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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1996
114 tornado warnings in 1996. 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 1996. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 114
- Busiest month
- April28 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 18, 199612 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 17, 8:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 26 min |
| Jan 18, 8:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 32 min |
| Jan 18, 8:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 26 min |
| Jan 18, 8:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 48 min |
| Jan 23, 9:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 25 min |
| Jan 23, 10:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 43 min |
| Jan 26, 7:18 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 42 min |
| Jan 26, 12:11 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 49 min |
| Jan 26, 12:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 46 min |
| Jan 26, 1:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 53 min |
| Jan 26, 2:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 58 min |
| Jan 26, 2:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 66 min |
| Jan 26, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 3:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 41 min |
| Jan 26, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 45 min |
| Jan 26, 4:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 50 min |
| Jan 30, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 33 min |
| Feb 19, 1:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 56 min |
| Feb 19, 2:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 30 min |
| Feb 19, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 34 min |
| Feb 19, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 49 min |
| Feb 19, 4:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 48 min |
| Feb 19, 4:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 66 min |
| Mar 5, 11:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 30 min |
| Mar 5, 11:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 27 min |
| Mar 5, 11:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 36 min |
| Mar 6, 12:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 30 min |
| Mar 6, 5:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 49 min |
| Mar 6, 5:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 54 min |
| Mar 6, 6:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 57 min |
| Mar 6, 7:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 49 min |
| Mar 18, 1:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 32 min |
| Mar 18, 2:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 53 min |
| Mar 18, 2:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw | 43 min |
| Mar 18, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 37 min |
| Mar 18, 3:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 54 min |
| Mar 18, 3:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 60 min |
| Mar 18, 3:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 33 min |
| Mar 18, 3:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 56 min |
| Mar 18, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 18, 4:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 63 min |
| Mar 30, 9:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 67 min |
| Mar 30, 9:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 68 min |
| Mar 30, 10:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 50 min |
| Mar 30, 11:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 43 min |
| Mar 30, 11:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 12:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 54 min |
| Apr 13, 3:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 52 min |
| Apr 14, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 51 min |
| Apr 14, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 49 min |
| Apr 14, 2:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 44 min |
| Apr 15, 12:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 35 min |
| Apr 20, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 50 min |
| Apr 20, 10:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 11:09 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 51 min |
| Apr 20, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 44 min |
| Apr 20, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Washington | 67 min |
| Apr 21, 5:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 25 min |
| Apr 22, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 40 min |
| Apr 22, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren, Yazoo | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 53 min |
| Apr 22, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 48 min |
| Apr 22, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 52 min |
| Apr 22, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 27 min |
| Apr 22, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 46 min |
| Apr 22, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 10:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 47 min |
| Apr 22, 10:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 40 min |
| Apr 29, 9:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 26 min |
| May 27, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 37 min |
| May 27, 5:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 43 min |
| May 27, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 41 min |
| May 27, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 39 min |
| May 27, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 37 min |
| May 27, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 36 min |
| May 28, 9:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 48 min |
| May 28, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 35 min |
| May 28, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 59 min |
| May 28, 8:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 38 min |
| May 28, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 40 min |
| May 28, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 36 min |
| Jun 1, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Jun 1, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 40 min |
| Jun 15, 2:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 12 min |
| Aug 12, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 25 min |
| Aug 25, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 20 min |
| Sep 16, 5:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 34 min |
| Sep 21, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 8:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 52 min |
| Sep 21, 9:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 15 min |
| Nov 7, 11:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 34 min |
| Nov 7, 12:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee | 33 min |
| Nov 7, 12:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 39 min |
| Nov 7, 12:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 36 min |
| Nov 7, 12:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 50 min |
| Nov 7, 12:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 36 min |
| Nov 7, 1:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 26 min |
| Nov 7, 1:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar | 33 min |
| Nov 7, 5:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 30 min |
| Nov 7, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 39 min |
| Nov 24, 4:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 42 min |
| Nov 24, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 37 min |
| Nov 24, 10:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 26 min |
| Nov 30, 5:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 35 min |
| Dec 1, 12:33 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 27 min |
| Dec 1, 12:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 31 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County7
- Rankin County6
- Hinds County6
- Harrison County6
- Marion County5
- Madison County5
- Yazoo County4
- Attala County4
- Amite County4
- Pike County4
- Jefferson Davis County4
- Jones County4
- Lamar County4
- Pearl River County4
- Wayne County4
- Warren County4
- Itawamba County4
- Holmes County3
- Walthall County3
- Forrest County3
- Issaquena County3
- Lee County3
- Marshall County2
- Humphreys County2
- Covington County2
- Lauderdale County2
- Perry County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Copiah County2
- Simpson County2
- Choctaw County2
- Lowndes County2
- Smith County2
- Leake County2
- Winston County2
- Noxubee County2
- Tippah County2
- Claiborne County2
- Stone County2
- Lawrence County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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. Rebuilt daily.