Mississippi, 2002

Hail in Mississippi, June 24, 2002

June 24, 2002 · NWS MEG · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$10
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

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 Jun 24, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
300 PM CDT MON JUN 24 2002

SAT IMAGERY THIS AFTN WAS SHOWING THE UPR LO OVR LA WITH TSTMS
FIRING ACROSS THE LWR MS RVR VALLEY. THE LOCAL 88D RADAR LOOP WAS
SHOWING SCTD PRECIP ACROSS NRN SXNS OF THE FA ALONG THE STATE LINE
AND OVR FAR SRN SXNS. SFC ANALYSIS INDICATED TEMPS TO BE AROUND 90
AND DPTS IN THE UPR 60S/LWR 70S.

EXPECT THE UPR LO TO MEANDER ACROSS THE LWR MS VALLEY THE NEXT 36
HRS BEFORE OPENING UP AND BECOMING AN ELONGATED SHEAR AXIS FROM ERN
TX NEWD INTO THE LWR OH VALLEY. MEANWHILE AN UPR TROF WILL PASS
THRU THE GTLKS REGION LATER IN THE WEEK BRINGING A CDFNT SWD INTO
THE OH VALLEY BUT SHUD WASH OUT NORTH OF THE FA. MODELS INDICATE
PLENTY OF MOIST WILL ADVECT NWD INTO THE FA WITH IMPULSES ROTATING
AROUND THE UPR LO. SINCE THE REMANENTS OF THE UPR LOW WILL NOT
BE OVERHEAD LO CHC POPS WILL BE USED. CURRENT FCST HAS A GOOD HANDLE
ON THE SITUA WITH CONT LO CHC POPS THRU THE WEEK...MAINLY DIURNAL IN
NATURE AND WARM TEMPS ON HAND.

PRELIMINARY NUMBERS...

MEM 074/089 074/089 071 232
MKL 070/087 070/089 071 232
JBR 070/088 070/089 071 232
TUP 070/088 070/089 072 232

.MEG...NONE.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Calhoun

When
June 24, 3:30 PM CST to 3:35 PM CST
Where
Calhoun County, Pittsboro
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$10
Reported by
POST OFFICE
Coordinates
33.933, -89.333

What these are

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

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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: 5303183.