Mississippi, 2002

Hail in Mississippi, May 26, 2002

May 26, 2002 · NWS MEG · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 May 26, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 26, 2:00 PM CST, 1 hour 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
300 PM CDT SUN MAY 26 2002

A WEAK STATIONARY FRONT EXTENDED ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF THE CWFA BUT
IS WEAKENING WITH TIME. EXPECT THIS BOUNDARY TO DISSIPATE BY
TONIGHT. PLENTY OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY WILL KEEP SCT TSTMS
AROUND THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS BEFORE DISSIPATION OCCURS FROM THE
LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

THE WIND PATTERN WILL BE VERY WEAK OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...SO
THERE WILL BE NOTHING TO DRIVE OUT THE EXISTING MOISTURE IN PLACE.
HOWEVER...WITH THE LACK OF DYNAMICS MON...THE CHC OF TSTMS WILL BE
QUITE LOW...BUT BELIEVE THERE WILL BE ENOUGH DAYTIME INSTABILITY TO
TRIGGER AN ISOLATED PM TSTM.

A BROAD UPPER TROUGH WILL APPROACH REGION FROM THE W LATE TUE AND
BE OVER THE LWR MS VALLEY THROUGH EARLY FRI. THE MAIN DYNAMICS OF
THE TROUGH WILL STAY TO OUR W...BUT ENOUGH INSTABILITY FROM COOLING
ALOFT COMBINED WITH EXISTING MOISTURE WILL FUEL AFTERNOON AND
EVENING TSTMS THROUGH THAT PERIOD. THE TROUGH SHOULD MOVE TO THE E
BY FRI NITE AND GIVE WAY TO A SUB-TROPICAL RIDGE SAT-SUN. AS A
RESULT...NEXT WEEKEND SHOULD BE WARMER AND DRIER WITH TEMPS POSSIBLY
APPROACHING 90 DEG F.

PRELIM VALUES...
MEM 68/86/70/86/69/85 221323
MKL 64/85/65/86/65/85 221213
JBR 64/85/66/86/67/85 221323
TUP 65/86/66/86/66/85 221213

.MEG...NONE.

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The radar

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Union

When
May 26, 3:32 PM CST to 3:40 PM CST
Where
Union County, 2 mi E of Pinedale
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$10
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.417, -89.167

Hail, Tate

When
May 26, 4:09 PM CST to 4:15 PM CST
Where
Tate County, Crockett
Measured
0.75 in hail
Property damage
$10
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
34.617, -90.083

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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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: 5300296, 5300297.