Hail, Franklin
- When
- May 14, 4:23 PM CST to 4:28 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, 1 mi E of Meadville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 31.467, -90.883
Flash Flood and Hail in Mississippi, May 14, 2005
3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $390,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 14, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 14, 1:50 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 250 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 .SHORT TERM... CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN RELATIVELY LIMITED ACROSS FORECAST AREA THIS AFTERNOON. FAIR AMOUNT OF SCATTERED SHRA/TSRA DEVELOPED ALONG CONVERGENCE AXIS IN SOUTH CENTRAL/SE MS DURING LATE MORNING/EARLY AFTERNOON...BUT MUCH OF THIS HAS DIMINISHED. OTHER AREA OF FOCUS HAS BEEN ALONG CONVECTIVE BOUNDARY EXTENDING FROM NRN AL ALONG HIGHWAY 82 CORRIDOR BACK INTO SOUTHERN AR. BEST ACTIVITY HAS BEEN NE OF FORECAST AREA...ALTHOUGH GOLDEN TRIANGLE REGION HAS HAD SOME STRONGER STORMS LAST HOUR OR SO. NEW ACTIVITY IS NOW FIRING TO OUR W ACROSS SOUTHERN AR WHERE UPPER TROUGH AND OLD MCV IS INTERACTING WITH BOUNDARY. EXPECT THIS ACTIVITY TO GRADUALLY INCREASE INTO THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS...AND A FEW STRONG/SEVERE STORMS COULD OCCUR IN NORTHERN/WESTERN ZONES THROUGH EARLY EVENING WHERE INSTABILITY AND SHEAR IS GREATEST...ALTHOUGH BOTH PARAMETERS ARE QUITE MARGINAL FOR ANY ORGANIZED SEVERE ACTIVITY. CONVECTION WILL CONTINUE TO SHIFT E/SE ALONG AND AHEAD OF BOUNDARY AND EVENTUALLY COLD FRONT WHICH WILL MOVE SE ACROSS FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. FRONT AND INFLUX OF DRIER AIR BEHIND IT SEEMS TO BE PROGRESSING A BIT QUICKER THAN MODELS SHOW...SO TRENDED TOWARD FASTER GFS AND EVEN A HAIR FASTER THAN THAT FOR TIMING OF PRECIP. WENT WITH LIKELY POPS MOST AREAS AFTER 00Z EXCEPT FAR NW WHERE PRECIP THREAT SHOULD START TAPERING OFF BY MID EVENING. WILL STILL HAVE A LINGERING RISK OF SHRA/TSRA IN THE SE EARLY SUNDAY... OTHERWISE HAVE WENT WITH POPS BELOW THRESHOLD TO MENTION IN TEXT PRODUCTS. MODEL GUIDANCE TEMPERATURES ARE IN VERY GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH SUNDAY AND CAN SEE NO REASON TO DEVIATE...WENT NEAR MAV IN GRIDS. /08/ SUNDAY NIGHT...THE BEGINNING OF ANOTHER DRY SPELL WILL COMMENCE SUNDAY NIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES TO THE GULF COAST AND DRIER AIR FILTERS INTO THE CWA. A FEW MID TO HIGH CLOUDS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO THE WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA OVERNIGHT AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING SHORT WAVE THAT WILL MOVE ACROSS THE REGION MONDAY. THIS SHORTWAVE WILL ROTATE AROUND THE BASE OF THE CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER ALBERTA/QUEBEC THAT WILL LIFT OUT TO THE NE TUESDAY AS UPPER RIDGING MOVES OVER OUR REGION. AT THE SFC HIGH PRESSURE CENTERED OVER THE PLAINS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TENNESSEE AND OHIO VALLEYS AND TO THE EAST COAST BY TUESDAY NIGHT. AS A RESULT A COOL AND DRY NORTH TO NORTHEAST FLOW WILL HELP KEEP BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION ALTHOUGH TEMPERATURES WILL WARM THROUGH THE PERIOD. /22/ .LONG TERM...WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCES CONTINUE TODAY WITH THE POSITION AND STRENGTH OF A COLD FRONT THAT WILL DROP DOWN INTO THE REGION THURSDAY AND THE RAIN POTENTIAL INTO THE WEEKEND. HAVE LEANED TOWARD GFS ENSEMBLES WHICH REAMPLIFY AN UPPER TROUGH OVER THE NE CONUS WITH RIDGING IN THE WEST. THIS SHOULD PROVIDE NW FLOW ALOFT OVER OUR REGION AND GRADUALLY MOVE THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY INTO OUR CWA THURSDAY AND SOUTH OF OUR AREA FRIDAY. THE ECMWF DEVELOPS AN ANOMALOUS CLOSED LOW WITH A SFC LOW OVER EAST TX FRIDAY AND TRACKS THE LOWS ACROSS MISSISSIPPI FRIDAY NIGHT. THUS A WET SCENARIO. THE 12Z RUN OF THE OPERATIONAL GFS CLOSES AN UPPER LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY FRIDAY AND DROPS IT SOUTH ACROSS VIRGINIA AND OFF THE CAROLINA COAST SATURDAY. BEING ON THE BACK SIDE OF THIS SYSTEM WOULD RESULT IN DRY WEATHER FOR OUR CWA. SO...WL CARRY POPS THURSDAY AS THE FRONT MOVES INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE CWA AND GO DRY FOR NOW FRIDAY AND SATURDAY UNTIL LATER MODEL RUNS CONVERGE AND SHED LIGHT ON THE TRUTH. /22/ && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... JACKSON 62 79 52 80 / 60 10 10 10 MERIDIAN 61 78 50 78 / 70 20 10 10 && .JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MS...NONE. LA...NONE. AR...NONE. && 08/22
Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 1:31 PM CST, 2 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 231 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074- 151931- ADAMS-ASHLEY-ATTALA-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CATAHOULA-CHICOT-CHOCTAW- CLAIBORNE-CLARKE-CLAY-CONCORDIA-COPIAH-COVINGTON-EAST CARROLL- FORREST-FRANKLIN LA-FRANKLIN MS-GRENADA-HINDS-HOLMES-HUMPHREYS- ISSAQUENA-JASPER-JEFFERSON-JEFFERSON DAVIS-JONES-KEMPER-LAMAR- LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEAKE-LEFLORE-LINCOLN-LOWNDES-MADISON LA- MADISON MS-MARION-MONTGOMERY-MOREHOUSE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-NOXUBEE- OKTIBBEHA-RANKIN-RICHLAND-SCOTT-SHARKEY-SIMPSON-SMITH-SUNFLOWER- TENSAS-WARREN-WASHINGTON-WEBSTER-WEST CARROLL-WINSTON-YAZOO- 231 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI... NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SUNDAY... ...THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE AREA TONIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH THE REGION. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...AND NORTHEAST LOUISIANA. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS THE REGION HAS BECOME QUITE UNSTABLE. AS A COLD FRONT AND UPPER LEVEL AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVE ACROSS THE REGION TONIGHT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. ENOUGH INSTABILITY IS IN PLACE THAT A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG OR SEVERE...PRODUCING HAIL UP TO QUARTER SIZE...GUSTY WINDS UP TO 60 MPH AND DOWNPOURS OF HEAVY RAIN. THE BEST CHANCE FOR ANY ISOLATED SEVERE STORM ACTIVITY WILL BE INTO THE EVENING HOURS ACROSS SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...NORTHEAST LOUISIANA...AND NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI. THIS IS WHERE THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MOST UNSTABLE AND WINDS ALOFT IN THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE MARGINALLY STRONG ENOUGH TO SUPPORT SOME STORM ORGANIZATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTER GROUPS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS...IS NOT ANTICIPATED THROUGH NEXT SATURDAY. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT WWW.SRH.NOAA.GOV/JAN. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 14, 2:40 PM CST, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 340 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ARZ074-075-MSZ018-019-025>028-034-142300- ASHLEY-BOLIVAR-CARROLL-CHICOT-GRENADA-LEFLORE-MONTGOMERY-SUNFLOWER- WASHINGTON- 340 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE DELTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 333 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG AND ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. AT THIS RATE...ONE OF THE STRONGER STORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE CLEVELAND MISSISSIPPI AREA AROUND 6 PM. CONDITIONS ARE BECOMING MORE FAVORABLE FOR THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS FROM ASHLEY COUNTY ARKANSAS TO GRENADA COUNTY MISSISSIPPI. PEA TO MARBLE SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS OF 30 TO 50 MPH WILL BE COMMON WITH THESE STORMS. HOWEVER...ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WITH DAMAGING WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH AND HAIL TO QUARTER SIZE ARE POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CRAVEN
Local storm report, May 14, 4:02 PM CST, 21 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
502 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0501 PM HAIL NATCHEZ 31.55N 91.39W
05/14/2005 0.25 INCH ADAMS MS EMERGENCY MNGR
IN THE CITY OF NATCHEZ.
&&
BYRDSpecial weather statement, May 14, 4:05 PM CST, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 505 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 MSZ033-142300- OKTIBBEHA- 505 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE IN THE DELTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON... AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF STARKVILLE... MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AREA BY 525 PM CDT. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CRAVEN
Special weather statement, May 14, 4:07 PM CST, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED HEADLINE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS 507 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 MSZ033-142300- OKTIBBEHA- 507 PM CDT SAT MAY 14 2005 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR STARKVILLE... AT 500 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A DEVELOPING STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF STARKVILLE... MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE INTO THE MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY AREA BY 525 PM CDT. FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...PEA SIZED HAIL AND WIND GUSTS AROUND 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR FAVORITE RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. CRAVEN
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Leflore
- When
- May 14, 5:25 PM CST to 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County, 2 mi S of Itta Bena
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.467, -90.333
Nickel to quarter size hail fell around Itta Bena.
Flash Flood, Copiah
- When
- May 14, 5:30 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County, Wesson
- Property damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 31.700, -90.400
Locally heavy rainfall caused several homes to flood on Southern Street.
Thunderstorm Wind, Leflore
- When
- May 14, 5:35 PM CST to 5:42 PM CST
- Where
- Leflore County, 2 mi SW of Itta Bena
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $80,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 33.483, -90.350
Shingles were blown off a couple of homes and a few storage sheds were destroyed. Additionally, a few power lines were blown down and a tree fell on a vehicle in the city of Itta Bena.
Hail, Oktibbeha
- When
- May 14, 6:05 PM CST to 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Oktibbeha County, 2 mi SE of Maben
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.533, -89.067
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 14, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 14, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 14, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, May 14, 2005
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, May 2005
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: 5451351, 5451353, 5451355, 5451354, 5451352.