nov 12, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 41 min |
| Nov 19, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 28 min |
| Nov 19, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 50 min |
| Nov 19, 1:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 53 min |
| Nov 19, 5:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 41 min |
| Nov 19, 5:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 25 min |
| Nov 19, 5:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 33 min |
| Nov 19, 6:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 58 min |
| Nov 19, 6:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 26 min |
| Nov 19, 6:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| Nov 19, 6:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Quitman | 38 min |
| Nov 19, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 29 min |
| Nov 19, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin | 19 min |
| Nov 19, 6:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 28 min |
| Nov 19, 7:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 66 min |
| Nov 19, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 32 min |
| Nov 19, 7:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 43 min |
| Nov 19, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 37 min |
| Nov 19, 8:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 43 min |
| Nov 19, 8:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 29 min |
| Nov 19, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 42 min |
| Nov 19, 8:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Amite, Franklin | 25 min |
| Nov 19, 8:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 15 min |
| Nov 19, 8:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 26 min |
| Nov 26, 10:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 37 min |
| Nov 26, 10:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 52 min |
| Nov 26, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 46 min |
| Nov 26, 12:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 34 min |
| Nov 26, 12:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 18 min |
| Nov 26, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 33 min |
| Nov 26, 1:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 29 min |
| Nov 26, 1:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 35 min |
| Nov 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 30 min |
| Nov 26, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 28 min |
| Nov 26, 3:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 27 min |
| Dec 24, 3:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 6:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 68 min |
| Dec 27, 9:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Tallahatchie | 31 min |
| Dec 27, 9:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 28 min |
| Dec 27, 9:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 10:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 35 min |
| Dec 27, 10:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 45 min |
| Dec 27, 10:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 27 min |
| Dec 27, 10:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 13 min |
| Dec 27, 10:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 29 min |
| Dec 27, 10:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Yazoo | 34 min |
| Dec 27, 11:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 49 min |
| Dec 27, 11:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 28 min |
| Dec 27, 11:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Dec 27, 11:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 24 min |
| Dec 27, 11:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Calhoun | 28 min |
| Dec 28, 12:03 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 27 min |
| Dec 31, 5:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis | 26 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hinds County8
- Yazoo County8
- Rankin County7
- Kemper County5
- Copiah County5
- Madison County4
- Holmes County4
- Attala County4
- Issaquena County4
- Monroe County4
- Warren County4
- Sunflower County3
- Jasper County3
- Smith County3
- DeSoto County3
- Lafayette County3
- Prentiss County3
- Quitman County3
- Sharkey County3
- Humphreys County3
- Tallahatchie County2
- Montgomery County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Tunica County2
- Washington County2
- Tishomingo County2
- Covington County2
- Jefferson Davis County2
- Bolivar County2
- Coahoma County2
- Panola County2
- Leake County2
- Union County2
- Carroll County2
- Webster County1
- Jones County1
- Scott County1
- Tate County1
- Alcorn County1
- Tippah County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
Nearby
Alerts in force nowTornadoes on recordThe radar archive19871989
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.