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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1989
85 tornado warnings in 1989. 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 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 85
- Busiest month
- March30 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 5, 198924 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 12, 4:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 2:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Feb 20, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 43 min |
| Feb 20, 4:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 41 min |
| Feb 20, 4:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 46 min |
| Feb 20, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren, Yazoo | 45 min |
| Feb 20, 5:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Madison | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 37 min |
| Feb 20, 7:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 7:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 33 min |
| Feb 20, 8:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Oktibbeha | 30 min |
| Feb 20, 8:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 27 min |
| Feb 20, 8:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 32 min |
| Feb 20, 8:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 43 min |
| Feb 20, 8:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 26 min |
| Feb 20, 8:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 48 min |
| Feb 20, 8:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 14 min |
| Feb 20, 8:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 70 min |
| Feb 20, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Winston | 53 min |
| Feb 20, 9:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 50 min |
| Feb 20, 9:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 40 min |
| Feb 20, 11:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 39 min |
| Feb 20, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 25 min |
| Mar 4, 1:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 5:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 28 min |
| Mar 4, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 32 min |
| Mar 4, 6:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 25 min |
| Mar 4, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 15 min |
| Mar 4, 6:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 30 min |
| Mar 4, 6:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 7:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 36 min |
| Mar 4, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 8:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 29 min |
| Mar 4, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake | 31 min |
| Mar 4, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 4, 8:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 36 min |
| Mar 4, 10:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 26 min |
| Mar 4, 11:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 25 min |
| Mar 5, 12:37 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 38 min |
| Mar 5, 5:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 45 min |
| Mar 5, 5:39 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 36 min |
| Mar 5, 5:42 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 48 min |
| Mar 5, 7:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 38 min |
| Mar 5, 8:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 44 min |
| Mar 5, 8:31 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 29 min |
| Mar 5, 8:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 32 min |
| Mar 5, 9:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 52 min |
| Mar 5, 9:16 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 29 min |
| Mar 5, 9:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 39 min |
| Mar 5, 10:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 29 min |
| Mar 29, 7:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson | 36 min |
| Mar 30, 7:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 17 min |
| Mar 30, 9:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 8:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 25 min |
| Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 8:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 36 min |
| Apr 4, 10:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 39 min |
| Apr 4, 2:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 42 min |
| May 4, 10:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 48 min |
| May 5, 4:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 30 min |
| May 5, 5:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 28 min |
| May 8, 10:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 54 min |
| May 19, 3:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Hancock | 33 min |
| May 19, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison | 12 min |
| May 20, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 60 min |
| May 20, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 60 min |
| May 22, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Pike | 35 min |
| Jun 3, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison | 31 min |
| Jun 8, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Hancock | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 32 min |
| Jul 2, 9:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison | 37 min |
| Jul 17, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 30 min |
| Jul 23, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Harrison | 11 min |
| Oct 16, 3:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 40 min |
| Nov 8, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 46 min |
| Nov 8, 6:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 42 min |
| Nov 8, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 28 min |
| Nov 15, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 55 min |
| Nov 15, 1:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 54 min |
| Nov 15, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 25 min |
| Nov 15, 3:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hinds County8
- Warren County7
- Yazoo County6
- Madison County6
- Neshoba County5
- Attala County4
- Clarke County4
- Harrison County4
- Jefferson County3
- Issaquena County3
- Choctaw County3
- Newton County3
- Jasper County3
- Adams County2
- Claiborne County2
- Winston County2
- Copiah County2
- Itawamba County2
- Simpson County2
- Smith County2
- Coahoma County2
- Hancock County2
- Alcorn County2
- Holmes County1
- Oktibbeha County1
- Clay County1
- Rankin County1
- Monroe County1
- Leake County1
- Webster County1
- Jefferson Davis County1
- Marion County1
- Covington County1
- Jones County1
- Scott County1
- Lee County1
- Pontotoc County1
- Carroll County1
- Montgomery County1
- Lauderdale 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.