Mississippi, 2002

Hail in Mississippi, March 12, 2002

March 12, 2002 · NWS MOB · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 12, 3:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 3:45 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
345 PM CST TUE MAR 12 2002

COLD POOL ALOFT...(-18 C TO -20 C AT 500 MB)...MOVG EAST ACROSS FCST
AREA ATTM.  THE LINE OF STRONGER TSTMS THAT AFFECTED THE AREA TODAY
NOW MOVG EAST OF CWFA...BUT EXPECT LGT/MOD RAINS JUST BEHIND THE
LINE TO PERSIST OVER EASTERN ZONES THROUGH EARLY EVENING.  IN
ADDITION...CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS HAS DEVELOPED UNDER COLD POOL
OVER SOUTHEAST MS...AND WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS COASTAL SECTIONS REST
OF THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.  STORM JUST PRODUCED SOME
STRONG WINDS AND SMALL HAIL AT THE NWS OFFICE AT THE MOBILE
AIRPORT.  ANY OF THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO BE CAPABLE OF STRONG
GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AS THEY
MOVE OFF TOWARD THE EAST.

OTHERWISE...LOOKS LIKE A DRY FCST WED AND THU AS LOW PRES LIFTS AWAY
AND HIGH PRES BUILDS OVER REGION.  QUICK RETURN AS ANOTHER FRONTAL
SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST BY LATE FRI...WITH RAIN CHANCES
RETURNING FRI NIGHT THROUGH MON...WHICH IS FCST IN CURRENT SET OF
ZONES.  SO WILL NOT MAKE ANY MAJOR ADJUSTMENTS TO THE EXTENDED.

FIRE...NO REQUIREMENTS THROUGH WED WITH HIGHER DEWPOINTS OVER REGION
THAN PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

MARINE...SCEC OVER MARINE AREA TONIGHT.  WINDS AND SEAS LOCALLY
HEAVIER NEAR SCT TO OCNL NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND TSTMS...BUT DONT FEEL
HIGHER WINDS/SEAS WILL BE PROLONGED ENOUGHT FOR SCA.

PRELIM NUMBERS...
MOB BB 051/072 051/075 057 12400
PNS BB 055/074 052/073 058 12300
DTS BB 055/074 052/073 058 12500
GZH BB 049/071 044/075 052 12500
2R0 BB 046/071 045/076 053 12400
61A BB 049/071 044/075 052 12300

.MOB...
AL...NONE.
FL...NONE
MS...NONE.

12

The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Perry

When
March 12, 5:15 PM CST to 5:16 PM CST
Where
Perry County, Richton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
31.350, -88.950

What these are

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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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: 5285875.