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Tornado Watches in Mississippi, 2026

15 tornado watches in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Watches
15
Busiest month
April4 tornado watches
Busiest day
April 28, 20263 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 9, 7:46 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 24 more13 hr
Jan 10, 3:49 AM CSTTornado WatchSPCAmite, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Greene, Jasper and 14 more9 hr
Feb 14, 6:54 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Copiah, Franklin, Hinds and 6 more6 hr
Feb 14, 11:17 PM CSTTornado WatchSPCClarke, Covington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock and 17 more6 hr
Mar 11, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Franklin and 24 more7 hr
Mar 15, 3:57 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 33 more7 hr
Mar 15, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Claiborne, Clarke, Copiah, Covington and 37 more7 hr
Apr 27, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more7 hr
Apr 28, 1:54 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAttala, Bolivar, Carroll, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 30 more8 hr
Apr 28, 2:32 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Benton, Calhoun, Chickasaw, Coahoma, DeSoto and 16 more7 hr
Apr 28, 9:41 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAlcorn, Attala, Benton, Bolivar, Calhoun, Carroll and 46 more4 hr
May 6, 2:14 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCAdams, Amite, Attala, Choctaw, Claiborne, Clarke and 37 more9 hr
May 6, 10:58 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCCovington, Forrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison and 12 more9 hr
Jun 17, 10:23 PM CDTTornado WatchSPCGeorge, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, Stone10 hr
Jun 18, 7:55 AM CDTTornado WatchSPCForrest, George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson and 7 more9 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. April 28, 20263tornado watches
  2. January 10, 20262tornado watches
  3. February 15, 20262tornado watches
  4. June 18, 20262tornado watches
  5. March 11, 20261tornado watches
  6. March 15, 20261tornado watches
  7. March 16, 20261tornado watches
  8. April 29, 20261tornado watches
  9. May 6, 20261tornado watches
  10. May 7, 20261tornado watches

Nearby

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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.