Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings / 2003
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, May 2003
97 tornado warnings in May 2003. 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 May 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 97
- Busiest day
- May 6, 200328 tornado warnings
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 61 min |
| May 3, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 47 min |
| May 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 32 min |
| May 3, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 37 min |
| May 5, 3:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 31 min |
| May 5, 4:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 43 min |
| May 5, 4:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 39 min |
| May 5, 7:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 37 min |
| May 5, 7:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 36 min |
| May 5, 8:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 28 min |
| May 5, 8:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 63 min |
| May 5, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 22 min |
| May 5, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 25 min |
| May 5, 7:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 28 min |
| May 5, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 20 min |
| May 5, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 46 min |
| May 5, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 40 min |
| May 5, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 26 min |
| May 5, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 26 min |
| May 5, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 33 min |
| May 5, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 40 min |
| May 5, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 60 min |
| May 5, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 29 min |
| May 5, 8:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 30 min |
| May 5, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 58 min |
| May 5, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 27 min |
| May 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 50 min |
| May 5, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 55 min |
| May 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw | 51 min |
| May 5, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 25 min |
| May 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 31 min |
| May 5, 9:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 51 min |
| May 5, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 30 min |
| May 5, 9:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 52 min |
| May 5, 9:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 48 min |
| May 5, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 27 min |
| May 5, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette | 38 min |
| May 5, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 48 min |
| May 5, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 48 min |
| May 6, 1:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 44 min |
| May 6, 1:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 46 min |
| May 6, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 46 min |
| May 6, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 58 min |
| May 6, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Leflore | 46 min |
| May 6, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Pontotoc | 60 min |
| May 6, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 56 min |
| May 6, 10:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 48 min |
| May 6, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee | 22 min |
| May 6, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 49 min |
| May 6, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 23 min |
| May 7, 6:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 45 min |
| May 7, 6:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | 44 min | |
| May 7, 6:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 24 min |
| May 7, 6:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Quitman, Tallahatchie | 30 min |
| May 7, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie | 32 min |
| May 7, 7:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Yalobusha | 51 min |
| May 7, 8:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 43 min |
| May 7, 8:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 40 min |
| May 7, 8:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 64 min |
| May 7, 9:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 53 min |
| May 7, 9:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 58 min |
| May 7, 10:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 38 min |
| May 7, 10:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys | 60 min |
| May 7, 10:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 27 min |
| May 7, 11:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 27 min |
| May 7, 11:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sharkey | 32 min |
| May 7, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 44 min |
| May 7, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 61 min |
| May 7, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 22 min |
| May 14, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 26 min |
| May 14, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 43 min |
| May 14, 11:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 43 min |
| May 16, 12:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 67 min |
| May 16, 10:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 65 min |
| May 17, 5:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 47 min |
| May 17, 5:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette | 44 min |
| May 17, 5:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 35 min |
| May 17, 6:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Union | 40 min |
| May 17, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 44 min |
| May 17, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence | 29 min |
| May 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 39 min |
| May 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 45 min |
| May 17, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | 40 min | |
| May 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 61 min |
| May 17, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 32 min |
| May 17, 4:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 47 min |
| May 17, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 61 min |
| May 17, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis | 13 min |
| May 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 29 min |
| May 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 60 min |
| May 17, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 37 min |
| May 17, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 42 min |
| May 17, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 44 min |
| May 17, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 31 min |
| May 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 46 min |
| May 17, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 21 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Tallahatchie County6
- Lauderdale County5
- Bolivar County5
- Calhoun County5
- Benton County4
- Sunflower County4
- Lafayette County4
- Yalobusha County4
- Itawamba County4
- Monroe County4
- Lee County3
- Chickasaw County3
- Issaquena County3
- Simpson County2
- DeSoto County2
- Marshall County2
- Tippah County2
- Coahoma County2
- Quitman County2
- Clay County2
- Union County2
- Madison County2
- Sharkey County2
- Newton County2
- Scott County2
- Kemper County2
- Jefferson Davis County2
- Covington County2
- Jones County2
- Clarke County2
- Wayne County2
- Rankin County1
- Greene County1
- George County1
- Alcorn County1
- Panola County1
- Grenada County1
- Montgomery County1
- Webster County1
- Lowndes County1
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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.