Hail in Mississippi, May 9, 2006

Name: Hail in Mississippi, May 9, 2006
Start: 2006-05-09T16:35
End: 2006-05-09T18:16
Location: Mississippi

May 9, 2006 · NWS JAN · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $200,000
Crop damage: None recorded
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 supercell thunderstorm developed over eastern Rankin County and intensified along the Rankin/Scott County line. The storm began producing penny to quarter sized hail across southwest Scott County as its movement change and the storm headed southeast into northern Smith County. The supercell continued to intensify as it tracked southeast across Smith county and produced a swath of penny to half dollar sized hail between Trenton and Raleigh. As the storm moved southeast of Raleigh, it reached its peak intensity and produced a swath of golf ball to baseball sized hail around the Center Ridge Community. Here, windshields were broken, vehicles, roofs and mobile homes were damaged by the large hail. The storm continued toward the Taylorsville area and passed just to the east. The storm weakened a bit and produced smaller hail, mainly between penny and walnut size. The storm continued into Jasper and Jones Counties before dissipating.

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 9, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:45 PM CST, 1 hour 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
345 PM CDT TUE MAY 9 2006

.DISCUSSION...LOTS OF ACTIVITY CURRENTLY GOING ON ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MS THIS AFTERNOON. S/W MOVING OVER THE AREA HAS ACTIVATED
THE WARM FRONT AND STORMS HAVE FIRE ALONG AND TO THE NORTH OF THE
SFC BOUNDARY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE ASCENT SHOWS UP WELL ON RADAR
AND VIS SAT IMAGERY AS ALL CONVECTION IS FOCUSED GENERALLY ALONG AND
EAST OF I-55. TIME TRENDS ON THIS JUST ABOUT GETS IT OUT OF THE
EASTERN CWA BY 6 PM. HOWEVER...DUE TO THE LIKELY HOOD OF THE
ACTIVITY BEGIN STILL JUST IN THE CWA BY 6 PM...WILL CONTINUE WITH
SCT POPS FOR THE EAST THROUGH 01-02Z THEN DRY THINGS UP. INSTABILITY
STILL REMAINS GOOD AND ISO SVR WILL BE POSSIBLE BETWEEN NOW AND 6PM.

OVERNIGHT...THINGS BECOME MUCH MORE COMPLICATED AS WE FOCUS ON THE
BOUNDARY TO OUR NORTH AND THE APPROACHING MORE POTENT SYSTEM THE
EVENING WILL BE QUIET WITH ONLY SOME CU LINGERING AROUND. THE ACTION
WILL LIKELY GET GOING OUT TO OUR WEST LATER THIS EVENING AND
STEADILY EVOLVE. IM EXPECTING THINGS TO STAY OUT OF THE CWA MOST OF
THE NIGHT...BUT AS THE SYSTEM EVOLVES...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY (COLD
POOL) WILL GET GOING AND SPREAD OUR WAY AND ENTER THE DELTA AROUND
10-12Z. HOW THIS EVOLVES DURING THE EARLY/MID MORNING WILL HAVE HUGE
IMPLICATIONS ON HOW SVR THE WX GET ON WED. IF FEEL NO MATTER
WHAT...JUST ABOUT ALL OF THE CWA WILL SEE RAIN AND STORMS...ITS JUST
ABOUT IF/AND HOW BAD THE SVR WX WILL BE. IN SHORT...THE MAIN FAILURE
MODE FOR SVR STORMS WILL BE THE EARLY MORNING OUTFLOW AND ITS
STABILIZING EFFECTS. IF THIS FEATURE DOESNT MAKE IT INTO THE CWA OR
DOESNT MAKE REAL FAR INTO THE CWA...THEN SFC HEATING WILL BE HIGH
AND AVAILABLE INSTABILITY WILL BE REAL HIGH AT THIS TIME...I THINK
THE NW (DELTA) WILL BE EFFECTED BY SOME BOUNDARY AND THERE SVR
POTENTIAL WILL BE REDUCED. ODDS ARE AREAS ALONG AND SE OF THE TRACE
WILL HAVE THE GREATEST INSTABILITY DUE TO FACT THAT THEY HAVE THE
GREATEST POTENTIAL TO NOT BE EFFECTED BY ANY BOUNDARY. THERE WILL BE
VERY STEEP LAPSE RATES IN PLACE (29-31 VERTICAL TOTALS)...2500-3500
MLCAPE ALONG WITH 40-45 KTS OF 0-6KM SHEAR. ALL THIS SPELLS SVR
STORMS. THE VERY MOIST SFC CONDITIONS ARE CURRENTLY GETTING
ESTABLISHED OVER THE CWA WITH 70-73 SFC DEWPTS BEHIND THE CURRENT
CONVECTION. THIS WILL ALL BE IN PLACE AS THE STRONG FRONT AND UPPER
TROUGH MOVE THROUGH. DUE TO ALL THIS...I HAVE HIT POPS HARD ON WED.
THE DELTA WILL LIKELY SEE PRECIP EARLY...POSSIBLY GET A BREAK AND
THEN SEE MORE WITH THE ACTUAL FRONT BY LATE AFTERNOON. SAME GOES
FOR THE REST OF THE CWA...THE STRONG SVR ACTIVITY WILL BE FIRST AND
THEN POSSIBLE ANOTHER BRIEF SHOT WITH THE FROPA.

WILL BASICALLY FOLLOW GUIDANCE FOR POPS WED NIGHT EXCEPT FOR GOING
HIGHER IN THE SE WHERE FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH DURING THE EVENING.
MUCH COOLER TEMPS WILL MOVE IN AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH LOWER 50S TO
LOWER 60S AREA WIDE. SUMMER IS NOT HERE YET   /CME/

LONG TERM(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
THERE WILL BE SOME QUICK DRYING BEHIND THE MIDWEEK SYSTEM AS
PRECIPITABLE WATER GOES QUICKLY DOWN TO LESS THAN 0.25 INCH. BY THIS
TIME THE UPPER TROUGH WILL BE CENTERED OVER THE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY.
SURFACE HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD OVER THE REGION FOR THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY AS THE UPPER TROUGH SWINGS TOWARD THE EASTERN SEABOARD ON
FRIDAY.

FOR THE WEEKEND HERE IS WHERE WE COME INTO A VARIETY OF SOLUTIONS
AS TO THE TRACK OF THE CLOSED LOW.  THE 06 ZGFS/DGEX BRINGS IT DOWN
THROUGH THE LOWER MISSISSIPPI/TENNESSEE VALLEY...WHILE THE EUROPEAN
KEEPS THE CLOSED LOW OVER THE OHIO VALLEY WITH THE TROUGH AXIS OVER
THE REGION. FORTUNATELY ON THE 12Z RUN THE GFS KEPT IT NORTHEAST OF
THE REGION ROTATING CLOSED LOW AROUND THE CENTRAL APPALACHIANS. SO
WILL GO WITH THIS SOLUTION.

THE GFS BRINGS A DISTURBANCE ACROSS THE REGION IN NORTHWEST FLOW
FOR SOME CONVECTION FOR LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. THIS WILL BE
ASSOCIATED WITH A COLD FRONT.

MODELS ARE SHOWING A REX BLOCK OVER THE ROCKIES...WHICH WILL KEEP
GOOD NORTHWEST FLOW OVER THE REGION. SHORTWAVES IN THIS REGIME
CREATES GREATER UNCERTAINTY AND LESS CONFIDENCE IN THE FORECAST
BEYOND MONDAY AS THESE SETUPS CAN LEAD TO SEWD-MOVING HAILSTORMS
THIS TIME OF YEAR. BEING UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW FOR THE WEEKEND WILL
KEEP LOW TO SCATTERED POPS FOR LATE SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.  AS UPPER
TROUGH WILL SWING THROUGH THE REGION FOR MONDAY SHOULD GET ENOUGH
ACTIVITY FOR ISOLATED CONVECTIVE POPS AND WILL KEEP TUESDAY DRY.

NIGHTLY LOWS WILL BE IN 40S AND 50S ON FRIDAY...MAINLY IN THE 50S ON
SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. THIS WILL PUT TEMPS AROUND 10 DEGREES
BELOW NORMAL FOR NIGHTLY LOWS. HIGHS WILL BE MAINLY 75 TO 80
ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY...80 TO 85 SATURDAY...THEN COOLING SUNDAY
THROUGH TUESDAY WITH HIGHS 75 TO 80. KEPT CLOSE TO 00Z MEX. /17/

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
JACKSON       72  88  59  78 /  14  91  35   0
MERIDIAN      71  88  59  78 /  37  92  60   2
VICKSBURG     71  87  58  79 /  15  85  23   0
HATTIESBURG   72  90  64  84 /  24  50  69   4
NATCHEZ       72  88  59  77 /  11  70  33   0
GREENVILLE    69  85  54  77 /  43  90  15   0
GREENWOOD     71  86  55  77 /  33  91  25   0

&&

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

SHORT TERM: CME
LONG TERM: 17

Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 3:02 PM CST, 1 hour 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

ARZ074-075-LAZ007>009-015-016-023>026-MSZ018-019-025>066-072>074-
102102-
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-
402 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...

...THUNDERSTORMS...
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE UNTIL ABOUT 7 PM FOR
AREAS NORTHEAST OF A GRENADA TO NEWTON LINE. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISK.

AFTER 7 PM...THE REGION WILL LIKELY SEE A QUIET PERIOD AS STORMS
EXIT TO THE EAST AND NEW STORMS DEVELOP OUT TO OUR WEST. IT WILL
BE THAT ACTIVITY THAT WILL HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THE SEVERE
WEATHER POTENTIAL FOR WEDNESDAY. AT THIS TIME...I EXPECT A
WEAKENING LINE OF STORMS TO ENTER THE DELTA EARLY IN THE MORNING.
THIS LINE MAY HAVE SOME SEVERE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH IT. THE
MORE ACTIVE PERIOD LOOKS TO EXIST BETWEEN LATE MORNING AND
THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS THE STRONGER UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM MOVES IN
AND CLASHES WITH AN UNSTABLE AIRMASS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN RISKS. HOWEVER...THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING
INCREASED LOW LEVEL SHEAR AND IF SUPERCELL THUNDERSTORMS CAN
DEVELOP AND SUSTAIN THEMSELVES...ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY...

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 LIKELY BE NEEDED ON WEDNESDAY...OTHERWISE
SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THURSDAY THROUGH NEXT TUESDAY.

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, May 9, 3:30 PM CST, 1 hour 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
430 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0405 PM     HAIL             NEWTON                  32.32N 89.16W
05/09/2006  E2.00 INCH       NEWTON             MS   PUBLIC

            GAS STATION ALONG INTERSTATE 20 NEAR NEWTON REPORTED
            QUARTER TO HEN EGG SIZED HAIL.

&&

AEG

Local storm report, May 9, 3:32 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
432 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

1050 AM     HAIL             9 SE ELLISVILLE         31.51N 89.10W
05/09/2006  M0.25 INCH       JONES              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            REPORTED IN THE OVET COMMUNITY.

1240 PM     HAIL             2 SW NEWTON             32.30N 89.18W
05/09/2006  M0.75 INCH       NEWTON             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0110 PM     HAIL             6 W LAUREL              31.69N 89.25W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       JONES              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0120 PM     HAIL             LAUREL                  31.69N 89.14W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       JONES              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0206 PM     HAIL             2 S CARTHAGE            32.72N 89.53W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       LEAKE              MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BETWEEN CARTHAGE AND RENFROE.

0210 PM     HAIL             NEW HEBRON              31.73N 89.98W
05/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       LAWRENCE           MS   OTHER FEDERAL

            REPORTED BY GROCERY IN NEW HEBRON.

0310 PM     HAIL             2 S STARKVILLE          33.43N 88.82W
05/09/2006  E1.00 INCH       OKTIBBEHA          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR STARKVILLE.

0314 PM     HAIL             STARKVILLE              33.46N 88.82W
05/09/2006  E1.00 INCH       OKTIBBEHA          MS   TRAINED SPOTTER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT MISSISSIPPI STATE
            UNIVERSITY.

0314 PM     HAIL             MIZE                    31.87N 89.55W
05/09/2006  E1.00 INCH       SMITH              MS   AMATEUR RADIO

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MIZE.

0314 PM     HAIL             STARKVILLE              33.46N 88.82W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       OKTIBBEHA          MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            NICKEL SIZE HAIL REPORTED AT MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY
            BY DR. MIKE BROWN.

0340 PM     HAIL             WEST POINT              33.61N 88.64W
05/09/2006  E0.88 INCH       CLAY               MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

0405 PM     HAIL             NEWTON                  32.32N 89.16W
05/09/2006  E2.00 INCH       NEWTON             MS   PUBLIC

            GAS STATION ALONG INTERSTATE 20 NEAR NEWTON REPORTED
            QUARTER TO HEN EGG SIZED HAIL.

0420 PM     HAIL             1 SE NEWTON             32.31N 89.15W
05/09/2006  M1.00 INCH       NEWTON             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            ON WHICKWARE ROAD.

&&

WESTER

Local storm report, May 9, 3:42 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
442 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0432 PM     HAIL             HICKORY                 32.32N 89.02W
05/09/2006  E1.75 INCH       NEWTON             MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED ON MAGEE ROAD.

&&

WESTER

Local storm report, May 9, 3:49 PM CST, 46 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
449 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0245 PM     HAIL             9 NW WEST POINT         33.70N 88.76W
05/09/2006  E0.75 INCH       CLAY               MS   PUBLIC

            MAINLY SMALL HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZED. ALSO HAD STRONG
            WINDS AND ABOUT 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. REPORTED BY STORE
            NEAR PALO ALTO COMMUNITY.

&&

AEG

Local storm report, May 9, 3:55 PM CST, 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
455 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0452 PM     HAIL             4 E CHUNKY              32.33N 88.86W
05/09/2006  E0.50 INCH       LAUDERDALE         MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN MEEHAN.

&&

WESTER

Local storm report, May 9, 4:17 PM CST, 18 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE JACKSON MS
517 PM CDT TUE MAY 09 2006

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

0512 PM     HAIL             8 S MERIDIAN            32.27N 88.71W
05/09/2006  M1.00 INCH       LAUDERDALE         MS   EMERGENCY MNGR

            DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL IN THE CLARKDALE AREA.

&&

AEG

The radar

The Jackson/Brandon,MS radar (KDGX), 27 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:35 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

2 hail, 1 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Scott

When: May 9, 4:35 PM CST to 4:57 PM CST
Where: Scott County, 6 mi W of Pulaski
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 32.267, -89.700

Hail, Smith

When: May 9, 4:56 PM CST to 6:16 PM CST
Where: Smith County, 3 mi NE of Polkville
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $200,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 32.217, -89.667

Funnel Cloud, Smith

When: May 9, 5:53 PM CST
Where: Smith County, 5 mi S of Raleigh
Reported by: AMATEUR RADIO
Coordinates: 32.018, -89.507 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.

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, May 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: 5505717, 5505718, 5505719.