Hail, Perry
- When
- February 23, 11:43 AM CST to 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Perry County, Richton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -88.950
Hail in Mississippi, February 23, 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 Feb 23, 11:03 AM CST, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Feb 23, 11:03 AM CST, 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1100 AM CST MON 23 FEB 2004 .SHORT TERM...ACTIVE WEATHER THIS AM...WITH RADAR RAINFALL ESTIMATES INDICATING THAT 2 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF THE INTERIOR OF SOUTHWEST ALABAMA AND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. HAVE OPTED TO POST A FLOOD WATCH FOR FLASH FLOODING AS...DUE TO SATURATED GROUND...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL SUGGESTS A FLOODING POTENTIAL OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES ESPECIALLY IN AREAS PRONE TO POOR DRAINAGE AND OTHER LOW LYING AREAS FOR THE WESTERN HALF OF WARNING AREA. WITH WARM FRONT...POSITIONED JUST SOUTH OF THE COAST...WE ARE SEEING QUITE A THERMAL GRADIENT...WITH MOST OF THE AREA IN THE COOL SECTOR. WILL UPDATE TEMPERATURES TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS AS EXPECT LITTLE NORTHWARD MOTION OF WARM FRONT FOR THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A LARGE COVERAGE OF RAINS (MODERATE TO HEAVY) AND EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN ELEVATED AND LOOK TO REMAIN SO THROUGH THE COURSE OF THE DAY. WITH THE AREA FAIRLY STABLE...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL IS LOW. /10 .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM ALZ051>055-061>064. FL...NONE. MS...FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH 6 PM MSZ067-075-076-078-079. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 23, 6:00 AM CST, 5 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 600 AM CST MON FEB 23 2004 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-MSZ067-075-076-078-079-231815- BALDWIN COASTAL-BALDWIN INLAND-BUTLER-CHOCTAW-CLARKE-CONECUH- COVINGTON-CRENSHAW-ESCAMBIA-ESCAMBIA COASTAL-ESCAMBIA INLAND-GEORGE- GREENE-MOBILE COASTAL-MOBILE INLAND-MONROE-OKALOOSA COASTAL- OKALOOSA INLAND-PERRY-SANTA ROSA COASTAL-SANTA ROSA INLAND-STONE- WASHINGTON-WAYNE-WILCOX- 600 AM CST MON FEB 23 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) AREAS OF RAIN AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL SPREAD FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. A FEW SPOTS MAY RECEIVE UP TO AN INCH OR MORE OF RAIN...ESPECIALLY THIS MORNING OVER INLAND SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI AND THE ADJACENT ALABAMA COUNTIES. THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN WOULD LIKELY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND HIGHWAYS. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW TODAY. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS SHOULD NOT BE NECESSARY THROUGH TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...(TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY) AN AREA OF SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE TOWARD THE MIDDLE GULF COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON...PUSHING A WARM FRONT NORTHWARD. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AS THE FRONT APPROACHES THE COAST TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. SOME SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE COASTAL COUNTIES OF ALABAMA AND THE WEST FLORIDA PANHANDLE LATER TUESDAY AS THE WARM FRONT MOVES ONSHORE...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...SOME LOCATIONS MAY SEE AN ADDITIONAL 2 INCHES OR MORE. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY SEND SOME AREA RIVERS BACK ABOVE FLOOD STAGE LATER IN THE WEEK. ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGERS MAY BE NEEDED TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:43 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
- Damaging Wind in Florida, February 23, 2004
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, February 23, 2004
- Winter Storm in New Mexico, February 23 to 24, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 23, 2004
- Hail in Texas, February 23, 2004
- Hail in Texas, February 23 to 24, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, February 23, 2004
- Heavy Snow in Texas, February 23 to 24, 2004
- Winter Weather in Colorado, February 23 to 24, 2004
- Heavy Rain in Arizona, February 23, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, February 23, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Wind in Gulf of Mexico, February 23, 2004
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, February 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: 5385275.