Hail in Mississippi, August 3 to 20, 1995

Name: Hail in Mississippi, August 3 to 20, 1995
Start: 1995-08-03T14:00
End: 1995-08-20T20:45
Location: Mississippi

August 3 to 20, 1995 · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Msz067 - 075 - 076

When: August 3, 2:00 PM CST to August 20, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Msz067 - 075 - 076 County, Ethel to Southeast Mississippi
Measured: 0.75 in hail

Hurricane Erin moved out of Washington County, Alabama into Greene and Wayne Counties in Mississippi. The storm moved generally along Highway 45 passing just south of Waynesboro around 2111 CST. Trees and power lines were blown down across Northern Greene, Northern Perry and most of Wayne Counties as Erin moved northwest. Some homes were damaged along Highway 45 and in the cities of Buckatunna and Waynesboro. Most of the damage was from trees falling on homes or shingles being blown from roofs. Wind speeds of 50 to 60 mph were estimated in Waynesboro. Preliminary damage estimates in these three counties was around $100 thousand.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, August 1995

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: 10330212.