Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 18, 2006
Start: 2006-07-18T13:10
End: 2006-07-18T13:15
Location: Mississippi

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
Tropical storms and surge
Floods
Wind
Hail
Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 2

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 Jul 18, 9:55 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 9:55 AM CST, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 9:28 AM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 18, 1:00 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
200 PM CDT TUE JUL 18 2006

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

0150 PM     LIGHTNING        4 WSW RAYMOND           32.24N 90.49W
07/18/2006                   HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A CHURCH AND CAUGHT IT ON FIRE. CHURCH
            IS LOCATED AT THE INTERSECTION OF DUPREE ROAD AND OLD
            PORT GIBSON ROAD.

0150 PM     HAIL             4 WSW RAYMOND           32.24N 90.49W
07/18/2006  E0.75 INCH       HINDS              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            PENNY SIZED HAIL ESTIMATED AT INTERSECTION OF DUPREE ROAD
            AND OLD PORT GIBSON ROAD 4 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF
            RAYMOND, MS.

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The radar

The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:09 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Kemper

When: July 18, 1:10 PM CST to 1:15 PM CST
Where: Kemper County, 2 mi W of Preston
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.883, -88.867

Thunderstorm Wind, Kemper

When: July 18, 1:13 PM CST
Where: Kemper County, 2 mi W of Preston
Measured: 55 kt (63 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.883, -88.867

A few trees were blown down along with some homes sustaining roof damage from blown off shingles.

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

More

Every storm in Mississippi in 2006 Every state in 2006 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, July 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5519952, 5519953.