Hail, Panola
- When
- May 21, 12:35 PM CST to 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County, Batesville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.320, -89.950
Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 21, 1999
2 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
- $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), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:36 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Itawamba
- When
- May 21, 2:15 PM CST to 2:20 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County, Fulton
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -88.420
One home was damaged when a large oak tree landed on the roof. Other trees and power lines were also knocked down.
Hail, Lee
- When
- May 21, 3:15 PM CST to 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Central Portion
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.300, -88.650
Dime size hail fell st the Tombigbee State Park.
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 Iowa, May 21 to 25, 1999
- Tornado in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 21 to 25, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 21, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 21, 1999
- Hail in Montana, May 21, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, May 21, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, May 21 to 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, May 1999
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: 5697979, 5697981, 5697980.