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Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2008

63 tornado watches in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
63
Busiest month
May16 tornado watches
Busiest day
May 10, 20084 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
Jan 8, 8:34 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more5 hr
Jan 8, 1:26 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 29 more8 hr
Jan 8, 3:59 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke, Clay, Copiah and 18 more3 hr
Jan 8, 6:36 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper and 23 more6 hr
Jan 10, 7:46 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar and 53 more8 hr
Jan 10, 11:33 AM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 15 more9 hr
Jan 29, 11:32 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCDeSoto, Marshall, Tate, Tunica7 hr
Jan 31, 12:35 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 5 more6 hr
Feb 5, 3:09 PM CSTTornado Watch PDSSPCAlcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 43 more9 hr
Feb 5, 10:01 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll and 48 more8 hr
Feb 6, 1:23 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAmite, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 7 more6 hr
Feb 12, 10:25 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Hancock and 12 more7 hr
Feb 12, 12:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, George, Greene, Jackson, Jasper, Kemper and 9 more7 hr
Feb 17, 2:45 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 23 more5 hr
Feb 17, 5:26 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne7 hr
Feb 21, 1:41 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCWilkinson7 hr
Feb 21, 8:54 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Forrest, Greene, Lamar, Marion, Perry and 3 more7 hr
Mar 3, 2:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 59 more11 hr
Mar 3, 9:56 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 3 more7 hr
Mar 14, 7:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Claiborne, Humphreys, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more7 hr
Mar 14, 11:01 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clarke and 27 more3 hr
Mar 18, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDeSoto, Tunica11 hr
Mar 18, 10:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Benton, Bolivar and 65 more8 hr
Apr 4, 9:48 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 43 more9 hr
Apr 4, 5:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 10 more6 hr
Apr 10, 5:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more6 hr
Apr 11, 10:15 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alcorn, Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 44 more5 hr
Apr 18, 3:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene and 27 more7 hr
May 2, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto and 15 more6 hr
May 2, 4:43 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Holmes and 16 more7 hr
May 2, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds, Humphreys and 7 more6 hr
May 2, 7:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Coahoma, DeSoto and 15 more4 hr
May 2, 11:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 36 more6 hr
May 3, 4:07 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene and 17 more7 hr
May 8, 8:04 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 22 more6 hr
May 8, 12:40 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Covington, Jasper, Jones, Kemper, Lauderdale and 6 more5 hr
May 10, 10:11 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah, Grenada, Hinds and 12 more5 hr
May 10, 3:36 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore and 2 more4 hr
May 10, 4:27 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more10 hr
May 10, 6:51 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCBolivar, Carroll, Grenada, Holmes, Humphreys, Leflore and 2 more7 hr
May 10, 10:07 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Choctaw, Clay, Hinds, Issaquena, Kemper and 16 more5 hr
May 14, 2:04 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Franklin, Hancock, Jefferson Davis, Lawrence and 6 more7 hr
May 15, 4:16 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw and 29 more7 hr
May 15, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 5 more6 hr
Aug 12, 2:21 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, George and 20 more8 hr
Aug 31, 8:49 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone10 hr
Sep 1, 6:30 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George and 17 more9 hr
Sep 1, 3:51 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 40 more8 hr
Sep 1, 11:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 25 more7 hr
Sep 2, 6:34 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne and 46 more9 hr
Sep 2, 3:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Franklin and 22 more6 hr
Sep 2, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCDeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Tate, Tunica3 hr
Sep 2, 11:36 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Warren, Wilkinson7 hr
Sep 3, 6:21 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Warren, Wilkinson6 hr
Sep 3, 12:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Bolivar, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena and 5 more6 hr
Sep 3, 5:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 40 more8 hr
Sep 12, 3:52 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAmite, George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 4 more9 hr
Sep 12, 12:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson7 hr
Sep 14, 1:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 34 more8 hr
Dec 9, 9:32 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Claiborne, Coahoma and 22 more6 hr
Dec 9, 3:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 44 more9 hr
Dec 9, 8:03 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCChickasaw, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Itawamba and 7 more6 hr
Dec 10, 1:41 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 3 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. May 10, 20084tornado watches
  2. September 2, 20084tornado watches
  3. September 3, 20084tornado watches
  4. January 8, 20083tornado watches
  5. May 2, 20083tornado watches
  6. May 3, 20083tornado watches
  7. September 1, 20083tornado watches
  8. January 10, 20082tornado watches
  9. February 6, 20082tornado watches
  10. February 12, 20082tornado watches
  11. February 17, 20082tornado watches
  12. March 15, 20082tornado 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. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.