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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2023
120 tornado warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 120
- Busiest month
- April22 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- April 1, 202319 tornado warnings
Over time
By month
Warning verification
How often warnings here had a storm report inside them, and how much warning the reports had.
48 of 120 tornado warnings covering Mississippi in 2023 had a tornado report inside them; 90 of 112 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 18 minutes after it went out.
Mississippi, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado warnings | 120 | 48 | 60% | 112 | 80% | 18 min |
Each office's whole area, 2023
| Warnings | With a report | False alarm ratio | Reports | Inside a warning | Mean lead time | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NWS Jackson, MS: tornado warnings | 67 | 31 | 54% | 88 | 80% | 19 min |
| NWS New Orleans, LA: tornado warnings | 20 | 4 | 80% | 9 | 67% | 10 min |
| NWS Memphis, TN: tornado warnings | 83 | 27 | 67% | 60 | 77% | 19 min |
| NWS Mobile, AL: tornado warnings | 30 | 7 | 77% | 18 | 50% | 5 min |
An office's figures cover every county it serves, including across state lines.
Verified by the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow, which matches each storm-based warning with the local storm reports inside its polygon while it was in force, within 15 km of its edge: a tornado warning counts as verified on a tornado report, a severe thunderstorm warning on hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more, or wind damage, a flash flood warning on a flash flood report. The false alarm ratio is the share of warnings with no such report; "inside a warning" is the probability of detection, the share of reports that fell inside one; lead time runs from the warning's issue to each report inside it, counting zero for a report that came first. A warning with no report is not proof nothing happened: reports come from spotters, the public and damage surveys, and are thin where few people live.
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, 10:41 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma | 19 min |
| Jan 3, 5:50 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto | 25 min |
| Jan 3, 6:09 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 21 min |
| Jan 3, 7:29 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 22 min |
| Jan 3, 8:30 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Union | 30 min |
| Jan 3, 9:00 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Benton, Lafayette, Marshall, Prentiss, Tippah and 1 more | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 9:45 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jan 3, 10:21 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tishomingo | 11 min |
| Jan 3, 5:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Marion | 47 min |
| Jan 3, 6:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar | 65 min |
| Jan 3, 7:10 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jones | 41 min |
| Jan 3, 10:46 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones | 59 min |
| Jan 3, 10:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MOB | Wayne | 42 min |
| Jan 12, 6:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Monroe | 26 min |
| Jan 12, 8:19 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence | 43 min |
| Jan 12, 8:38 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Noxubee | 46 min |
| Jan 12, 8:43 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton | 42 min |
| Jan 12, 8:53 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jones | 16 min |
| Jan 12, 9:54 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Kemper, Lauderdale | 21 min |
| Jan 18, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 19 min |
| Jan 18, 10:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Lincoln | 41 min |
| Feb 8, 5:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike | 42 min |
| Feb 8, 6:40 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Pike, Walthall | 50 min |
| Feb 8, 7:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion | 46 min |
| Feb 8, 8:08 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 26 min |
| Feb 8, 8:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 56 min |
| Feb 15, 8:59 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 46 min |
| Feb 16, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Smith | 40 min |
| Feb 16, 1:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 40 min |
| Feb 16, 1:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper | 54 min |
| Feb 16, 2:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 62 min |
| Feb 16, 2:16 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Marion | 30 min |
| Feb 16, 3:02 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Prentiss, Tishomingo | 15 min |
| Feb 16, 3:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 45 min |
| Mar 1, 7:19 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 41 min |
| Mar 1, 7:37 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 23 min |
| Mar 1, 7:57 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 18 min |
| Mar 3, 9:27 AM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 20 min |
| Mar 24, 6:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 64 min |
| Mar 24, 6:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Bolivar, Washington | 61 min |
| Mar 24, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Sunflower | 25 min |
| Mar 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Issaquena | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Quitman, Tallahatchie | 45 min |
| Mar 24, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Humphreys, Sharkey | 67 min |
| Mar 24, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha | 43 min |
| Mar 24, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 8:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union | 40 min |
| Mar 24, 9:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Carroll, Montgomery, Webster | 58 min |
| Mar 24, 9:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Union | 23 min |
| Mar 24, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe | 47 min |
| Mar 24, 9:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo | 35 min |
| Mar 24, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clay, Webster | 41 min |
| Mar 24, 10:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Itawamba, Monroe | 38 min |
| Mar 24, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba | 8 min |
| Mar 31, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 43 min |
| Mar 31, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 51 min |
| Mar 31, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 40 min |
| Mar 31, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, DeSoto, Marshall | 39 min |
| Mar 31, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall, Tippah | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Tunica | 33 min |
| Mar 31, 9:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tunica | 37 min |
| Mar 31, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Marshall | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Marshall | 23 min |
| Mar 31, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tunica | 25 min |
| Mar 31, 10:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman | 41 min |
| Mar 31, 10:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Panola, Quitman | 34 min |
| Mar 31, 11:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate | 16 min |
| Mar 31, 11:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola, Quitman | 15 min |
| Mar 31, 11:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lafayette, Panola | 18 min |
| Apr 1, 12:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Union | 44 min |
| Apr 1, 12:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Lee, Pontotoc | 47 min |
| Apr 1, 1:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Tishomingo | 20 min |
| Apr 1, 1:33 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Lee | 42 min |
| Apr 1, 1:46 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Calhoun, Chickasaw, Monroe | 44 min |
| Apr 3, 4:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 51 min |
| Apr 3, 5:19 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Jones, Smith | 56 min |
| Apr 27, 6:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MOB | George, Stone | 17 min |
| Jun 11, 8:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Itawamba, Monroe | 10 min |
| Jun 16, 4:44 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Hinds, Warren | 31 min |
| Jun 16, 9:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Harrison, Jackson | 15 min |
| Jun 17, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Madison, Scott | 67 min |
| Jun 18, 8:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Newton, Scott | 44 min |
| Jun 18, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott | 48 min |
| Jun 18, 8:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Scott | 22 min |
| Jun 18, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson | 60 min |
| Jun 18, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Scott, Smith | 57 min |
| Jun 18, 9:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Tippah | 26 min |
| Jun 18, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Newton, Scott, Smith | 20 min |
| Jun 18, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 62 min |
| Jun 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Lauderdale | 31 min |
| Jun 19, 5:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Covington, Jefferson Davis, Simpson | 56 min |
| Jun 19, 8:52 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | JAN | Lamar, Marion | 68 min |
| Jun 19, 2:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Jackson | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 8:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LIX | Hancock | 52 min |
| Jun 25, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Benton, Marshall | 14 min |
| Jul 14, 1:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Chickasaw, Monroe | 12 min |
| Aug 9, 1:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tishomingo | 17 min |
| Nov 20, 4:26 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams, Claiborne, Jefferson | 64 min |
| Nov 20, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln | 60 min |
| Nov 20, 5:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Madison, Rankin, Scott | 55 min |
| Nov 20, 6:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Simpson | 67 min |
| Nov 20, 6:34 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Copiah, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson | 56 min |
| Nov 20, 6:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Leake, Neshoba | 54 min |
| Nov 20, 7:12 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Franklin, Lincoln | 63 min |
| Nov 20, 7:35 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Adams | 36 min |
| Nov 20, 7:38 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 55 min |
| Nov 20, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Warning | LIX | Wilkinson | 45 min |
| Nov 20, 7:51 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Simpson, Smith | 39 min |
| Nov 20, 8:05 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln | 55 min |
| Nov 20, 8:17 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 58 min |
| Nov 21, 12:02 AM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Forrest, Jones | 36 min |
| Dec 9, 1:24 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | DeSoto, Tate, Tunica | 51 min |
| Dec 9, 2:27 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Coahoma, Quitman, Tunica | 19 min |
| Dec 9, 4:04 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MEG | Alcorn, Tippah | 21 min |
| Dec 9, 9:20 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Rankin, Simpson, Smith | 55 min |
| Dec 9, 9:48 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Jasper, Smith | 26 min |
| Dec 9, 10:07 PM CST | Tornado Warning | JAN | Clarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Smith County14
- Simpson County12
- Itawamba County12
- Marshall County11
- Tishomingo County11
- Prentiss County9
- Rankin County9
- DeSoto County8
- Lafayette County8
- Jefferson Davis County8
- Jasper County8
- Panola County8
- Tunica County8
- Jones County7
- Monroe County7
- Scott County7
- Alcorn County6
- Lee County6
- Quitman County6
- Coahoma County5
- Union County5
- Benton County5
- Tippah County5
- Clarke County5
- Lincoln County5
- Tate County5
- Marion County4
- Covington County4
- Lawrence County4
- Lauderdale County4
- Newton County4
- Claiborne County4
- Copiah County4
- Chickasaw County4
- Kemper County3
- Jackson County3
- Leake County3
- Bolivar County2
- Washington County2
- Wayne County2
31 more counties
- Forrest County2
- Lamar County2
- Neshoba County2
- Hinds County2
- Warren County2
- Pike County2
- Tallahatchie County2
- Humphreys County2
- Carroll County2
- Pontotoc County2
- Webster County2
- Calhoun County2
- Madison County2
- Adams County2
- Jefferson County2
- Franklin County2
- Noxubee County1
- Walthall County1
- Sunflower County1
- Issaquena County1
- Sharkey County1
- Yalobusha County1
- Holmes County1
- Leflore County1
- Montgomery County1
- Clay County1
- George County1
- Stone County1
- Harrison County1
- Hancock County1
- Wilkinson 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.