Tornado Watches in Mississippi
1,084 tornado watches since 1986. 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 1,084
- Busiest year
- 200863 tornado watches
- Average year
- 36over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Jones County353
- Lawrence County352
- Simpson County347
- Forrest County345
- Lamar County345
- Lincoln County339
- Smith County338
- Covington County337
- Marion County337
- Scott County337
- Jefferson Davis County336
- Perry County335
- Greene County333
- Jasper County332
- Rankin County330
- Walthall County330
- Clarke County329
- Pearl River County328
- Pike County326
- Copiah County325
- Newton County325
- Wayne County325
- Franklin County324
- George County321
- Lauderdale County320
- Madison County319
- Hinds County318
- Jefferson County318
- Warren County317
- Neshoba County315
- Leake County314
- Claiborne County313
- Kemper County313
- Stone County310
- Yazoo County306
- Amite County305
- Adams County301
- Carroll County301
- Holmes County301
- Hancock County299
42 more counties
- Choctaw County295
- Harrison County295
- Wilkinson County295
- Attala County294
- Montgomery County294
- Jackson County293
- Winston County290
- Grenada County286
- Leflore County286
- Sharkey County286
- Noxubee County284
- Humphreys County283
- Webster County282
- Issaquena County280
- Oktibbeha County278
- Washington County274
- Sunflower County272
- Lowndes County271
- Calhoun County270
- Monroe County268
- Clay County267
- Chickasaw County261
- Yalobusha County259
- Tallahatchie County254
- Pontotoc County253
- Bolivar County252
- Itawamba County249
- Lee County249
- Panola County249
- Union County249
- Lafayette County248
- Marshall County245
- Tishomingo County242
- Prentiss County241
- Quitman County241
- Tippah County241
- Benton County240
- Coahoma County239
- Tate County239
- Alcorn County237
- DeSoto County230
- Tunica County228
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 7:55 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 7 more | 9 hr |
| Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone | 10 hr |
| May 6, 10:58 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 12 more | 9 hr |
| May 6, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 37 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 46 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 30 more | 8 hr |
| Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 37 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 33 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Franklin and 24 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 14, 11:17 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 17 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
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.