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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2016
130 tornado warnings in 2016. 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 2016. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 130
- Busiest month
- February47 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- February 15, 201617 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 21, 2:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 64 min |
| Jan 21, 2:28 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 47 min |
| Jan 21, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin, Jefferson | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 3:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jan 21, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin, Simpson | 62 min |
| Jan 21, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Jan 21, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 66 min |
| Jan 21, 5:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 5:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 39 min |
| Jan 21, 5:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 35 min |
| Jan 21, 6:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 6:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar, Marion | 41 min |
| Feb 2, 2:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Scott, Smith | 41 min |
| Feb 2, 2:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Oktibbeha | 56 min |
| Feb 2, 2:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba | 54 min |
| Feb 2, 2:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 38 min |
| Feb 2, 2:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale, Newton | 57 min |
| Feb 2, 3:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba | 30 min |
| Feb 2, 3:21 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 54 min |
| Feb 2, 3:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 65 min |
| Feb 2, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 28 min |
| Feb 2, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Newton | 59 min |
| Feb 2, 4:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall, Tate | 19 min |
| Feb 2, 4:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 67 min |
| Feb 2, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 19 min |
| Feb 2, 7:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 58 min |
| Feb 15, 10:59 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 11:08 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 11:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 11:17 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 28 min |
| Feb 15, 11:44 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Feb 15, 11:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 14 min |
| Feb 15, 11:58 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 62 min |
| Feb 15, 12:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake | 30 min |
| Feb 15, 12:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 32 min |
| Feb 15, 12:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Winston | 43 min |
| Feb 15, 12:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 65 min |
| Feb 15, 12:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 25 min |
| Feb 15, 1:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 26 min |
| Feb 15, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 38 min |
| Feb 15, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 52 min |
| Feb 15, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 33 min |
| Feb 15, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 16 min |
| Feb 23, 12:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 31 min |
| Feb 23, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 24 min |
| Feb 23, 3:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar, Marion | 54 min |
| Feb 23, 3:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 8 min |
| Feb 23, 3:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 17 min |
| Feb 23, 4:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 23 min |
| Feb 23, 4:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 27 min |
| Feb 23, 4:44 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 46 min |
| Feb 23, 4:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 44 min |
| Feb 23, 5:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 5:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 49 min |
| Feb 23, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 33 min |
| Feb 23, 5:50 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 25 min |
| Feb 23, 5:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 36 min |
| Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 29 min |
| Feb 23, 5:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 21 min |
| Mar 10, 4:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 25 min |
| Mar 13, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 52 min |
| Mar 13, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 43 min |
| Mar 13, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 25 min |
| Mar 17, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 27 min |
| Mar 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 24 min |
| Mar 17, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 37 min |
| Mar 30, 11:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 52 min |
| Mar 31, 6:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 11 min |
| Mar 31, 7:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 8:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 29 min |
| Mar 31, 6:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 28 min |
| Apr 28, 5:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 25 min |
| Apr 28, 5:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 35 min |
| Apr 29, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 49 min |
| Apr 29, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 11:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 15 min |
| Apr 30, 12:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 1:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 24 min |
| Apr 30, 1:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 36 min |
| Apr 30, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 33 min |
| Apr 30, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 19 min |
| May 17, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 15 min |
| May 17, 1:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 min |
| May 17, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 33 min |
| May 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 30 min |
| May 17, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 16 min |
| May 20, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 16 min |
| Nov 28, 5:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 39 min |
| Nov 28, 8:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 17 min |
| Nov 28, 10:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 22 min |
| Nov 28, 10:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 21 min |
| Nov 29, 4:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 30 min |
| Nov 29, 4:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 25 min |
| Nov 29, 4:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 4:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 4:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 4:49 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Noxubee, Winston | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 29 min |
| Nov 29, 5:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Webster | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 5:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 37 min |
| Nov 29, 5:29 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 46 min |
| Nov 29, 5:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 38 min |
| Nov 29, 5:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee, Winston | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 8 min |
| Nov 29, 6:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 44 min |
| Nov 29, 6:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 42 min |
| Nov 29, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 50 min |
| Nov 29, 7:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha | 48 min |
| Nov 29, 8:18 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 22 min |
| Nov 29, 8:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Yazoo | 45 min |
| Nov 29, 9:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala | 47 min |
| Nov 29, 9:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 61 min |
| Nov 29, 9:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Nov 29, 11:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Winston | 40 min |
| Nov 30, 12:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee, Winston | 51 min |
| Nov 30, 12:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 10 min |
| Nov 30, 10:11 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 19 min |
| Dec 13, 3:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 29 min |
| Dec 13, 3:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 37 min |
| Dec 17, 9:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall, Tate | 23 min |
| Dec 17, 9:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 30 min |
| Dec 17, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 32 min |
| Dec 17, 9:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 33 min |
| Dec 17, 10:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall | 31 min |
| Dec 17, 10:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 24 min |
| Dec 17, 10:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Dec 17, 11:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 38 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harrison County15
- Noxubee County13
- Pike County10
- Lowndes County9
- Pearl River County8
- Winston County8
- Walthall County7
- Copiah County6
- Simpson County6
- Forrest County6
- Neshoba County6
- Marshall County6
- Hancock County6
- Jefferson County5
- Smith County5
- Wilkinson County4
- Franklin County4
- Lincoln County4
- Newton County4
- Scott County4
- Oktibbeha County4
- Kemper County4
- Amite County4
- Yazoo County4
- DeSoto County4
- Rankin County3
- Lamar County3
- Marion County3
- Jasper County3
- Clay County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Tate County3
- Greene County3
- Leake County3
- Jackson County3
- Adams County2
- Hinds County2
- Jones County2
- Choctaw County2
- Madison County2
31 more counties
- Claiborne County2
- Attala County2
- Perry County2
- Wayne County2
- Bolivar County2
- Calhoun County2
- Chickasaw County2
- Pontotoc County2
- Monroe County2
- Webster County2
- Benton County2
- Tippah County2
- Lafayette County2
- Prentiss County2
- Alcorn County2
- Tishomingo County2
- Covington County1
- Lawrence County1
- George County1
- Clarke County1
- Tunica County1
- Washington County1
- Grenada County1
- Carroll County1
- Montgomery County1
- Holmes County1
- Issaquena County1
- Sharkey County1
- Warren County1
- Panola County1
- Union 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.