Hail, Coahoma
- When
- March 6, 3:55 PM CST to 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County, Roseacres
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50
- Coordinates
- 34.400, -90.450
Hail in Mississippi, March 6, 1996
The bed of a pickup truck was filled with 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
- $50
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MEG wrote it up.
The bed of a pickup truck was filled with hail.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:54 UTC.
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
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Heavy Snow in New York, March 6 to 7, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Florida, March 6, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
- Tornado in Georgia, March 6, 1996
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, March 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: 5540945.