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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2021
153 tornado warnings in 2021. 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 2021. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 153
- Busiest month
- March53 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- March 17, 202120 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 25, 7:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Neshoba, Winston | 46 min |
| Jan 25, 7:42 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lowndes, Noxubee | 47 min |
| Feb 11, 9:10 AM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River, Walthall | 28 min |
| Feb 28, 8:14 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union | 46 min |
| Mar 16, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Simpson | 31 min |
| Mar 17, 6:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 40 min |
| Mar 17, 6:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 19 min |
| Mar 17, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 47 min |
| Mar 17, 12:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 53 min |
| Mar 17, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 54 min |
| Mar 17, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lawrence, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 15 min |
| Mar 17, 1:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 21 min |
| Mar 17, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 27 min |
| Mar 17, 3:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Mar 17, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 44 min |
| Mar 17, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 26 min |
| Mar 17, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 22 min |
| Mar 17, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Franklin | 50 min |
| Mar 17, 4:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson, Lincoln | 37 min |
| Mar 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 17, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 55 min |
| Mar 17, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 35 min |
| Mar 17, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Monroe | 10 min |
| Mar 17, 7:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 9:32 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 28 min |
| Mar 25, 1:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson, Smith | 57 min |
| Mar 25, 1:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Noxubee | 17 min |
| Mar 25, 2:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton | 61 min |
| Mar 25, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper | 24 min |
| Mar 25, 3:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 21 min |
| Mar 25, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lauderdale | 27 min |
| Mar 25, 3:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 13 min |
| Mar 27, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar | 36 min |
| Mar 27, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 53 min |
| Mar 27, 9:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Tunica | 31 min |
| Mar 27, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica | 40 min |
| Mar 27, 10:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 10:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate, Tippah | 49 min |
| Mar 27, 11:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Sunflower | 44 min |
| Mar 27, 11:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 17 min |
| Mar 28, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 33 min |
| Mar 28, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Tishomingo, Union | 27 min |
| Mar 28, 1:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Union, Yalobusha | 28 min |
| Mar 30, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Jones | 22 min |
| Mar 30, 6:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 41 min |
| Mar 30, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene, Perry | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 47 min |
| Mar 30, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 58 min |
| Mar 30, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 31 min |
| Mar 31, 12:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 28 min |
| Mar 31, 12:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Monroe | 10 min |
| Mar 31, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 22 min |
| Apr 7, 8:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Washington | 55 min |
| Apr 7, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 56 min |
| Apr 7, 10:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 53 min |
| Apr 7, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 28 min |
| Apr 8, 1:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 33 min |
| Apr 8, 2:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 34 min |
| Apr 8, 3:24 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 36 min |
| Apr 8, 3:56 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 49 min |
| Apr 9, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Tippah, Union | 21 min |
| Apr 9, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc, Union | 31 min |
| Apr 9, 8:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 34 min |
| Apr 10, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion | 44 min |
| Apr 10, 1:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Lamar | 38 min |
| Apr 10, 1:45 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Apr 10, 2:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 10 min |
| Apr 24, 4:27 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Greene | 13 min |
| May 2, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Warren | 39 min |
| May 2, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena, Sharkey, Warren, Yazoo | 60 min |
| May 2, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes | 64 min |
| May 2, 6:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Hinds, Jefferson | 57 min |
| May 2, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Yazoo | 42 min |
| May 2, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery | 66 min |
| May 2, 6:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes | 60 min |
| May 2, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Holmes | 55 min |
| May 2, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Hinds, Rankin | 53 min |
| May 2, 7:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Grenada, Montgomery | 38 min |
| May 2, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Choctaw, Montgomery | 53 min |
| May 2, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Rankin | 49 min |
| May 2, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 48 min |
| May 2, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Leake, Madison | 61 min |
| May 2, 8:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Choctaw, Montgomery, Webster | 40 min |
| May 2, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc | 46 min |
| May 2, 9:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc | 47 min |
| May 2, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 52 min |
| May 2, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 38 min |
| May 4, 8:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Rankin, Simpson | 56 min |
| May 4, 9:06 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 54 min |
| May 4, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 23 min |
| May 4, 2:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Attala, Holmes, Madison, Yazoo | 20 min |
| May 4, 2:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Hinds, Madison, Rankin | 25 min |
| May 4, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 18 min |
| May 4, 3:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott | 40 min |
| May 4, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper | 29 min |
| May 9, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union | 21 min |
| May 18, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson | 38 min |
| May 18, 3:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 47 min |
| May 18, 3:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott | 34 min |
| May 18, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 36 min |
| May 20, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 13 min |
| Jun 8, 2:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 31 min |
| Jun 18, 11:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 9 min |
| Jun 18, 11:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 14 min |
| Jun 19, 12:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 23 min |
| Jun 19, 12:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 8 min |
| Jun 19, 5:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 37 min |
| Aug 21, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 27 min |
| Aug 29, 6:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 8:10 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 2:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 15 min |
| Aug 29, 3:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 23 min |
| Aug 29, 5:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 33 min |
| Aug 29, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 35 min |
| Aug 29, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 36 min |
| Aug 29, 7:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 25 min |
| Aug 29, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 38 min |
| Aug 29, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 26 min |
| Aug 29, 9:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 13 min |
| Aug 29, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 24 min |
| Aug 29, 10:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 14 min |
| Aug 29, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison, Pearl River | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 11:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Harrison | 31 min |
| Aug 30, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 49 min |
| Aug 30, 2:47 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 47 min |
| Aug 30, 2:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 65 min |
| Aug 30, 3:39 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Greene, Perry | 20 min |
| Aug 30, 7:28 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 22 min |
| Aug 30, 7:37 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison | 23 min |
| Aug 30, 8:02 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 9:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 60 min |
| Aug 30, 11:17 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 28 min |
| Aug 30, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 21 min |
| Aug 30, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George | 13 min |
| Sep 15, 6:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 23 min |
| Oct 15, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 18 min |
| Oct 27, 3:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 3:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Amite, Wilkinson | 26 min |
| Oct 27, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock, Pearl River | 12 min |
| Dec 6, 2:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 55 min |
| Dec 6, 2:56 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 49 min |
| Dec 6, 3:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 30 min |
| Dec 6, 3:31 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pearl River | 7 min |
| Dec 6, 3:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 28 min |
| Dec 11, 4:25 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 35 min |
| Dec 29, 4:55 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 42 min |
| Dec 29, 5:06 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw | 39 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Hancock County20
- Pearl River County16
- Harrison County16
- Itawamba County10
- Jackson County10
- Tishomingo County9
- Lee County9
- Rankin County9
- Wilkinson County8
- Chickasaw County7
- Union County6
- Copiah County6
- Simpson County6
- Pontotoc County6
- Greene County6
- Attala County5
- Lafayette County5
- Tippah County5
- Bolivar County5
- Wayne County5
- Prentiss County5
- Jasper County5
- Smith County5
- Tunica County5
- Calhoun County5
- Scott County5
- Marshall County4
- Monroe County4
- Coahoma County4
- Issaquena County4
- Holmes County4
- Hinds County4
- Montgomery County4
- Leake County3
- Noxubee County3
- Lawrence County3
- Clarke County3
- Lauderdale County3
- Jones County3
- Amite County3
38 more counties
- Washington County3
- Kemper County3
- Jefferson Davis County3
- Newton County3
- Tate County3
- Alcorn County3
- Yazoo County3
- Madison County3
- George County3
- Neshoba County2
- Benton County2
- Lincoln County2
- Jefferson County2
- Quitman County2
- Panola County2
- DeSoto County2
- Sunflower County2
- Perry County2
- Sharkey County2
- Lamar County2
- Warren County2
- Carroll County2
- Choctaw County2
- Webster County2
- Winston County1
- Lowndes County1
- Walthall County1
- Adams County1
- Franklin County1
- Covington County1
- Yalobusha County1
- Humphreys County1
- Pike County1
- Marion County1
- Forrest County1
- Claiborne County1
- Grenada County1
- Clay 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.