Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings / 2017
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, January 2017
31 tornado warnings in January 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 January 2017. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 31
- Busiest day
- January 21, 201713 tornado warnings
Over time
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Smith County5
- Jefferson County4
- Copiah County3
- Walthall County3
- Simpson County3
- Wilkinson County3
- Lamar County3
- Wayne County3
- Adams County2
- Covington County2
- Jasper County2
- Clarke County2
- Scott County2
- Hinds County2
- Madison County2
- Jones County2
- George County1
- Greene County1
- Claiborne County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Rankin County1
- Amite County1
- Marion County1
- Forrest County1
- Perry County1
- Franklin County1
- Lincoln County1
- Neshoba County1
- Newton County1
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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.