Hail, Tallahatchie
- When
- June 8, 4:00 PM CST to 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County, Cascilla
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 33.870, -90.000
Hail in Mississippi, June 8, 1996
At least 200 acres of crops were destroyed by the hail.
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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
At least 200 acres of crops were destroyed by the hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Delaware, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in New York, June 8 to 9, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 8, 1996
- Flash Flood in West Virginia, June 8, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Massachusetts, June 8, 1996
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, June 1996
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: 5552693.