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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2018
112 tornado warnings in 2018. 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 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 112
- Busiest month
- November42 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- November 1, 201827 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 22, 9:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 44 min |
| Jan 22, 10:32 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 15 min |
| Feb 21, 7:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 24 min |
| Feb 24, 9:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 39 min |
| Feb 24, 10:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 45 min |
| Feb 24, 10:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 41 min |
| Feb 24, 10:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 40 min |
| Feb 24, 10:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 15 min |
| Mar 5, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren | 21 min |
| Mar 11, 1:51 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 24 min |
| Mar 19, 4:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Prentiss, Union | 27 min |
| Mar 19, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 33 min |
| Mar 19, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 19 min |
| Mar 28, 5:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington, Yazoo | 66 min |
| Mar 28, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 31 min |
| Mar 28, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo | 56 min |
| Mar 28, 7:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 66 min |
| Mar 28, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison | 38 min |
| Mar 28, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Webster | 65 min |
| Mar 28, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 37 min |
| Mar 28, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Clay, Oktibbeha, Webster | 46 min |
| Mar 28, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 31 min |
| Apr 6, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 15 min |
| Apr 6, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Warren | 36 min |
| Apr 6, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah | 41 min |
| Apr 6, 9:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds | 35 min |
| Apr 6, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah | 48 min |
| Apr 6, 10:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 55 min |
| Apr 6, 11:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington | 47 min |
| Apr 7, 1:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 18 min |
| Apr 13, 10:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 14, 3:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 60 min |
| Apr 14, 3:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 41 min |
| Apr 14, 4:16 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington | 44 min |
| Apr 14, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leflore, Sunflower | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 4:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 4:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower | 46 min |
| Apr 14, 5:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah, Union | 37 min |
| Apr 14, 5:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah | 18 min |
| Apr 14, 7:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison | 53 min |
| Apr 14, 7:13 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 47 min |
| Apr 14, 7:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 43 min |
| Apr 14, 8:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike, Walthall | 38 min |
| Apr 14, 8:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 17 min |
| Apr 14, 8:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 35 min |
| Apr 14, 9:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Walthall | 29 min |
| Apr 14, 10:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 54 min |
| Apr 14, 10:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 65 min |
| Apr 14, 10:51 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Apr 14, 11:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 45 min |
| Apr 14, 11:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 22 min |
| Apr 14, 12:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest | 20 min |
| Apr 14, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 11 min |
| Apr 14, 6:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 29 min |
| Apr 22, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 19 min |
| Jul 20, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 38 min |
| Jul 20, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 45 min |
| Aug 20, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tunica | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Panola, Quitman | 47 min |
| Aug 20, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Pontotoc | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 1:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes | 24 min |
| Sep 5, 2:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Oktibbeha | 37 min |
| Sep 5, 2:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay | 46 min |
| Sep 5, 3:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 31 min |
| Nov 1, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Jefferson | 42 min |
| Nov 1, 2:00 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Yazoo | 45 min |
| Nov 1, 2:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Jefferson | 53 min |
| Nov 1, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 49 min |
| Nov 1, 2:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Warren | 47 min |
| Nov 1, 2:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Warren | 49 min |
| Nov 1, 3:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 42 min |
| Nov 1, 3:07 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 40 min |
| Nov 1, 3:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin | 38 min |
| Nov 1, 3:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 37 min |
| Nov 1, 3:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin | 15 min |
| Nov 1, 4:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 20 min |
| Nov 1, 4:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 15 min |
| Nov 1, 4:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 27 min |
| Nov 1, 4:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Scott, Smith | 41 min |
| Nov 1, 4:36 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 21 min |
| Nov 1, 4:54 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 54 min |
| Nov 1, 4:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 7 min |
| Nov 1, 5:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 20 min |
| Nov 1, 5:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee, Winston | 35 min |
| Nov 1, 5:38 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 67 min |
| Nov 1, 5:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Oktibbeha | 40 min |
| Nov 1, 5:57 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 33 min |
| Nov 1, 6:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 35 min |
| Nov 1, 6:18 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 35 min |
| Nov 1, 6:29 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 46 min |
| Nov 1, 6:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 27 min |
| Nov 5, 7:52 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman | 38 min |
| Nov 5, 8:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola | 48 min |
| Nov 5, 9:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 39 min |
| Nov 5, 9:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 52 min |
| Nov 5, 9:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Prentiss, Tippah, Union | 24 min |
| Nov 5, 9:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha | 47 min |
| Nov 5, 11:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 11 min |
| Nov 5, 11:01 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc | 44 min |
| Nov 5, 11:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 39 min |
| Nov 5, 11:22 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 34 min |
| Nov 6, 12:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Oktibbeha, Webster | 42 min |
| Nov 6, 1:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Lowndes | 37 min |
| Nov 6, 2:06 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 54 min |
| Nov 7, 1:00 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 30 min |
| Nov 7, 1:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 12 min |
| Dec 1, 7:23 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman | 37 min |
| Dec 27, 10:20 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Yazoo | 55 min |
| Dec 27, 12:53 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Pike | 37 min |
| Dec 28, 2:47 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Wayne | 28 min |
| Dec 31, 10:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Yazoo | 35 min |
| Dec 31, 11:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 24 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Madison County10
- Prentiss County9
- Rankin County8
- Union County7
- Hinds County7
- Pearl River County7
- Tishomingo County6
- Yazoo County6
- Alcorn County5
- Tippah County5
- Lee County5
- Warren County5
- Clay County5
- Oktibbeha County5
- Copiah County5
- Walthall County5
- Lafayette County5
- Lowndes County5
- Simpson County4
- Washington County4
- Claiborne County4
- Holmes County4
- Scott County4
- Benton County4
- Smith County4
- Coahoma County4
- Panola County4
- Quitman County4
- Pontotoc County4
- Kemper County3
- Noxubee County3
- Humphreys County3
- Issaquena County3
- Sharkey County3
- Carroll County3
- Montgomery County3
- Webster County3
- Marshall County3
- Amite County3
- Forrest County3
32 more counties
- Lauderdale County3
- Jackson County3
- Wayne County3
- Clarke County2
- Jasper County2
- Jefferson Davis County2
- Lawrence County2
- Choctaw County2
- Bolivar County2
- Leflore County2
- Sunflower County2
- Pike County2
- Lamar County2
- Harrison County2
- Adams County2
- Jefferson County2
- Franklin County2
- Greene County2
- Yalobusha County2
- Itawamba County2
- Covington County1
- Wilkinson County1
- Tunica County1
- Lincoln County1
- Marion County1
- Leake County1
- Newton County1
- Chickasaw County1
- Winston County1
- Tallahatchie County1
- Calhoun County1
- Attala 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.