Hail, Prentiss
- When
- July 9, 3:40 PM CST to 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Prentiss County, 3 mi NW of Booneville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.680, -88.580
Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, July 9, 1997
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:38 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Marshall
- When
- July 9, 4:00 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Holly Spgs
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.762, -89.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads had water covering them as over 3 inches of rain fell in one hour.
Flash Flood, Prentiss
- When
- July 9, 4:00 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Prentiss County, Marietta
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.618, -88.520 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were covered by flood waters after heavy rain fell over the area.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- July 9, 4:05 PM CST to 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Holly Spgs
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -89.450
A few trees were blown down.
Hail, Prentiss
- When
- July 9, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Prentiss County, 5 mi S of Wheeler
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -88.600
Hail, Lee
- When
- July 9, 4:20 PM CST to 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Baldwyn to Saltillo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $60
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -88.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- July 9, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Saltillo
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -88.680
A large tree was knocked down.
Hail, Lee
- When
- July 9, 4:53 PM CST to 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Tupelo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -88.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- July 9, 5:10 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Belden
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -88.820
Numerous trees nad power lines were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- July 9, 6:15 PM CST to 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Oxford
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -89.520
Several trees, power poles and power lines were knocked down.
Lightning, Lafayette
- When
- July 9, 6:30 PM CST to 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Oxford
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 34.357, -89.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a house causing a fire which burnt the house to the ground.
Flash Flood, Lafayette
- When
- July 9, 7:15 PM CST to 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, 5 mi S of Oxford
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.357, -89.485 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several culverts were washed out by flash flooding leaving a few roads under water.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, July 9 to 10, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5612582, 5612588, 5612590, 5612589, 5612583, 5612584, 5612585, 5612586, 5612587, 5612591, 5612592, 5612593.