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Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2023

38 tornado watches in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
38
Busiest month
January8 tornado watches
Busiest day
February 16, 20235 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 2, 6:29 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Washington9 hr
Jan 2, 10:11 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCCoahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more5 hr
Jan 3, 2:56 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 30 more8 hr
Jan 3, 9:14 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 37 more8 hr
Jan 12, 6:59 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Clay, Covington, Forrest, Itawamba, Jasper and 20 more7 hr
Jan 12, 10:20 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Greene, Perry, Stone, Wayne7 hr
Jan 18, 2:34 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 35 more7 hr
Jan 24, 9:32 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 7 more8 hr
Feb 8, 2:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Coahoma, Issaquena, Quitman, Sharkey, Sunflower and 2 more6 hr
Feb 8, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Carroll, Claiborne, Copiah and 31 more6 hr
Feb 15, 9:22 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto and 22 more8 hr
Feb 16, 4:51 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCBenton, Coahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman and 2 more7 hr
Feb 16, 9:59 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw and 45 more9 hr
Feb 16, 12:00 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 13 more7 hr
Feb 16, 1:50 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCGreene, Perry, Wayne6 hr
Mar 1, 3:31 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw and 25 more8 hr
Mar 2, 11:51 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCBolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, DeSoto, Grenada, Holmes and 12 more8 hr
Mar 3, 6:24 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 9 more7 hr
Mar 24, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun and 57 more8 hr
Mar 26, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 31 more7 hr
Mar 31, 12:28 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCCoahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more11 hr
Mar 31, 5:58 PM CDTTornado Watch PDSSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more6 hr
Mar 31, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne and 17 more8 hr
Mar 31, 11:59 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Itawamba, Lafayette and 10 more6 hr
Apr 1, 2:40 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Clay, Jasper, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake and 9 more4 hr
Apr 3, 4:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Jasper and 7 more6 hr
Apr 5, 8:44 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCCoahoma, DeSoto, Marshall, Panola, Quitman, Tate and 1 more7 hr
May 11, 9:24 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Claiborne, Issaquena, Jefferson, Sharkey, Warren and 1 more8 hr
May 11, 12:45 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Attala, Clarke, Copiah, Covington, Forrest and 25 more7 hr
Jun 18, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Alcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun and 59 more6 hr
Jun 18, 9:29 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCWayne4 hr
Jun 19, 12:57 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Attala, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 27 more7 hr
Aug 9, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, DeSoto, Itawamba, Lafayette, Lee and 9 more5 hr
Nov 20, 3:52 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 35 more9 hr
Dec 1, 8:33 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCHancock, Harrison, Jackson7 hr
Dec 9, 11:35 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Bolivar, Coahoma, DeSoto, Lafayette and 9 more9 hr
Dec 9, 3:56 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Attala, Calhoun, Carroll, Chickasaw, Choctaw and 45 more8 hr
Dec 9, 10:10 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCWayne6 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. February 16, 20235tornado watches
  2. January 3, 20234tornado watches
  3. April 1, 20233tornado watches
  4. January 12, 20232tornado watches
  5. February 8, 20232tornado watches
  6. March 3, 20232tornado watches
  7. March 31, 20232tornado watches
  8. May 11, 20232tornado watches
  9. June 19, 20232tornado watches
  10. December 9, 20232tornado watches
  11. January 18, 20231tornado watches
  12. January 25, 20231tornado 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.