Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 2, 2002

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 2, 2002
Start: 2002-07-02T16:00
End: 2002-07-02T19:20
Location: Mississippi

July 2, 2002 · NWS MEG · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $31,000
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 8:30 AM CST, 7 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 8:30 AM CST, 7 hours 30 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
930 AM CDT TUE JUL 2 2002

ABUNDANT SUNSHINE AND LIGHT WINDS ARE ALLOWING A QUICK WARMUP THIS
MORNING. SURFACE MOISTURE IS STILL AROUND...SO HEATING SHOULD
PROVIDE AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS. MANY OF THESE STORMS WILL
MOVE TO THE NORTHWEST ONCE THEY FORM.

.MEG...NONE.

The radar

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Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Itawamba

When: July 2, 4:00 PM CST to 4:05 PM CST
Where: Itawamba County, Fulton
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.267, -88.417

Some trees were knocked down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah

When: July 2, 4:30 PM CST to 4:35 PM CST
Where: Tippah County, 3 mi E of Pine Grove
Property damage: $15,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.667, -88.750

Two homes and a barn were damaged. Several trees were blown down.

Hail, Tippah

When: July 2, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Tippah County, 3 mi E of Pine Grove
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $750
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 34.667, -88.750

Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall

When: July 2, 7:00 PM CST to 7:05 PM CST
Where: Marshall County, Holly Spgs
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 34.767, -89.450

Several trees were blown down.

Thunderstorm Wind, Tate

When: July 2, 7:15 PM CST to 7:20 PM CST
Where: Tate County, Senatobia
Property damage: $5,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 34.617, -89.950

A few trees were knocked down.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, July 2002

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: 5311674, 5311675, 5311676, 5311672, 5311673.