Hail, Issaquena
- When
- May 9, 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Issaquena County, Mayersville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -91.067
Hail in Mississippi, May 9, 2002
4 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 9, 12:10 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 12:10 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 110 PM CDT THU MAY 9 2002 UPDATED ALL BUT SOUTHERN ZONES. MADE SOME WIND ADJUSTMENTS DUE TO BOUNDARY ACROSS NORTHERN ZONES. LOWERED MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES FOR ALL BUT SOUTHERN ZONES. INCREASED POPS FOR WEST CENTRAL ZONES DUE TO SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ALREADY IN PROGRESS. .JAN... AR...NONE LA...NONE MS...NONE 15
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sharkey
- When
- May 9, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sharkey County, Rolling Fork
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.900, -90.867
Hail, Yazoo
- When
- May 9, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County, 10 mi E of Yazoo City
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 32.850, -90.250
Hail, Yazoo
- When
- May 9, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Yazoo County, 10 mi SE of Yazoo City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 32.750, -90.300
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
- Tornado in Illinois, May 9, 2002
- Flooding in Alaska, May 9 to 13, 2002
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 9, 2002
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 9, 2002
- Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, May 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 9 to 11, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 9, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, May 9, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 9, 2002
- Tornado in Ohio, May 9, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 9, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 9, 2002
More
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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: 5287971, 5287972, 5287973, 5287974.