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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 1997
120 tornado warnings in 1997. 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 1997. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 120
- Busiest month
- May38 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 25, 199718 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 15, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 41 min |
| Jan 15, 5:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 53 min |
| Jan 15, 5:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 32 min |
| Jan 15, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 50 min |
| Jan 15, 5:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 56 min |
| Jan 15, 6:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 64 min |
| Jan 24, 4:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 61 min |
| Jan 24, 5:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 40 min |
| Jan 27, 8:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 31 min |
| Jan 27, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll | 34 min |
| Jan 27, 8:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 49 min |
| Jan 27, 9:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 51 min |
| Jan 28, 12:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 41 min |
| Feb 21, 3:46 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| Feb 21, 4:05 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 40 min |
| Feb 21, 4:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne | 35 min |
| Feb 28, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 51 min |
| Feb 28, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 40 min |
| Feb 28, 4:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 65 min |
| Feb 28, 5:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 12:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Pontotoc | 51 min |
| Mar 1, 1:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Union | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 1:55 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 50 min |
| Mar 1, 2:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 2:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 35 min |
| Mar 1, 2:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 19 min |
| Mar 1, 2:49 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 31 min |
| Mar 1, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc, Union | 51 min |
| Mar 2, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 29 min |
| Mar 2, 3:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 43 min |
| Mar 5, 11:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 32 min |
| Mar 13, 5:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 12 min |
| Apr 5, 7:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 31 min |
| Apr 22, 11:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 42 min |
| Apr 22, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 48 min |
| Apr 27, 4:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Marion | 42 min |
| Apr 27, 6:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 37 min |
| Apr 27, 6:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 46 min |
| Apr 27, 7:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 53 min |
| May 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 42 min |
| May 2, 4:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Grenada | 56 min |
| May 2, 4:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery | 52 min |
| May 2, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 63 min |
| May 2, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 41 min |
| May 2, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 53 min |
| May 2, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 65 min |
| May 2, 6:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Clay | 31 min |
| May 2, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 30 min |
| May 2, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Montgomery | 58 min |
| May 2, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 46 min |
| May 2, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 52 min |
| May 2, 7:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 48 min |
| May 2, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| May 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 45 min |
| May 2, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Oktibbeha | 44 min |
| May 2, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 42 min |
| May 2, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Clay | 31 min |
| May 2, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 41 min |
| May 2, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Montgomery | 51 min |
| May 2, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 35 min |
| May 2, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 48 min |
| May 2, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 33 min |
| May 2, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore | 41 min |
| May 2, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw | 51 min |
| May 2, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lowndes | 32 min |
| May 14, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 45 min |
| May 14, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 46 min |
| May 27, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin, Scott | 49 min |
| May 27, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 49 min |
| May 27, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 40 min |
| May 27, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 29 min |
| May 27, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 49 min |
| May 28, 12:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 37 min |
| May 28, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 37 min |
| May 28, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 28 min |
| May 28, 5:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 36 min |
| Jun 20, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 45 min |
| Jun 27, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 29 min |
| Jul 9, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 33 min |
| Jul 25, 4:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 35 min |
| Oct 23, 11:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Oct 24, 12:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 37 min |
| Oct 24, 12:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 53 min |
| Oct 24, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 25 min |
| Oct 24, 1:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 31 min |
| Oct 24, 1:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 8:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 32 min |
| Oct 25, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 9:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 34 min |
| Oct 25, 10:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 47 min |
| Oct 25, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 37 min |
| Oct 25, 3:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 67 min |
| Oct 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 42 min |
| Oct 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 67 min |
| Oct 25, 3:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 56 min |
| Oct 25, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Stone | 63 min |
| Oct 25, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss | 35 min |
| Oct 25, 4:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 64 min |
| Oct 25, 4:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 49 min |
| Oct 25, 5:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 32 min |
| Oct 25, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 48 min |
| Oct 25, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 30 min |
| Oct 25, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 33 min |
| Oct 25, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 46 min |
| Oct 25, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 36 min |
| Oct 25, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 31 min |
| Oct 26, 2:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 39 min |
| Nov 1, 1:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 45 min |
| Nov 1, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 64 min |
| Nov 21, 10:56 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 34 min |
| Nov 21, 1:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 49 min |
| Nov 21, 2:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 62 min |
| Nov 21, 3:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 37 min |
| Nov 21, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 44 min |
| Nov 21, 7:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 52 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Montgomery County5
- Webster County5
- Madison County5
- Holmes County5
- Hancock County5
- Forrest County4
- Pearl River County4
- Wayne County4
- Greene County4
- Perry County4
- Leflore County4
- Carroll County4
- Attala County4
- Lee County4
- Grenada County4
- Sunflower County4
- Harrison County4
- Scott County3
- Leake County3
- Hinds County3
- Calhoun County3
- Humphreys County3
- Clarke County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Monroe County3
- Choctaw County3
- Rankin County3
- Itawamba County3
- Stone County3
- George County3
- Lamar County2
- Jones County2
- Neshoba County2
- Claiborne County2
- Yazoo County2
- Pontotoc County2
- Union County2
- Yalobusha County2
- Tishomingo County2
- Marion County2
21 more counties
- Washington County2
- Clay County2
- Lowndes County2
- Amite County2
- Jefferson County2
- Pike County2
- Simpson County1
- Smith County1
- Warren County1
- Lafayette County1
- Jefferson Davis County1
- Issaquena County1
- Sharkey County1
- Oktibbeha County1
- Newton County1
- Jasper County1
- Adams County1
- Copiah County1
- Prentiss County1
- Kemper County1
- Jackson 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. Rebuilt daily.