Hail in Mississippi, November 15, 2002

Name: Hail in Mississippi, November 15, 2002
Start: 2002-11-15T13:10
End: 2002-11-15T15:28
Location: Mississippi

November 15, 2002 · NWS JAN · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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 Nov 15, 12:47 PM CST, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 15, 12:47 PM CST, 23 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1247 PM CST FRI NOV 15 2002

CURRENTLY...AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER THE SOUTH.
A 130 KT JET MAXIMA POISED TO MOVE FROM SOUTHEAST TEXAS EASTWARD
THROUGH LOUISIANA AND SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI...COUPLED WITH A 60 TO 70
KT MID LEVEL JET AND DECENT INSTABILITY. SPC HAS PUT A WATCH FOR THE
EAST AND SOUTH. HAVE ADJUSTED ZONES ACCORDINGLY. WITH THUNDERSTORMS
FOR EARLY TONIGHT FOR THE EAST AND SOUTH.

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

17

Hazardous weather outlook, Nov 15, 11:33 AM CST, 1 hour 37 minutes before

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
161200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1133 AM CST FRI NOV 15 2002

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...
NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS

.DAY ONE...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...MAINLY
ACROSS AREAS EAST OF I-55 THROUGH 5 PM. ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS
WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE SAME TIME FRAME...GENERALLY ALONG
AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKHAVEN TO TAYLORSVILLE TO
MERIDIAN. ANY SEVERE STORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER TO DIME SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60
MPH. ISOLATED TORNADOES CANNOT BE RULED OUT EITHER...MAINLY OVER
EXTREME SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA.

THIS THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS IN RESPONSE TO A COLD FRONT THAT
WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. COLD
TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND A VERY STRONG JET STREAM WILL COMBINE WITH
THE SURFACE COLD FRONT TO PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON.
THIS INTENSIFYING SYSTEM WILL BE EAST OF THE AREA LATER THIS
EVENING PUTTING A END TO OUR THUNDERSTORM CHANCES.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS...MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...
A MUCH COLDER AIRMASS WILL SETTLE OVER THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI
RIVER VALLEY SATURDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. MUCH OF THE
AREA COULD EXPERIENCE A FREEZE SUNDAY AND MONDAY MORNINGS.
TEMPERATURES FROM THE MIDDLE 20S TO LOWER 30S SHOULD BE
EXPECTED...WITH THE COLDEST READINGS ON MONDAY MORNING.

IN ADDITION...COLDER TEMPERATURES AND WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH ON
SATURDAY WILL PRODUCE BLUSTERY CONDITIONS OVER THE ENTIRE WATCH
AREA.

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Simpson

When: November 15, 1:10 PM CST
Where: Simpson County, Magee
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 31.867, -89.733

Hail, Jefferson Davis

When: November 15, 2:46 PM CST
Where: Jefferson Davis County, Bassfield
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 31.500, -89.750

Hail, Jones

When: November 15, 3:28 PM CST
Where: Jones County, 6 mi E of Laurel
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.700, -89.033

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

Every storm in Mississippi in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, November 2002

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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5323001, 5323002, 5323003.