Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 22, 2006

Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, July 22, 2006
Start: 2006-07-22T14:22
End: 2006-07-22T14:25
Location: Mississippi

July 22, 2006 · NWS JAN · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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Tornadoes
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $75,000
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 22, 10:35 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 10:35 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 1:33 PM CST, 49 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:12 AM CST, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 11:56 AM CST, 2 hours 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 12:01 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
101 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

MSZ038-039-221900-
NOXUBEE-WINSTON-
101 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE ACROSS NOXUBEE COUNTY...
PRODUCING INTENSE LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...

AT 1 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A BAND OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR PRAIRIE POINT...TO NEAR MACON...TO NEAR
NOXAPATER. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...INTENSE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...WIND GUSTS TO
45 MPH...AND SMALL HAIL COULD OCCUR WITH THESE STORMS. PEOPLE IN
THESE AREAS SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. FLOODING OF LOW LYING
AND FLOOD PRONE AREAS MAY OCCUR. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH WATER COVERED
ROADWAYS.

AEG

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:29 PM CST, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 1:58 PM CST, 24 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
258 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

MSZ045-046-051-052-222100-
KEMPER-LAUDERDALE-NESHOBA-NEWTON-
258 PM CDT SAT JUL 22 2006

...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL
MISSISSIPPI THIS AFTERNOON...

AT 255 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING FROM NEAR NEWTON...TO NEAR
COLLINSVILLE...TO NEAR MERIDIAN NAS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. THE
STRONGEST OF THE STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH
AND SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE ON THE
LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER...AND MOVE INDOORS IF THUNDER IS
HEARD.

AEG

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:21 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Madison

When: July 22, 2:22 PM CST
Where: Madison County, 3 mi SE of Gluckstadt
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 32.483, -90.050

Penny to nickel sized hail fell near Twin Harbors Subdivision.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: July 22, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Madison County, 4 mi NE of Madison
Measured: 53 kt (61 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $75,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.500, -90.050

Several trees were blown down off Old Canton Road. A few trees were down on power lines and one tree was down on a house.

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, 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: 5520211, 5520212.