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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2017
169 tornado warnings in 2017. 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 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 169
- Busiest month
- August48 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- August 31, 201732 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 2, 10:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 48 min |
| Jan 2, 12:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 56 min |
| Jan 2, 1:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson | 38 min |
| Jan 2, 1:33 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 12 min |
| Jan 2, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson | 27 min |
| Jan 2, 2:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Simpson, Smith | 30 min |
| Jan 2, 2:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 42 min |
| Jan 2, 3:09 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 43 min |
| Jan 2, 3:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 32 min |
| Jan 19, 6:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 31 min |
| Jan 19, 7:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 62 min |
| Jan 19, 8:41 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 37 min |
| Jan 19, 4:39 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 27 min |
| Jan 20, 11:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 32 min |
| Jan 21, 12:26 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 14 min |
| Jan 21, 1:14 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 31 min |
| Jan 21, 2:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 63 min |
| Jan 21, 3:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 13 min |
| Jan 21, 3:04 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 15 min |
| Jan 21, 3:12 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 48 min |
| Jan 21, 3:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 3:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry, Wayne | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 3:57 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar | 38 min |
| Jan 21, 4:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 4:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 51 min |
| Jan 21, 4:24 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 21 min |
| Jan 21, 8:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Jan 21, 8:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 54 min |
| Jan 21, 9:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 13 min |
| Jan 21, 9:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 55 min |
| Jan 21, 9:58 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Neshoba, Newton | 12 min |
| Feb 7, 7:35 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 55 min |
| Feb 7, 9:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 25 min |
| Feb 7, 9:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 47 min |
| Feb 7, 9:52 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 23 min |
| Feb 7, 10:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 24 min |
| Feb 7, 10:36 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 54 min |
| Feb 7, 11:15 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 23 min |
| Feb 7, 1:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 34 min |
| Feb 7, 3:54 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 54 min |
| Feb 7, 4:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton | 63 min |
| Feb 7, 5:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 67 min |
| Feb 7, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 20 min |
| Mar 7, 4:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 15 min |
| Mar 10, 12:13 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall, Tate | 15 min |
| Mar 27, 1:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 39 min |
| Mar 27, 2:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 21 min |
| Mar 29, 11:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 33 min |
| Mar 30, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 35 min |
| Apr 2, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Washington | 46 min |
| Apr 2, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 32 min |
| Apr 2, 5:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 42 min |
| Apr 2, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 60 min |
| Apr 2, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 57 min |
| Apr 2, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 2:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 17 min |
| Apr 3, 3:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 19 min |
| Apr 3, 5:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 7 min |
| Apr 21, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tippah | 43 min |
| Apr 22, 2:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Apr 22, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Apr 27, 1:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 21 min |
| Apr 30, 6:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 6:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Warren | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 7:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 7:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Jefferson | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 7:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds | 48 min |
| Apr 30, 8:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin | 44 min |
| Apr 30, 8:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren, Yazoo | 62 min |
| Apr 30, 8:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 8:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 34 min |
| Apr 30, 8:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 59 min |
| Apr 30, 9:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Apr 30, 9:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 9:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 32 min |
| Apr 30, 9:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Montgomery | 53 min |
| Apr 30, 9:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 57 min |
| Apr 30, 10:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Montgomery, Webster | 27 min |
| Apr 30, 10:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada | 23 min |
| Apr 30, 10:25 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun | 39 min |
| Apr 30, 10:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 43 min |
| Apr 30, 11:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 8 min |
| Apr 30, 12:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 31 min |
| May 12, 11:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 10 min |
| May 23, 2:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 18 min |
| Jun 21, 4:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 7:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 29 min |
| Jun 21, 7:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 35 min |
| Jun 21, 8:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 8:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 18 min |
| Jun 21, 8:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 34 min |
| Jun 21, 8:42 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 33 min |
| Jun 21, 8:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 9:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 37 min |
| Jun 21, 9:11 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 19 min |
| Jun 21, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 14 min |
| Jun 21, 3:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 24 min |
| Jun 21, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 17 min |
| Jun 22, 6:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 24 min |
| Jun 22, 11:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 36 min |
| Jun 22, 12:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 20 min |
| Jun 22, 1:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 9 min |
| Jun 22, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 16 min |
| Jun 23, 10:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss | 25 min |
| Jun 23, 11:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 12 min |
| Jun 23, 11:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 22 min |
| Jun 28, 11:23 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 22 min |
| Jun 28, 11:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 10:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 40 min |
| Aug 30, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 10:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Stone | 19 min |
| Aug 30, 10:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 52 min |
| Aug 30, 10:43 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jones, Lamar | 62 min |
| Aug 30, 11:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 26 min |
| Aug 30, 11:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 11:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Perry | 41 min |
| Aug 30, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 25 min |
| Aug 30, 11:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Marion | 65 min |
| Aug 30, 11:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene | 46 min |
| Aug 30, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 12:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 57 min |
| Aug 30, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Warren | 33 min |
| Aug 30, 6:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 39 min |
| Aug 30, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 9:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tate | 18 min |
| Aug 31, 10:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Neshoba, Winston | 25 min |
| Aug 31, 10:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 33 min |
| Aug 31, 10:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 36 min |
| Aug 31, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Oktibbeha, Winston | 22 min |
| Aug 31, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 11:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 11:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton | 53 min |
| Aug 31, 11:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola | 51 min |
| Aug 31, 11:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 11:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 39 min |
| Aug 31, 11:40 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 35 min |
| Aug 31, 11:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tate | 48 min |
| Aug 31, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Pontotoc, Tippah, Union | 32 min |
| Aug 31, 12:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 44 min |
| Aug 31, 12:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 12:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 12:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 29 min |
| Aug 31, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Tate, Tunica | 42 min |
| Aug 31, 12:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union | 31 min |
| Aug 31, 12:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 41 min |
| Aug 31, 12:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 50 min |
| Aug 31, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 1:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 1:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss | 52 min |
| Aug 31, 1:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 38 min |
| Aug 31, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn | 18 min |
| Aug 31, 2:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah | 43 min |
| Aug 31, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 28 min |
| Aug 31, 2:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Aug 31, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 41 min |
| Oct 7, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 35 min |
| Oct 22, 4:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite | 51 min |
| Oct 22, 5:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 34 min |
| Oct 22, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 23 min |
| Oct 22, 7:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 20 min |
| Oct 22, 8:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 49 min |
| Oct 22, 11:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 10 min |
| Oct 22, 12:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 11 min |
| Dec 23, 3:22 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tippah, Union | 11 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Harrison County14
- Hancock County12
- Hinds County10
- Tippah County10
- Jackson County9
- Lamar County8
- Union County8
- Copiah County7
- Walthall County7
- Clarke County7
- Forrest County7
- Warren County7
- Pontotoc County7
- Benton County7
- Jefferson County6
- Madison County6
- Wilkinson County6
- Yazoo County6
- Prentiss County6
- Lee County6
- Greene County5
- Simpson County5
- Smith County5
- Scott County5
- Amite County5
- Jones County5
- Tate County5
- Adams County4
- Covington County4
- Jasper County4
- Pearl River County4
- Pike County4
- Tishomingo County4
- Chickasaw County4
- George County3
- Claiborne County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Marion County3
- Wayne County3
- Neshoba County3
33 more counties
- Newton County3
- Marshall County3
- Alcorn County3
- Issaquena County3
- Holmes County3
- Calhoun County3
- Kemper County3
- Noxubee County3
- Stone County3
- Itawamba County3
- Winston County3
- Panola County3
- Rankin County2
- Perry County2
- Lincoln County2
- Washington County2
- Sharkey County2
- Montgomery County2
- Lowndes County2
- Lawrence County2
- Tunica County2
- Lafayette County2
- Franklin County1
- Humphreys County1
- Attala County1
- Carroll County1
- Leake County1
- Webster County1
- Grenada County1
- Jefferson Davis County1
- Oktibbeha County1
- Quitman County1
- DeSoto 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.