Alert archive / Mississippi / Tornado Warnings / 2023
Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, February 2023
13 tornado warnings in February 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 February 2023. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 13
- Busiest day
- February 16, 20238 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jefferson Davis County3
- Pike County2
- Marion County2
- Rankin County2
- Simpson County2
- Smith County2
- Alcorn County2
- Tishomingo County2
- Walthall County1
- Lawrence County1
- Lafayette County1
- Marshall County1
- Panola County1
- Tate County1
- Tippah County1
- Jasper County1
- Covington County1
- Jones County1
- Prentiss County1
- Itawamba County1
- Monroe 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.