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Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2009
48 tornado watches in 2009. 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 2009. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 48
- Busiest month
- April12 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- April 2, 20095 tornado watches
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 6, 2:03 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Jones and 5 more | 5 hr |
| Feb 10, 11:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Tunica | 6 hr |
| Feb 11, 1:04 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Issaquena, Sharkey, Sunflower, Washington | 5 hr |
| Feb 18, 12:42 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Hinds, Itawamba and 15 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 27, 12:38 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay and 31 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 27, 7:45 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada, Hinds and 17 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 25, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah and 32 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 26, 1:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 3 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 26, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 23 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 12:48 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 5 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 27, 2:54 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson | 6 hr |
| Mar 27, 4:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lawrence and 1 more | 4 hr |
| Mar 27, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 29 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 27, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Perry and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 28, 2:20 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones and 10 more | 3 hr |
| Mar 28, 4:50 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:29 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 8 hr |
| Apr 2, 9:24 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw and 49 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 2, 10:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 2, 1:33 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 5 hr |
| Apr 2, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Itawamba and 9 more | 3 hr |
| Apr 9, 10:48 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Holmes and 17 more | 4 hr |
| Apr 10, 1:43 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 23 more | 5 hr |
| Apr 10, 8:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, DeSoto, Itawamba and 11 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Copiah, Covington and 25 more | 7 hr |
| Apr 12, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Apr 13, 2:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Stone | 7 hr |
| Apr 19, 2:19 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 9 more | 7 hr |
| May 2, 2:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 26 more | 6 hr |
| May 2, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Clay, Grenada and 24 more | 6 hr |
| May 4, 2:34 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene | 5 hr |
| May 4, 7:33 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 1 more | 6 hr |
| May 6, 12:54 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Clay, Coahoma and 16 more | 5 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 6 hr |
| Oct 2, 1:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Wilkinson | 5 hr |
| Oct 9, 8:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Bolivar, Coahoma, Humphreys, Issaquena, Leflore, Quitman and 5 more | 4 hr |
| Oct 9, 11:26 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 22, 11:58 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 22, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall | 4 hr |
| Oct 22, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 22 more | 3 hr |
| Oct 30, 12:22 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Amite, Attala, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 40 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 30, 5:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 3 hr |
| Dec 8, 1:25 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw and 28 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 8, 5:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 9 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 8, 6:12 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper and 14 more | 8 hr |
| Dec 8, 8:33 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 27 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 24, 4:50 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Dec 24, 10:37 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, George and 35 more | 7 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Greene County18
- Leake County16
- Perry County15
- Wayne County15
- Sharkey County15
- Attala County15
- Madison County15
- Rankin County15
- Scott County15
- George County14
- Lamar County14
- Issaquena County14
- Hinds County14
- Lauderdale County14
- Neshoba County14
- Yazoo County14
- Forrest County13
- Stone County13
- Kemper County13
- Newton County13
- Winston County13
- Holmes County13
- Lawrence County13
- Clarke County12
- Covington County12
- Jones County12
- Marion County12
- Washington County12
- Noxubee County12
- Smith County12
- Montgomery County12
- Warren County12
- Amite County12
- Lincoln County12
- Pike County12
- Simpson County12
- Walthall County12
- Hancock County12
- Sunflower County11
- Choctaw County11
42 more counties
- Clay County11
- Itawamba County11
- Jasper County11
- Monroe County11
- Carroll County11
- Grenada County11
- Humphreys County11
- Leflore County11
- Webster County11
- Copiah County11
- Franklin County11
- Jefferson Davis County11
- Wilkinson County11
- Harrison County11
- Jackson County11
- Pearl River County11
- Bolivar County10
- Lowndes County10
- Oktibbeha County10
- Adams County10
- Claiborne County10
- Jefferson County10
- Calhoun County10
- Chickasaw County10
- Lee County10
- Pontotoc County10
- Union County9
- Alcorn County8
- Lafayette County8
- Prentiss County8
- Tippah County8
- Tishomingo County8
- Yalobusha County8
- Benton County7
- Tallahatchie County7
- Coahoma County6
- DeSoto County6
- Marshall County6
- Panola County5
- Quitman County5
- Tate County5
- Tunica County4
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.