Hail, Stone
- When
- April 29, 2:35 PM CST to 2:37 PM CST
- Where
- Stone County, Wiggins
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.850, -89.133
Hail in Mississippi, April 29, 2004
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
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 Apr 29, 9:40 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 9:40 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...COR TO TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1040 AM CDT THU APR 29 2004 .SHORT TERM...BASED UPON REPORTS IN ADDITION TO BUOYS AND C-MANS...WILL GO WITH A SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY OVER THE COASTAL WATERS. && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY GMZ630-650-670. FL...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY TODAY GMZ655-675. MS...NONE. && 29
Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 29, 4:00 AM CST, 10 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 500 AM CDT THU APR 29 2004 ALZ052-053-055-056-059>064-FLZ001>005-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-291800- CLARKE AL-COASTAL ESCAMBIA FL-COASTAL SANTA ROSA FL-CONECUH AL- COVINGTON AL-ESCAMBIA AL-GEORGE MS-GREENE MS-INLAND ESCAMBIA FL- INLAND OKALOOSA FL-INLAND SANTA ROSA FL-LOWER BALDWIN AL- LOWER MOBILE AL-MONROE AL-PERRY MS-STONE MS-UPPER BALDWIN AL- UPPER MOBILE AL-WASHINGTON AL-WAYNE MS- 500 AM CDT THU APR 29 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHWEST ALABAMA...SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE EXTREME WESTERN PORTION OF THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MODERATE TO STRONG ONSHORE WIND FLOW WILL RESULT IN A MODERATE RISK OF RIP CURRENTS ALONG THE BEACHES OF ALABAMA AND THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE TODAY. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY THIS AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY OVER WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT NO HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE FORECAST THROUGH MOST OF THE UPCOMING WEEKEND...WITH THE HIGHEST RAIN CHANCES COMING LATE SATURDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BE THE DOMINANT WEATHER FEATURE DURING THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. NO HAZARDOUS OR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 29, 1:05 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 205 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 ALZ052-MSZ076-292000- WASHINGTON-GREENE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CHATOM AND LEAKESVILLE... 205 PM CDT THU APR 29 2004 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS BEING DETECTED OVER GREENE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI... AT 205 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LEAKESVILLE...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... JONATHAN...LEAKESVILLE...PISGAH AND ROUNSAVILLE THROUGH 300 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THIS STORM ARE BRIEF...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. BRIEF WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE LIKELY. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM 1 TO 2 INCHES IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME IS ALSO POSSIBLE ALONG THE PATH OF THIS STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL CAN PRODUCE RAPID WATER RISES IN POOR DRANAGE AREAS AND UNDERPASSES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADS.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 87 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Arkansas, April 29, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Florida, April 29 to 30, 2004
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, April 29, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, April 29, 2004
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 29, 2004
- Hail in New York, April 29, 2004
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 29, 2004
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 29, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 29, 2004
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, April 29, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 29, 2004
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 29 to 30, 2004
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 2004
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: 5391000.