Mississippi, 2002

Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 26, 2002

May 26, 2002 · NWS JAN · 5 events in 4 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3,000
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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 26, 3:20 AM CST, 8 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 3:20 AM CST, 8 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
420 AM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

WILL NOT MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THE CURRENT FORECAST. EXPECT ISOLATED
AFTERNOON AND EVENING CONVECTION TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK.
DEWPOINTS SHOULD REMAIN THE MID 60S...WITH A FEW BREAKS IN THE
CLOUDS AND THE SHORTWAVE SHOULD MOVING THROUGH THE AREA TODAY...MORE
AFTERNOON/EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP. META HAS ANOTHER
WAVE APPROACHING THE AREA TUESDAY AFTERNOON WITH ACTIVITY MOVING IN
AHEAD OF IT...AND WIDESPREAD CONVECTIVE PRECIP. THE AVN SHOWS MORE
DEVELOPMENT WEDNESDAY NIGHT/THURSDAY AS A FRONT/SHORTWAVE MOVES
THROUGH.

ADJUSTED WINDS AND TEMPS...GUIDANCE HAS MOST AREAS NEAR 90 FOR THE
NEXT TWO DAYS AND MID 80S THROUGH FRIDAY.

FOR THE EXTENDED...WILL CONTINUE PREVIOUS FORECAST. THE AVN SHOWS
ANOTHER FRONT WITH LIGHT QPF FOR FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. THE RAIN SHOULD
MOVE OUT BY SUNDAY. ADJUSTED TEMPS TO SHOW WARMING THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

THANKS SHV

JAN  089/067 088/067 088 222
MEI  089/066 087/066 088 222

.JAN...
AR...NONE.
LA...NONE.
MS...NONE.

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 26, 11:19 AM CST, 26 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1219 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1210 PM    2N CLINTON                MS   0.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/02   HINDS                          DIME TO BEEBEE SIZE HAIL
                                          REPORTED BY HAM OPERATOR
                                          AND EOC

The radar

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

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Event by event

3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hinds

When
May 26, 11:45 AM CST
Where
Hinds County, 1 mi E of Bolton
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates
32.350, -90.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Hinds

When
May 26, 12:00 PM CST
Where
Hinds County, 1 mi N of Clinton
Property damage
$1,000
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
32.350, -90.333

Many large limbs were blown down.

Hail, Yazoo

When
May 26, 1:15 PM CST
Where
Yazoo County, 3 mi N of Bentonia
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
32.683, -90.367

Hail, Holmes

When
May 26, 1:30 PM CST
Where
Holmes County, Bee Lake
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
33.050, -90.333

Thunderstorm Wind, Bolivar

When
May 26, 4:35 PM CST
Where
Bolivar County, 5 mi E of Rosedale
Property damage
$2,000
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
33.850, -90.967

Thunderstorm winds caused minor wind damage to several roofs in the area.

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

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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: 5288251, 5288250, 5288252, 5288253, 5288254.