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Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2002

31 tornado watches in 2002. 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 in 2002. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
31
Busiest month
December11 tornado watches
Busiest day
December 19, 20026 tornado watches

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Feb 19, 6:45 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Claiborne, Hinds, Issaquena, Jefferson, Madison and 4 more5 hr
Apr 8, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more6 hr
May 3, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke and 27 more6 hr
Sep 6, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more5 hr
Sep 25, 3:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone10 hr
Sep 25, 12:30 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone12 hr
Sep 25, 11:35 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone8 hr
Sep 26, 3:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 15 more6 hr
Sep 26, 9:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Choctaw, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George and 24 more6 hr
Oct 2, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George and 17 more13 hr
Oct 3, 9:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 43 more12 hr
Oct 25, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 3 more5 hr
Oct 29, 1:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis and 7 more6 hr
Nov 5, 4:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson6 hr
Nov 5, 9:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more5 hr
Nov 9, 6:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, DeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica6 hr
Nov 10, 4:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 53 more6 hr
Nov 10, 9:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George and 17 more6 hr
Nov 10, 10:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Newton, Simpson and 1 more6 hr
Nov 11, 2:10 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 4 more5 hr
Dec 18, 5:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada and 13 more3 hr
Dec 18, 8:55 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Grenada, Leflore, Sunflower, Tallahatchie, Washington and 1 more6 hr
Dec 18, 9:05 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola and 5 more6 hr
Dec 19, 2:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Holmes, Humphreys and 7 more8 hr
Dec 19, 6:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 37 more6 hr
Dec 19, 9:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 9 more5 hr
Dec 19, 11:40 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCChoctaw, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene and 26 more6 hr
Dec 23, 6:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington and 25 more9 hr
Dec 23, 8:20 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Harrison, Jackson and 5 more7 hr
Dec 24, 2:30 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene and 26 more7 hr
Dec 31, 2:50 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 4 more5 hr

By county

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

42 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. December 19, 20026tornado watches
  2. September 26, 20023tornado watches
  3. November 11, 20023tornado watches
  4. December 24, 20023tornado watches
  5. September 25, 20022tornado watches
  6. October 3, 20022tornado watches
  7. November 5, 20022tornado watches
  8. November 10, 20022tornado watches
  9. February 20, 20021tornado watches
  10. April 8, 20021tornado watches
  11. May 4, 20021tornado watches
  12. September 6, 20021tornado watches

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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.