Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 7, 2006

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 7, 2006
Start: 2006-04-07T17:12
End: 2006-04-07T17:36
Location: Mississippi

April 7, 2006 · NWS JAN · 3 events in 1 county or zone

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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5.0 million
Crop damage: $500,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS JAN wrote it up.

A swath of very large destructive hail fell across all of central Carroll County as a supercell thunderstorm tracked east-northeast across the area. This was actually the second supercell storm to move across this same area. This supercell was long lived and began along the Mississippi River in southwestern Washington County. This storm can be referenced back in other counties as supercell three, but was actually the second supercell to effect Carroll County.The destructive hail storm produced a swath of quarter to golf ball to even baseball sized hail as it tracked across Carroll County. The storm moved into Carroll County near the Greenwood-Leflore County Airport and Highway 82. Here hail to the size of golf balls to baseballs damaged vehicles, buildings and the Automated Surface Observing System (ASOS). Damaging winds blew out several hanger doors around the airport. The storm continued to the east-northeast toward Carrollton. Hundreds of homes and other buildings suffered significant roof damage and broken windows. Many more vehicles were damaged as well with dents and broken windshields. The storm continued to produce the very large hail as it moved toward the Duck Hill area and out of Carroll County.

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 Apr 7, 3:25 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 3:25 PM CST, 1 hour 47 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
425 PM CDT FRI APR 7 2006

.DISCUSSION...
NO NEED FOR CHANGES TO THE SHORT TERM...THE FORECAST IS ON TRACK.
THE MODELS HAVE SOME SUBTLE DIFFERENCES...BUT OVERALL STILL LOOKS
LIKE THE UPPER LOW WILL CONTINUE TO DIG SOUTH. STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS
CONTINUE TO BRING MOISTURE INTO THE REGION...DEWPOINTS ACTUALLY
CLIMBED INTO THE MID AND UPPER 70S. RUC ANALYSIS SHOWS 3 HOUR
PRESSURE FALLS FROM 3-4MB ACROSS THE AREA AND SURFACE LI VALUES WERE
FROM 6-7C FROM JAN TO GLH...IN THE AREA WHERE STORMS HAVE DEVELOPED.
THE BEST MOISTURE WAS ALSO IN THE SAME GENERAL AREA. SUPERCELLS HAVE
STARTED TO DEVELOP...MAINLY OVER THE DELTA...WHERE THEY WERE EXPECTED
TO DEVELOP INITIALLY. TRAINING STORMS MAY BRING THE FLASH FLOOD
PROBLEMS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT ALSO. THE CAP CONTINUES TO ERODE...SO THE
ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE QUICKLY TO THE SOUTH AND EAST. THE LATEST SOUNDING
SHOWS STEEP LAPSE RATES...A 45KT LLJ AND AT LEAST 45KTS OF SHEAR.
HOWEVER MODEL SOUNDINGS MAINTAIN A CAP OVER THE SOUTHEAST UNTIL 3Z.
SO EXPECTING THE AXIS TO SHIFT SOUTHEAST INTO THE CENTRAL PORTIONS
OF THE CWA BY 6PM AND INTO THE EASTERN ZONES AROUND 8-9 PM. WITH
STORMS DEVELOPING LATER THAN EXPECTED...NOT SURE ACTIVITY WILL END
SHORTLY AFTER MIDNIGHT. HELD STORMS THROUGH MIDNIGHT FOR THE CENTRAL
AND EAST AND A FEW SHOWERS THROUGH THE MORNING FOR THE EAST.
BASICALLY THE FORECAST HAS HANDLED THIS SYSTEM WELL FOR THE LAST FEW
DAYS...SO NEED FOR ADJUSTMENTS.

NO MAJOR CHANGES MADE TO THE GOING LONG TERM FORECAST.

LONG TERM MODELS AND ENSEMBLE SOLUTIONS REMAIN IN DECENT AGREEMENT
THAT THE ARKLAMISS REGION WILL GENERALLY BE AWAY FROM THE FIRING
LINES OF UPPER JET ENERGY THROUGH NEXT FRIDAY. THAT SAID...A FAST
MOVING DISTURBANCE WILL TRY TO MAKE HEADWAY INTO THE TOP END OF AN
UPPER RIDGE PROTECTING THE AREA BY WEDNESDAY. THIS FEATURE...IN
COMBINATION WITH A LITTLE MOISTURE TRYING TO SNEAK IN FROM THE
ARKLATEX...MAY BE ENOUGH TO GET SOME CONVECTION GOING (ESPECIALLY UP
NORTH). THE UPPER RIDGE MAY REMAIN A LITTLE DIRTY THROUGH THE
REMAINDER OF NEXT WEEK IN THE WAKE OF THIS INITIAL DISTURBANCE...AND
WILL THEREFORE KEEP THE LOW AND SPORADIC POPS THE 00Z MEX
ADVERTISED.

OTHERWISE...EXPECT GENERALLY PARTLY CLOUDY (TO SOMETIMES MOSTLY
CLEAR) SKIES THROUGH THE BULK OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD. TEMPERATURES
WILL TEND A HAIR BELOW NORMAL THE FIRST PART OF NEXT WEEK WITH
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE IN CONTROL...BUT EXPECT A MODERATION UP TO
NORMAL LEVELS (HIGHS NEAR 80/LOWS NEAR 60) DURING THE LATTER HALF OF
THE PERIOD. REMAINED ALMOST RIGHT WITH 00Z MEX FOR ALL TEMPS. /BB/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       62  70  43  71 /  85   7   0   0
MERIDIAN      63  74  41  74 / 100  19   0   0
VICKSBURG     61  69  44  71 /  60   5   0   0
HATTIESBURG   67  75  44  75 /  60  13   0   0
NATCHEZ       61  70  44  71 /  48   4   0   0
GREENVILLE    59  65  40  68 /  71   5   0   0
GREENWOOD     60  65  40  70 /  85   9   0   0

&&

.JAN WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MS...NONE.
LA...NONE.
AR...NONE.
&&

07/50

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 2:34 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
334 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
082034-
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-
334 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
A FEW DISTURBANCES MOVING ACROSS THE REGION HAVE SET THE STAGE
FOR A SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK THROUGH TONIGHT. THE MAIN CONCERNS
WILL BE VERY LARGE HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE WINDS AND TORNADOES. SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK
AREA...HOWEVER LOCATIONS ALONG A LINE FROM RAYVILLE
LOUISIANA...TO YAZOO CITY TO GOLDEN TRIANGLE ARE IN A MORE
FAVORABLE POSITION FOR TORNADO DEVELOPMENT LATE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING JUST WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA...AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM AND
COLD FRONT. AN AXIS OF MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY HAS SETTLED TO
THE NORTH AND WEST AND WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON. SUPERCELLS WILL DEVELOP AND TRACK
EAST AND NORTHEAST THROUGH THE REGION. BASEBALL OR LARGER
HAIL...DESTRUCTIVE LONG TRACK TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL
BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY STORM.

AS THE STORM SYSTEM BARRELS THROUGH THE CENTRAL STATES...THE
ENVIRONMENT WILL BECOME MORE FAVORABLE FOR THE EASTERN PORTIONS
OF THE AREA. THE GREATEST RISK FOR TORNADOES WILL SHIFT TO AREAS
EAST OF INTERSTATE 55 AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 20. IN ADDITION TO
LONG TRACK TORNADOES...LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL REMAIN
A CONCERN.

LATER THIS EVENING...A LINE OF STORMS WILL LIKELY DEVELOP ALONG
AND AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. AS THE LINE OF STORMS SWINGS THROUGH
CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI...MORE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

EVERYONE IS STRONGLY ENCOURAGED TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS
AND STATEMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS AND LIFE THREATENING
WEATHER SITUATION.

...FLOODING...
THERE IS A RISK OF FLASH FLOODING AND HEAVY RAIN THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. PLENTY OF MOISTURE IS FLOW INTO THE
REGION. ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL IN SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. IN
ADDITION...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS
MAY LEAD TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS AND OTHER LOW LYING
AREAS. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE FOR THE ENTIRE
AREA...HOWEVER STORMS TRACKING ACROSS THE SAME AREAS IS MORE
LIKELY FOR NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER CALL TO ACTION STATEMENT...
THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...HAM RADIO OPERATORS...AND
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL...IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER
OPERATIONS WILL BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 7, 4:19 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
519 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0511 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 N CARROLLTON          33.52N 89.92W
04/07/2006                   CARROLL            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED JUST NORTH OF CARROLLTON.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 4:26 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
526 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     CLEVELAND               33.74N 90.73W
04/07/2006                   BOLIVAR            MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SEVERAL POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN. TREE ON CAR. BLOWN
            TRANSFOMERS, WINDOWS BLOWN OUT AND TWO ROOFS DAMAGED.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 4:35 PM CST, 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
535 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0442 PM     HAIL             5 N DREW                33.88N 90.53W
04/07/2006  E1.75 INCH       SUNFLOWER          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0442 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N DREW                33.88N 90.53W
04/07/2006                   SUNFLOWER          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EXTENSIVE WIND DAMAGE AND NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 4:41 PM CST, 31 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
541 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0530 PM     HAIL             3 S GRENADA             33.73N 89.81W
04/07/2006  M1.25 INCH       GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0530 PM     HAIL             3 S GRENADA             33.73N 89.81W
04/07/2006  M1.25 INCH       GRENADA            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 4:57 PM CST, 15 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
557 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0549 PM     TORNADO          7 SE MOORHEAD           33.38N 90.42W
04/07/2006                   LEFLORE            MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TRAINED SPOTTERS SAW LARGE TORNADO ON GROUND 7 MILES SE
            OF MOORHEAD

0454 PM     HAIL             GREENWOOD               33.52N 90.19W
04/07/2006  E0.50 INCH       LEFLORE            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            HALF INCH HAIL AT GREENWOOD FLIGHT SERVICES

0430 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S LAKE VILLAGE        33.28N 91.28W
04/07/2006                   CHICOT             AR   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PORCH BLOWN OFF OF TRAILER AND PORTABLE SHED AND LAWN
            MOWER BLOWN OUT OF YARD.

&&

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Local storm report, Apr 7, 5:07 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
607 PM CDT FRI APR 07 2006

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0601 PM     TORNADO          MORGAN CITY             33.38N 90.35W
04/07/2006                   LEFLORE            MS   BROADCAST MEDIA

            TORNADO ON THE GROUND, POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN

&&

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The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:11 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Carroll

When: April 7, 5:12 PM CST to 5:36 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, 11 mi W of Carrollton
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $5.0 million
Crop damage: $500,000
Reported by: BROADCAST MEDIA
Coordinates: 33.500, -90.100

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: April 7, 5:15 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, 11 mi W of Carrollton
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 33.500, -90.100

Hanger doors blown out and windows broken.

Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll

When: April 7, 5:25 PM CST
Where: Carroll County, 2 mi SSE of Carrollton
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 33.467, -89.900

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

Every storm in Mississippi in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, April 2006

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: 5499552, 5499554, 5499553.