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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2009
173 tornado warnings in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 173
- Busiest month
- May41 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- October 30, 200916 tornado warnings
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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 4, 3:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 41 min |
| Jan 4, 4:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 24 min |
| Jan 6, 9:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 51 min |
| Jan 6, 10:01 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 44 min |
| Jan 10, 3:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 36 min |
| Feb 18, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 28 min |
| Feb 27, 8:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 20 min |
| Feb 27, 2:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 33 min |
| Feb 27, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 22 min |
| Feb 27, 4:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 25 min |
| Mar 25, 11:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 39 min |
| Mar 25, 11:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 25, 11:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 41 min |
| Mar 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 38 min |
| Mar 26, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes | 41 min |
| Mar 26, 12:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 23 min |
| Mar 26, 12:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Rankin, Scott | 31 min |
| Mar 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 46 min |
| Mar 26, 1:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 50 min |
| Mar 26, 2:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 35 min |
| Mar 26, 2:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 59 min |
| Mar 26, 2:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 2:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 39 min |
| Mar 26, 2:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 55 min |
| Mar 26, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 34 min |
| Mar 26, 3:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 15 min |
| Mar 26, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 27 min |
| Mar 26, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 1:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 17 min |
| Mar 27, 1:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 25 min |
| Mar 27, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 2:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 33 min |
| Mar 27, 2:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 min |
| Mar 27, 3:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 15 min |
| Mar 27, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 52 min |
| Mar 27, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 60 min |
| Mar 27, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 9:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 28 min |
| Mar 27, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 61 min |
| Mar 27, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 59 min |
| Mar 27, 10:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Mar 27, 10:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 42 min |
| Mar 27, 10:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 12 min |
| Mar 28, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 18 min |
| Mar 28, 2:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 13 min |
| Apr 2, 11:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 37 min |
| Apr 2, 12:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 26 min |
| Apr 2, 1:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 24 min |
| Apr 2, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 34 min |
| Apr 2, 1:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 9 min |
| Apr 2, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 33 min |
| Apr 2, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 22 min |
| Apr 2, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 25 min |
| Apr 2, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 30 min |
| Apr 10, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Leflore, Sunflower | 59 min |
| Apr 10, 12:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 61 min |
| Apr 10, 1:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren | 39 min |
| Apr 10, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Issaquena, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 20 min |
| Apr 10, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 43 min |
| Apr 10, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 35 min |
| Apr 10, 12:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 24 min |
| Apr 12, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 62 min |
| Apr 12, 7:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 65 min |
| Apr 12, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 53 min |
| Apr 12, 9:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 57 min |
| Apr 12, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 44 min |
| Apr 12, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 50 min |
| Apr 13, 1:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 12 min |
| Apr 13, 8:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 49 min |
| Apr 19, 1:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 37 min |
| May 2, 2:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 37 min |
| May 2, 2:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 19 min |
| May 2, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 33 min |
| May 2, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery | 58 min |
| May 2, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 42 min |
| May 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 60 min |
| May 2, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 55 min |
| May 2, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 37 min |
| May 2, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 32 min |
| May 2, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys | 54 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 51 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 51 min |
| May 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 31 min |
| May 2, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 58 min |
| May 2, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 44 min |
| May 2, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 54 min |
| May 2, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 50 min |
| May 3, 6:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison | 36 min |
| May 3, 9:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson, Warren | 56 min |
| May 3, 10:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson, Smith | 44 min |
| May 3, 11:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 38 min |
| May 3, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 31 min |
| May 4, 1:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 22 min |
| May 6, 12:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 41 min |
| May 6, 2:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 38 min |
| May 6, 2:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 43 min |
| May 6, 3:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Tishomingo | 22 min |
| May 6, 4:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 45 min |
| May 6, 4:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 42 min |
| May 6, 7:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Oktibbeha, Winston | 34 min |
| May 6, 7:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 49 min |
| May 6, 2:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 63 min |
| May 6, 3:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 19 min |
| May 6, 3:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 28 min |
| May 9, 6:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 52 min |
| May 10, 5:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey | 54 min |
| May 10, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 43 min |
| May 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 30 min |
| May 10, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 45 min |
| May 10, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 57 min |
| May 24, 3:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jun 12, 4:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 36 min |
| Jun 12, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 32 min |
| Jun 12, 5:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 38 min |
| Jul 2, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 22 min |
| Jul 4, 5:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 2:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 46 min |
| Jul 28, 3:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 31 min |
| Jul 30, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 54 min |
| Jul 30, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 40 min |
| Jul 30, 4:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 51 min |
| Jul 30, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 38 min |
| Sep 13, 11:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 21 min |
| Sep 21, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 43 min |
| Sep 21, 1:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 33 min |
| Sep 21, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Winston | 38 min |
| Oct 9, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 58 min |
| Oct 9, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 46 min |
| Oct 9, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 57 min |
| Oct 9, 12:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 37 min |
| Oct 9, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada, Webster | 21 min |
| Oct 9, 2:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 32 min |
| Oct 9, 2:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 42 min |
| Oct 14, 2:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 9 min |
| Oct 14, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 min |
| Oct 14, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 42 min |
| Oct 15, 12:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Oct 30, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 30 min |
| Oct 30, 12:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 46 min |
| Oct 30, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Leake, Neshoba, Oktibbeha, Winston | 57 min |
| Oct 30, 1:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 12 min |
| Oct 30, 1:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 31 min |
| Oct 30, 1:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lawrence, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Oct 30, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 67 min |
| Oct 30, 2:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 59 min |
| Oct 30, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton | 55 min |
| Oct 30, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 39 min |
| Oct 30, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 40 min |
| Oct 30, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 61 min |
| Oct 30, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 54 min |
| Oct 30, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 40 min |
| Oct 30, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee | 55 min |
| Oct 30, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 21 min |
| Dec 8, 7:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 30 min |
| Dec 8, 5:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 51 min |
| Dec 8, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 39 min |
| Dec 8, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 43 min |
| Dec 8, 7:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 42 min |
| Dec 8, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton | 32 min |
| Dec 8, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 31 min |
| Dec 8, 8:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 34 min |
| Dec 8, 9:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 33 min |
| Dec 8, 9:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 26 min |
| Dec 8, 9:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 10 min |
| Dec 24, 3:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 36 min |
| Dec 24, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 15 min |
| Dec 24, 3:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 14 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Attala County13
- Holmes County12
- Jackson County12
- Noxubee County11
- Simpson County10
- Pike County10
- Winston County10
- Jefferson Davis County9
- Smith County9
- Kemper County9
- Jasper County8
- Hancock County8
- Madison County7
- Lawrence County7
- Lauderdale County7
- Humphreys County7
- Yazoo County7
- Newton County7
- Amite County7
- Covington County6
- Harrison County6
- Itawamba County6
- Choctaw County6
- Oktibbeha County6
- DeSoto County6
- Lowndes County5
- Clarke County5
- Warren County5
- Rankin County5
- Leake County5
- Forrest County5
- Marshall County5
- Claiborne County4
- Hinds County4
- Jones County4
- Adams County4
- Jefferson County4
- Issaquena County4
- Sunflower County4
- Tishomingo County4
38 more counties
- Neshoba County4
- Copiah County3
- Carroll County3
- Scott County3
- Franklin County3
- Clay County3
- Lee County3
- Bolivar County3
- Leflore County3
- Sharkey County3
- Greene County3
- Tate County3
- Benton County3
- Lafayette County3
- Panola County3
- Monroe County3
- Marion County2
- Wilkinson County2
- Walthall County2
- Washington County2
- Prentiss County2
- Perry County2
- Wayne County2
- Montgomery County2
- Webster County2
- Tunica County2
- Lincoln County2
- Pearl River County1
- Stone County1
- Lamar County1
- Alcorn County1
- Tippah County1
- Tallahatchie County1
- Yalobusha County1
- Coahoma County1
- Grenada County1
- Chickasaw County1
- George 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.