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Tornado Warnings in Mississippi, 2025

195 tornado warnings in 2025. 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 2025. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
195
Busiest month
March67 tornado warnings
Busiest day
March 15, 202551 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.

57 of 209 tornado warnings covering Mississippi in 2025 had a tornado report inside them; 102 of 135 tornado reports fell inside a warning, on average 22 minutes after it went out.

Mississippi, 2025

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
Tornado warnings2095773%13576%22 min

Each office's whole area, 2025

WarningsWith a reportFalse alarm ratioReportsInside a warningMean lead time
NWS Memphis, TN: tornado warnings1572584%4473%21 min
NWS Jackson, MS: tornado warnings1004357%11478%22 min
NWS New Orleans, LA: tornado warnings621182%2966%13 min
NWS Mobile, AL: tornado warnings33682%1942%10 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jan 5, 2:33 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sunflower, Washington57 min
Jan 5, 3:37 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate, Tunica8 min
Jan 5, 3:41 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington45 min
Jan 5, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo21 min
Jan 5, 5:49 PM CSTTornado WarningJANMontgomery, Webster41 min
Jan 5, 6:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANAttala, Madison, Yazoo35 min
Jan 5, 6:22 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston53 min
Jan 5, 7:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANRankin, Scott44 min
Jan 5, 7:42 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee, Winston63 min
Jan 5, 7:57 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes33 min
Jan 5, 8:18 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLawrence, Simpson35 min
Jan 5, 8:45 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Simpson, Smith47 min
Jan 5, 9:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis30 min
Jan 5, 9:21 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper54 min
Feb 12, 1:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar45 min
Feb 12, 1:56 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXJackson, Pearl River46 days
Feb 12, 2:14 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Franklin, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson61 min
Feb 12, 2:22 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne38 min
Feb 12, 2:51 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson21 min
Feb 12, 3:36 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXJackson, Walthall46 days
Feb 12, 3:45 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln45 min
Feb 12, 4:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Lamar, Marion30 min
Feb 12, 4:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Simpson56 min
Feb 12, 4:45 PM CSTTornado Warning Tornado observedLIXHarrison, Jackson46 days
Feb 12, 4:46 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBStone17 min
Feb 12, 4:58 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXJackson, Pike, Walthall46 days
Feb 12, 5:02 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry17 min
Feb 12, 5:53 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Smith52 min
Feb 12, 6:35 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Jones55 min
Feb 12, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne37 min
Feb 12, 7:09 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke51 min
Feb 12, 7:38 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne52 min
Feb 15, 5:47 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGTunica28 min
Feb 15, 7:03 PM CSTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey57 min
Feb 15, 7:40 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma, Panola, Quitman, Tate, Tunica17 min
Feb 15, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Yazoo26 min
Feb 15, 8:32 PM CSTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys32 min
Feb 15, 10:04 PM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Rankin56 min
Feb 15, 10:11 PM CSTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc49 min
Feb 15, 10:48 PM CSTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Oktibbeha27 min
Feb 15, 10:59 PM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Neshoba, Newton, Scott61 min
Feb 15, 11:29 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall25 min
Feb 16, 12:07 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXWalthall11 min
Feb 16, 12:12 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion17 min
Feb 16, 12:13 AM CSTTornado WarningJANLamar, Marion17 min
Feb 16, 12:35 AM CSTTornado WarningLIXPearl River25 min
Mar 4, 2:00 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClaiborne, Jefferson19 min
Mar 4, 3:14 PM CSTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike, Walthall46 min
Mar 4, 4:05 PM CSTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion37 min
Mar 4, 6:19 PM CSTTornado WarningJANClarke30 min
Mar 4, 6:26 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBWayne34 min
Mar 4, 6:34 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGreene, Perry, Wayne41 min
Mar 4, 7:55 PM CSTTornado WarningMOBGeorge35 min
Mar 14, 11:11 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower64 min
Mar 14, 11:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery, Webster62 min
Mar 15, 12:24 AM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatMEGCalhoun, Yalobusha66 min
Mar 15, 12:28 AM CDTTornado WarningJANGrenada47 min
Mar 15, 1:23 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Pontotoc52 min
Mar 15, 2:10 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe50 min
Mar 15, 2:59 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba16 min
Mar 15, 4:17 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc43 min
Mar 15, 6:40 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tate50 min
Mar 15, 9:50 AM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey, Washington55 min
Mar 15, 10:26 AM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatJANHumphreys, Leflore, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington64 min
Mar 15, 10:34 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha41 min
Mar 15, 10:35 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson29 min
Mar 15, 10:59 AM CDTTornado WarningJANFranklin, Jefferson, Lincoln61 min
Mar 15, 11:04 AM CDTTornado WarningJANHolmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Washington36 min
Mar 15, 11:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore, Sunflower57 min
Mar 15, 11:50 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Holmes, Humphreys, Yazoo55 min
Mar 15, 11:56 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Grenada, Leflore, Montgomery49 min
Mar 15, 12:02 PM CDTTornado WarningJANCopiah, Lawrence, Lincoln, Simpson58 min
Mar 15, 12:10 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall50 min
Mar 15, 12:24 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc51 min
Mar 15, 12:31 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Grenada, Holmes, Montgomery and 1 more59 min
Mar 15, 12:38 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threatLIXPike, Walthall26 min
Mar 15, 12:39 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedConsiderable damage threatJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion66 min
Mar 15, 12:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatJANRankin, Scott, Simpson, Smith30 min
Mar 15, 12:48 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith57 min
Mar 15, 1:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPike, Walthall31 min
Mar 15, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe41 min
Mar 15, 1:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWalthall23 min
Mar 15, 1:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale, Neshoba, Newton60 min
Mar 15, 1:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatJANCovington, Jones, Smith60 min
Mar 15, 1:32 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Marion58 min
Mar 15, 1:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGChickasaw, Lee, Monroe, Pontotoc12 min
Mar 15, 1:46 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Pike, Walthall44 min
Mar 15, 2:03 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANCovington, Jefferson Davis, Jones57 min
Mar 15, 2:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatJANClarke, Jasper66 min
Mar 15, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes, Noxubee43 min
Mar 15, 2:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper44 min
Mar 15, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJefferson Davis, Lawrence, Lincoln, Marion64 min
Mar 15, 2:35 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANCovington, Jones, Smith26 min
Mar 15, 2:49 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANLauderdale, Newton56 min
Mar 15, 2:51 PM CDTTornado WarningJANMarion24 min
Mar 15, 3:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatJANCovington, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Smith58 min
Mar 15, 3:16 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Lauderdale, Newton25 min
Mar 15, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee26 min
Mar 15, 3:45 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatJANClarke, Jasper, Lauderdale, Newton, Smith60 min
Mar 15, 4:19 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Jasper, Jones56 min
Mar 15, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXPearl River12 min
Mar 15, 4:37 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedJANClarke, Kemper, Lauderdale37 min
Mar 15, 6:13 PM CDTTornado WarningJANJones12 min
Mar 15, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne46 min
Mar 23, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningJANIssaquena, Sharkey38 min
Mar 23, 9:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGMonroe11 min
Mar 24, 1:54 AM CDTTornado WarningJANScott9 min
Mar 30, 11:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Tippah38 min
Mar 31, 5:48 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Monroe19 min
Mar 31, 5:53 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite25 min
Mar 31, 6:10 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes20 min
Mar 31, 6:23 AM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Lamar, Marion34 min
Mar 31, 8:23 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXHarrison9 min
Apr 2, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate40 min
Apr 2, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton55 min
Apr 2, 11:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Marshall47 min
Apr 3, 12:00 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Tippah45 min
Apr 3, 12:03 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto, Panola, Tate, Tunica42 min
Apr 3, 12:37 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Tate38 min
Apr 3, 12:47 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGDeSoto, Marshall, Tate43 min
Apr 3, 12:50 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto, Tate, Tunica40 min
Apr 3, 1:09 AM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyMEGBenton, Marshall51 min
Apr 3, 2:12 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton48 min
Apr 3, 2:47 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Benton, Marshall, Tippah43 min
Apr 3, 3:23 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Tippah52 min
Apr 3, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Tishomingo42 min
Apr 5, 2:25 PM CDTTornado WarningJANBolivar65 min
Apr 5, 2:38 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma52 min
Apr 5, 3:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma25 min
Apr 5, 3:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma, Tunica16 min
Apr 5, 4:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate42 min
Apr 5, 4:41 PM CDTTornado WarningJANGrenada, Leflore, Sunflower64 min
Apr 5, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGPanola, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha39 min
Apr 5, 4:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGTallahatchie, Yalobusha49 min
Apr 5, 5:23 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha52 min
Apr 5, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Yalobusha44 min
Apr 5, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall33 min
Apr 5, 6:12 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton, Lafayette, Marshall, Tippah, Union33 min
Apr 5, 6:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc, Union38 min
Apr 5, 6:50 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGLee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union40 min
Apr 5, 7:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tippah, Union51 min
Apr 5, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah, Union46 min
Apr 5, 7:39 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo51 min
Apr 5, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Pontotoc, Yalobusha48 min
Apr 5, 7:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatMEGItawamba, Lee, Prentiss, Union32 min
Apr 5, 8:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo48 min
Apr 5, 8:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Lafayette, Lee, Pontotoc and 3 more41 min
Apr 5, 8:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Itawamba, Lee, Pontotoc, Prentiss, Tippah and 2 more52 min
Apr 5, 9:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMEGTishomingo13 min
Apr 5, 10:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Chickasaw, Lee, Pontotoc39 min
Apr 5, 10:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGItawamba, Lee19 min
Apr 6, 1:23 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLowndes22 min
Apr 6, 1:39 AM CDTTornado WarningJANLeake, Neshoba, Winston66 min
Apr 6, 2:18 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith57 min
Apr 6, 2:51 AM CDTTornado WarningJANSimpson30 min
Apr 6, 2:59 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Neshoba61 min
Apr 6, 3:37 AM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Noxubee53 min
Apr 6, 3:53 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Newton, Scott, Smith67 min
Apr 6, 4:16 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJones18 min
Apr 6, 4:38 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones, Smith51 min
Apr 6, 5:05 AM CDTTornado WarningJANJasper, Jones44 min
Apr 6, 5:53 AM CDTTornado WarningJANForrest, Jones40 min
Apr 6, 2:46 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLIXJackson14 min
May 6, 8:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWilkinson18 min
May 6, 8:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXAmite, Wilkinson40 min
May 18, 2:58 AM CDTTornado WarningJANCarroll, Leflore, Montgomery49 min
May 18, 3:28 AM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Montgomery20 min
May 18, 10:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto25 min
May 20, 8:29 AM CDTTornado WarningMEGBenton46 min
May 20, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGAlcorn, Prentiss, Tishomingo32 min
May 20, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WarningJANWashington57 min
May 20, 5:34 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Panola, Tallahatchie, Yalobusha41 min
May 20, 5:37 PM CDTTornado WarningJANHumphreys, Sharkey, Washington53 min
May 20, 6:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc, Union20 min
May 20, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCalhoun, Lafayette, Pontotoc18 min
May 20, 7:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANSharkey, Yazoo28 min
May 26, 12:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLIXWilkinson23 min
May 26, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningJANRankin, Scott15 min
May 26, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningJANClarke, Lauderdale39 min
May 26, 4:30 PM CDTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale33 min
May 26, 4:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBWayne18 min
Jun 7, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGCoahoma, Quitman, Tunica50 min
Jun 7, 8:21 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGDeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate39 min
Jun 7, 8:54 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate23 min
Jun 7, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Marshall, Pontotoc, Union20 min
Jun 7, 10:01 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Panola44 min
Jun 7, 10:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMEGLafayette, Pontotoc47 min
Jun 8, 3:11 AM CDTTornado WarningJANNoxubee21 min
Oct 18, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningJANAttala, Holmes, Yazoo29 min
Oct 26, 9:22 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson38 min
Oct 26, 9:56 AM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLIXJackson33 min
Oct 26, 10:01 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson44 min
Oct 26, 10:46 AM CDTTornado WarningLIXJackson44 min
Nov 25, 1:59 AM CSTTornado WarningJANHinds, Madison, Rankin48 min
Nov 25, 4:15 AM CSTTornado WarningJANKemper, Lauderdale49 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

38 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. March 15, 202551tornado warnings
  2. April 6, 202523tornado warnings
  3. February 12, 202514tornado warnings
  4. April 5, 202514tornado warnings
  5. February 16, 202513tornado warnings
  6. April 3, 202511tornado warnings
  7. January 6, 20259tornado warnings
  8. May 20, 20257tornado warnings
  9. June 8, 20257tornado warnings
  10. March 31, 20256tornado warnings
  11. January 5, 20255tornado warnings
  12. May 26, 20255tornado warnings

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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.