Hail in Mississippi, July 19, 2006

Name: Hail in Mississippi, July 19, 2006
Start: 2006-07-19T13:46
End: 2006-07-19T13:46
Location: Mississippi

July 19, 2006 · NWS JAN · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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
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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 Jackson, MS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 19, 9:05 AM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 9:05 AM CST, 4 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 19, 8:01 AM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 19, 8:51 AM CST, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 10:59 AM CST, 2 hours 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
1159 AM CDT WED JUL 19 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.

0210 PM     HAIL             2 W PRESTON             32.88N 88.86W
07/18/2006  E0.75 INCH       KEMPER             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ESTIMATED DIME TO PENNY SIZED HAIL 2 MILES WEST OF
            PRESTON, MS.

0540 PM     HAIL             5 ENE BOGUE CHITTO      31.46N 90.37W
07/18/2006  E1.75 INCH       LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY BROOKHAVEN CD IN THE
            ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY.

0540 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 ENE BOGUE CHITTO      31.45N 90.39W
07/18/2006                   LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TREES DOWN ON POWER LINES AND BLOCKING A FEW ROADS JUST
            OUTSIDE OF BOGUE CHITTO.

0545 PM     TSTM WND DMG     2 W FLORENCE            32.15N 90.16W
07/18/2006                   RANKIN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

0545 PM     HAIL             2 W FLORENCE            32.15N 90.16W
07/18/2006  E0.75 INCH       RANKIN             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0545 PM     HAIL             4 NE FLORENCE           32.20N 90.08W
07/18/2006  M1.00 INCH       RANKIN             MS   NWS EMPLOYEE

0613 PM     HAIL             5 ENE BROOKHAVEN        31.61N 90.37W
07/18/2006  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL ON NOLAH
            ROAD

0617 PM     HAIL             10 NE BROOKHAVEN        31.69N 90.32W
07/18/2006  E0.88 INCH       LINCOLN            MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED NICKEL SIZED HAIL AT LAKE
            LINCOLN STATE PARK

0620 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 N COLLINS             31.68N 89.56W
07/18/2006                   COVINGTON          MS   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            A COUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     5 N BROOKHAVEN          31.66N 90.45W
07/18/2006                   LINCOLN            MS   UNKNOWN

            NUMEROUS TREES DOWN ALONG I 55 BETWEEN BROOKHAVEN AND
            WESSON.

0640 PM     TSTM WND DMG     OMA                     31.73N 90.14W
07/18/2006                   LAWRENCE           MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ACOUPLE OF TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN.

0650 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 E CRYSTAL SPRINGS     31.99N 90.29W
07/18/2006                   COPIAH             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            SEVERAL TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN

0830 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 SE COLUMBUS           33.47N 88.37W
07/18/2006                   LOWNDES            MS   UTILITY COMPANY

            TWO TREES...SEVERAL LARGE LIMBS AND A POWER LINE WAS
            BLOWN DOWN JUST OUTSIDE OF COLUMBUS.

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CME

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 1:45 PM CST, 1 minute before

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The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:47 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lincoln

When: July 19, 1:46 PM CST
Where: Lincoln County, 9 mi W of Brookhaven
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 31.583, -90.600

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

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: 5524960.