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Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2020

34 tornado watches in 2020. 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 2020. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
34
Busiest month
April9 tornado watches
Busiest day
January 11, 20205 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 10, 11:58 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Leflore, Marshall, Panola and 6 more7 hr
Jan 11, 2:37 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Copiah and 22 more8 hr
Jan 11, 4:17 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 8 more6 hr
Jan 11, 5:18 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Hancock, Pearl River, Pike, Walthall, Wilkinson7 hr
Jan 11, 7:57 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene and 20 more9 hr
Feb 5, 11:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 40 more6 hr
Feb 5, 4:25 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and 4 more5 hr
Feb 5, 5:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper, Jefferson Davis and 19 more6 hr
Feb 5, 11:48 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Jasper and 8 more8 hr
Mar 4, 1:53 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 34 more8 hr
Mar 24, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 9 more7 hr
Mar 28, 6:34 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada and 13 more7 hr
Mar 28, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay and 25 more7 hr
Mar 31, 8:51 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone6 hr
Apr 12, 10:41 AM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 47 more10 hr
Apr 12, 1:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Covington, Forrest, Franklin, Hancock, Harrison and 11 more9 hr
Apr 12, 4:38 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne7 hr
Apr 19, 11:45 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah and 33 more9 hr
Apr 19, 2:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Pike and 2 more9 hr
Apr 19, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne6 hr
Apr 19, 9:39 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 2 more5 hr
Apr 22, 9:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 20 more9 hr
Apr 23, 4:05 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 3 more11 hr
Jun 7, 9:03 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone8 hr
Aug 26, 9:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Wilkinson11 hr
Aug 27, 7:47 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Bolivar, Claiborne, Coahoma, Copiah and 22 more8 hr
Aug 27, 3:47 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada and 16 more8 hr
Aug 28, 10:31 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lee, Monroe and 5 more5 hr
Aug 28, 3:46 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCItawamba, Monroe4 hr
Sep 23, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Copiah, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln and 2 more7 hr
Oct 10, 4:00 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Wayne10 hr
Oct 28, 1:03 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River and 3 more11 hr
Dec 23, 8:40 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike and 2 more5 hr
Dec 24, 1:42 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 6 more7 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. January 11, 20205tornado watches
  2. February 5, 20203tornado watches
  3. April 12, 20203tornado watches
  4. April 19, 20203tornado watches
  5. August 27, 20203tornado watches
  6. April 23, 20202tornado watches
  7. August 28, 20202tornado watches
  8. December 24, 20202tornado watches
  9. February 6, 20201tornado watches
  10. March 4, 20201tornado watches
  11. March 24, 20201tornado watches
  12. March 28, 20201tornado 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.