Thunderstorm Wind, Panola
- When
- June 8, 4:20 PM CST to 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County, 5 mi E of Crenshaw
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -90.120
Several trees and power lines were blown down between Crenshaw and Como.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, June 8, 1997
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $16,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Memphis radar (KNQA), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:18 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Panola
- When
- June 8, 4:50 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County, Como to 1 mi of Sardis
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 34.520, -89.950
Trees and power lines were knocked down in Como, about 4 miles north of Batesville and just north and west of Sardis.
Hail, Panola
- When
- June 8, 5:15 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County, Batesville to 4 mi SE of Batesville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $780
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -89.950
What these are
- 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.
- 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
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- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8 to 9, 1997
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- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 8 to 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Wyoming, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Texas, June 8, 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: 5609172, 5609173, 5609174.