Hail, Jones
- When
- May 24, 12:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -89.130
Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 24, 1988
10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
10 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson Davis
- When
- May 24, 12:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -89.800
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 24, 12:42 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -89.280
Hail, Pike
- When
- May 24, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pike County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.170, -90.370
Hail, Covington
- When
- May 24, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -89.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Walthall
- When
- May 24, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -90.250
Hail, Hancock
- When
- May 24, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.380, -89.380
Hail, Jones
- When
- May 24, 1:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.630, -89.220
Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 24, 1:25 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -88.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Harrison
- When
- May 24, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Harrison County
- Coordinates
- 30.500, -89.120
Thunderstorm Wind, George
- When
- May 24, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- George County
- Coordinates
- 30.850, -88.520
Hail, Marion
- When
- May 24, 3:18 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.200, -90.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Walthall
- When
- May 24, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Walthall County
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -90.150
Hail, Clarke
- When
- May 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.880, -88.730
Hail, Pearl River
- When
- May 24, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -89.680
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in North Carolina, May 24, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 24, 1988
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, May 24, 1988
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, May 24, 1988
- Hail in Massachusetts, May 24, 1988
- Damaging Wind in New Hampshire, May 24, 1988
- Hail in Montana, May 24, 1988
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1988Every state in 1988This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, May 1988
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10063225, 10063226, 10063227, 10063228, 10063229, 10063230, 10063231, 10063232, 10063233, 10063234, 10063235, 10063236, 10063237, 10063238, 10063239.