Hail, Alcorn
- When
- April 21, 3:29 PM CST to 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County, Rienzi to Jacinto
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -88.530
Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 21, 1997
12 hail, 1 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
12 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Prentiss
- When
- April 21, 3:40 PM CST to 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Prentiss County, 2 mi N of Thrashers
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.480
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- April 21, 3:48 PM CST to 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Oxford
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -89.520
Hail, Prentiss
- When
- April 21, 4:32 PM CST to 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Prentiss County, Casey Creek to Marietta
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -88.550
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- April 21, 4:35 PM CST to 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, 3 mi SE of Dogtown
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 34.230, -89.250
Hail, Pontotoc
- When
- April 21, 4:55 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County, Toccopola
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -89.230
Hail, Tishomingo
- When
- April 21, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County, Golden
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -88.200
Hail, Itawamba
- When
- April 21, 5:10 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County, Sand Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 34.430, -88.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Chickasaw
- When
- April 21, 5:30 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, Houlka
- Property damage
- $300
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -89.020
Three trees were blown down.
Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- April 21, 5:35 PM CST to 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, Houlka
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.030, -89.020
Hail, Calhoun
- When
- April 21, 5:50 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Calhoun County, Pittsboro to Vardaman
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20
- Coordinates
- 33.930, -89.330
Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- April 21, 6:25 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, 2 mi S of Woodland
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 33.750, -89.070
Hail, Clay
- When
- April 21, 6:45 PM CST to 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Pheba
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 33.580, -88.950
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
- Flooding in North Dakota, April 21 to 24, 1997
- High Surf in Puerto Rico, April 21, 1997
- Flood in North Dakota, April 21 to 30, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, April 21 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Tennessee, April 21 to 30, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Alabama, April 21, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 21 to 22, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 21, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, April 21, 1997
- High Surf in Hawaii, April 21 to 22, 1997
- Hail in South Carolina, April 21, 1997
More
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5601047, 5601048, 5601049, 5601050, 5601051, 5601052, 5601056, 5601053, 5601057, 5601058, 5601059, 5601054, 5601055.