Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings / 2018
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, April 2018
33 tornado warnings in April 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 April 2018. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 33
- Busiest day
- April 14, 201824 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Rankin County4
- Walthall County4
- Copiah County3
- Simpson County3
- Washington County3
- Claiborne County2
- Hinds County2
- Pearl River County2
- Leflore County2
- Sunflower County2
- Benton County2
- Union County2
- Tippah County2
- Amite County2
- Smith County2
- Lowndes County2
- Forrest County2
- Warren County1
- Jefferson Davis County1
- Lawrence County1
- Covington County1
- Bolivar County1
- Issaquena County1
- Sharkey County1
- Lafayette County1
- Marshall County1
- Humphreys County1
- Alcorn County1
- Prentiss County1
- Madison County1
- Wilkinson County1
- Pike County1
- Clay County1
- Oktibbeha County1
- Lamar County1
- Kemper County1
- Lauderdale County1
- Harrison County1
- Jackson County1
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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.