Hail, Lee
- When
- March 30, 11:40 AM CST to 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Tupelo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $20
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.267, -88.717
Hail in Mississippi, March 30, 2004
3 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
- $60
- 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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 30, 9:59 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Mar 30, 9:59 AM CST, 1 hour 41 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 959 AM CST TUE MAR 30 2004 .DISCUSSION... SATELLITE INDICATES SOME SCATTERED CLOUDS OVER THE REGION THIS MORNING. RADAR CURRENTLY SHOWS SOME SHOWERS TO OUR SOUTH. WILL LOWER POPS FOR TODAY DOWN TO 20 IN OUR WESTERN ZONES AND 30 IN OUR EASTERN ZONES. TEMPERATURES ALREADY CLOSE TO FORECAST LEVELS SO HAVE RAISED THEM A LITTLE AS WELL. && .MEG...WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MS...NONE. MO...NONE. TN...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 30, 4:05 AM CST, 7 hours 35 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 405 AM CST TUE MAR 30 2004 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115-MSZ001>017- 020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-301200- ALCORN-BENTON-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DECATUR-DESOTO-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE(AR)-LEE(MS)-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT-PHILLIPS- POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY-ST. FRANCIS- TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-WEAKLEY- YALOBUSHA- 405 AM CST TUE MAR 30 2004 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...WEST TENNESSEE AND THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE MID SOUTH TODAY AND IN EASTERN PORTIONS THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND OTHER LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER DETAILS OR UPDATES. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION... CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/MEG.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Itawamba
- When
- March 30, 11:55 AM CST to 12:10 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County, Fulton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $30
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 34.267, -88.417
Hail, Itawamba
- When
- March 30, 12:50 PM CST to 12:55 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County, Fulton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Reported by
- UTILITY COMPANY
- Coordinates
- 34.267, -88.417
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
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- Blizzard in Alaska, March 30, 2004
- Dust Storm in Oregon, March 30, 2004
- Hail in Kentucky, March 30, 2004
- Hail in South Carolina, March 30, 2004
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, March 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: 5390119, 5390120, 5390121.