Hail, Marshall
- When
- May 27, 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Mt Pleasant
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.950, -89.520
Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 27, 1997
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $17,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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), 54 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 09:41 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Coahoma
- When
- May 27, 4:00 AM CST to 4:05 AM CST
- Where
- Coahoma County, Clarksdale
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 34.200, -90.580
Several business suffered roof damage. A utility building was lifted off the ground and destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallahatchie
- When
- May 27, 4:55 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County, Charleston
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -90.050
Several trees were blown down.
Lightning, Alcorn
- When
- May 27, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County, Corinth
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.881, -88.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A house was damaged by a fire started by lightning.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chickasaw
- When
- May 27, 5:45 AM CST to 5:50 AM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, Woodland
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -89.070
A few trees were knocked down on top of some power lines.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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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: 5597785, 5597888, 5597784, 5597889, 5597786.