Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings / 1989
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, March 1989
30 tornado warnings in March 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 March 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 30
- Busiest day
- March 5, 198924 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Warren County4
- Hinds County3
- Madison County2
- Attala County2
- Neshoba County2
- Simpson County2
- Smith County2
- Jasper County2
- Newton County1
- Claiborne County1
- Issaquena County1
- Leake County1
- Yazoo County1
- Choctaw County1
- Webster County1
- Itawamba County1
- Copiah County1
- Jefferson Davis County1
- Marion County1
- Covington County1
- Jones County1
- Scott County1
- Jefferson County1
- Coahoma County1
- Lee County1
- Pontotoc 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.