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Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2012
45 tornado watches in 2012. 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 2012. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 45
- Busiest month
- March9 tornado watches
- Busiest day
- March 2, 20123 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 20, 10:35 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 27 more | 8 hr |
| Jan 21, 4:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Choctaw, Clay, Kemper, Lowndes, Noxubee, Oktibbeha and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 22, 5:16 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Benton, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada and 14 more | 6 hr |
| Jan 22, 10:59 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun and 61 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 23, 2:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Greene, Perry, Wayne | 9 hr |
| Jan 25, 2:08 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Issaquena and 8 more | 7 hr |
| Jan 26, 4:18 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 9:55 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River | 7 hr |
| Feb 18, 11:49 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Stone | 5 hr |
| Feb 24, 7:48 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Feb 29, 1:48 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 1:20 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 24 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:37 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 7 hr |
| Mar 2, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah, Covington and 23 more | 6 hr |
| Mar 2, 10:56 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne | 6 hr |
| Mar 11, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Claiborne, Holmes, Humphreys, Issaquena, Jefferson and 6 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 21, 5:04 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Issaquena, Jefferson and 3 more | 7 hr |
| Mar 21, 10:07 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 36 more | 8 hr |
| Mar 21, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Clarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 15 more | 9 hr |
| Mar 22, 7:15 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Harrison, Jackson, Stone | 5 hr |
| Apr 5, 1:53 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw and 45 more | 9 hr |
| Apr 5, 3:56 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Marshall, Prentiss, Tate and 4 more | 7 hr |
| Aug 28, 9:46 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 5 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 28, 12:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Covington, Forrest, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence and 2 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 28, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene and 16 more | 21 hr |
| Aug 29, 6:36 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, George, Greene and 16 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 29, 11:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 24 more | 8 hr |
| Aug 30, 7:13 AM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah and 42 more | 9 hr |
| Aug 30, 3:56 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 52 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 30, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 47 more | 5 hr |
| Sep 1, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | DeSoto, Tunica | 7 hr |
| Sep 2, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 27 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 3, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Grenada and 14 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 30, 2:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin and 21 more | 3 hr |
| Sep 30, 5:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 35 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:21 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 2 more | 7 hr |
| Oct 17, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 35 more | 8 hr |
| Oct 17, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Alcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 8 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 9, 2:10 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tallahatchie and 2 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 10, 5:44 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest, Franklin and 12 more | 5 hr |
| Dec 10, 8:51 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Dec 20, 4:23 AM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Amite, Attala, Choctaw, Clarke, Clay, Copiah and 39 more | 9 hr |
| Dec 25, 12:58 PM CST | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 35 more | 9 hr |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Wayne County20
- George County20
- Stone County20
- Forrest County19
- Jones County19
- Lamar County19
- Lawrence County19
- Lincoln County19
- Marion County19
- Greene County19
- Perry County19
- Clarke County18
- Covington County18
- Jefferson Davis County18
- Harrison County18
- Jackson County18
- Jasper County17
- Hancock County17
- Pearl River County17
- Walthall County17
- Copiah County16
- Franklin County16
- Simpson County16
- Smith County16
- Pike County16
- Amite County14
- Choctaw County13
- Clay County13
- Lowndes County13
- Oktibbeha County13
- Kemper County13
- Claiborne County13
- Lauderdale County13
- Newton County13
- Scott County13
- Wilkinson County13
- Montgomery County12
- Webster County12
- Adams County12
- Jefferson County12
42 more counties
- Leake County12
- Neshoba County12
- Carroll County11
- Grenada County11
- Noxubee County11
- Winston County11
- Hinds County11
- Madison County11
- Rankin County11
- Warren County11
- Yazoo County11
- Leflore County10
- Attala County10
- Sharkey County10
- Marshall County9
- Sunflower County9
- Holmes County9
- Humphreys County9
- Issaquena County9
- Benton County8
- Bolivar County8
- Coahoma County8
- DeSoto County8
- Quitman County8
- Tallahatchie County8
- Tate County8
- Tunica County8
- Yalobusha County8
- Washington County8
- Alcorn County7
- Calhoun County7
- Chickasaw County7
- Lafayette County7
- Monroe County7
- Panola County7
- Prentiss County7
- Tippah County7
- Tishomingo County7
- Union County7
- Itawamba County6
- Lee County6
- Pontotoc County6
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. Rebuilt daily.