Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings / 1989
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, February 1989
26 tornado warnings in February 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 February 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 26
- Busiest day
- February 21, 198918 tornado warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
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 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Warren County3
- Hinds County3
- Madison County3
- Jefferson County2
- Yazoo County2
- Attala County2
- Winston County2
- Adams County1
- Claiborne County1
- Issaquena County1
- Holmes County1
- Choctaw County1
- Oktibbeha County1
- Clay County1
- Rankin County1
- Copiah County1
- Monroe County1
- Itawamba County1
- Neshoba County1
- Newton County1
- Jasper County1
- Clarke County1
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.