Hail, Panola
- When
- January 10, 8:45 AM CST to 8:50 AM CST
- Where
- Panola County, 3.81 mi NNE of Bluff Spgs to 3.89 mi NNE of Bluff Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- COOP Observer
- Coordinates
- 34.399, -89.790
Tornado and Flash Flooding in Mississippi, January 10, 2008
A warm front lifted north across North Mississippi during the morning on January 10, 2008. As the front lifted north, surface low pressure tracked along the Tennessee-Mississippi border during the afternoon hours.
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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $72,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 15
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 MEG wrote it up.
A warm front lifted north across North Mississippi during the morning on January 10, 2008. As the front lifted north, surface low pressure tracked along the Tennessee-Mississippi border during the afternoon hours. Showers and thunderstorms developed in association with the system. Some storms became severe producing flash flooding, large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes.
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 Memphis, TN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jan 10, 5:13 AM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jan 10, 5:13 AM CST, 3 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 513 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 .DISCUSSION...09Z SURFACE ANALYSIS THIS MORNING PLACES A WARM FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS AND CENTRAL MISSISSIPPI. INFRARED SATELLITE ALREADY SHOWING ELEVATED CONVECTION ACROSS SOUTHERN ARKANSAS DEVELOPING IN RESPONSE TO ISENTROPIC ASCENT AND AN 850 LOW LEVEL JET TRANSPORTING LOW LEVEL MOISTURE BACK INTO THE MID SOUTH. TEMPERATURES SO FAR RANGE FROM THE UPPER 30S/LOWER 40S NEAR WALNUT RIDGE TO AROUND 60 DEGREES NEAR COLUMBUS MS. MAIN CONCERN IN THIS FORECAST PACKAGE IS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL TODAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH. .SHORT TERM...(TODAY THROUGH SATURDAY)...A WARM FRONT JUST TO THE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL MOVE NORTH DURING THE MORNING HOURS AS A SURFACE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES FROM THE CENTRAL PLAINS INTO THE MIDDLE MISSISSIPPI VALLEY...DRAGGING A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING HOURS. STEEP 700-500 MB MID LEVEL LAPSE RATES AROUND 7 C/KM...FAVORABLE UNIDIRECTIONAL WINDS ALOFT AS INDICATED BY UPPER AIR PROFILERS AND UPPER LEVEL DIVERGENCE AND MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES APPROACHING 1000 J/KG SUGGEST THUNDERSTORMS WHICH DEVELOP ACROSS AREAS MAINLY FROM DECATURVILLE TENNESSEE TO COFFEEVILLE MISSISSIPPI COULD BECOME SEVERE TODAY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THINK MOST LIKELY MODE OF CONVECTION WILL BE IN THE FORM OF A SQUALL LINE. 0-1 KM STORM HELICITIES APPROACHING 400 M2/S2...BACKING SURFACE WINDS AND 0-6 KM BULK SHEAR VALUES APPROACHING 60 KTS SUGGESTS A TORNADIC THREAT /MINI-SUPERCELL TYPE/ CANNOT BE RULED OUT EMBEDDED WITHIN THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH PRESSURE WILL BUILD IN TONIGHT AS THE COLD FRONT PUSHES EAST INTO EASTERN TENNESSEE AND INTO ALABAMA. KEPT LINGERING POPS IN TONIGHT ACROSS EASTERN SECTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA AS THE FRONT WILL BE A BIT SLOWER TO DEPART ACROSS NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI. DRY WEATHER IS EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY AS UPPER LEVEL RIDGING REMAINS IN PLACE THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEKEND. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY)...00Z LONG RANGE MODELS INDICATE A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL TROUGHS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE MIDDLE/LOWER MISSISSIPPI VALLEYS THROUGH THE PERIOD. USED THE 00Z ECMWF AS A GUIDE AS OPERATIONAL GFS RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY IS IN QUESTION WITH THIS FORECAST PACKAGE. ENSEMBLE MEMBERS SUGGEST RAIN CHANCES WILL REMAIN SMALL SATURDAY NIGHT. OTHERWISE RAIN FREE CONDITIONS CAN BE ANTICIPATED THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && .MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AR...NONE. MO...NONE. MS...NONE. TN...NONE. && CJC
Hazardous weather outlook, Jan 10, 7:45 AM CST, 1 hour before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 745 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-111100- ALCORN-BENTON MS-CALHOUN-CARROLL-CHESTER-CHICKASAW-CLAY-COAHOMA- CRAIGHEAD-CRITTENDEN-CROCKETT-CROSS-DESOTO-DECATUR-DUNKLIN-DYER- FAYETTE-GIBSON-GREENE-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY- ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-LEE MS-MADISON- MARSHALL-MCNAIRY-MISSISSIPPI-MONROE-OBION-PANOLA-PEMISCOT- PHILLIPS-POINSETT-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-RANDOLPH-SHELBY- ST. FRANCIS-TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TIPTON-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA- UNION-WEAKLEY-YALOBUSHA- 745 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH MISSISSIPPI UNTIL 4 PM CST THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE WITH ANY THUNDERSTORMS THAT BECOME SEVERE IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS PLEASE RELAY YOUR REPORTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 6:24 AM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 624 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 TNZ088-101300- SHELBY TN- 624 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... SHELBY COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MEMPHIS AT 624 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PEOPLE IN SHELBY COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BARTLETT... COLLIERVILLE...GERMANTOWN...MIDTOWN MEMPHIS AND MILLINGTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 AM CST.
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 7:42 AM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 742 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 ARZ058-101400- PHILLIPS AR- 742 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... EASTERN PHILLIPS COUNTY IN EASTERN ARKANSAS... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA TO DIME SIZE HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER ELAINE AT 742 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. PEOPLE IN PHILLIPS COUNTY...INCLUDING THE CITY OF ELAINE...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CST.
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 8:02 AM CST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 802 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 MSZ007-101430- TUNICA MS- 802 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF DUNDEE AT 802 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. PEOPLE IN TUNICA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CST.
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 8:02 AM CST, 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 802 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 MSZ007-101430- TUNICA MS- 802 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING DIME SIZE HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED 7 MILES WEST OF DUNDEE AT 802 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. PEOPLE IN TUNICA COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 AM CST.
Special weather statement, Jan 10, 8:31 AM CST, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 831 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 MSZ001-007-008-101515- DE SOTO MS-TUNICA MS-TATE MS- 831 AM CST THU JAN 10 2008 THIS SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT IS FOR... WESTERN DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... TATE COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... EASTERN TUNICA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA HAIL AND 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS WAS LOCATED OVER PRICHARD AT 831 AM CST...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH. VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. THIS STORM IS INTENSIFYING AND COULD BECOME SEVERE RAPIDLY. PEOPLE IN DESOTO...TATE AND TUNICA COUNTIES...INCLUDING THE CITIES OF HERNANDO...HORN LAKE...SENATOBIA AND SOUTHAVEN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY..
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:46 UTC.
Event by event
7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 3 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lafayette
- When
- January 10, 8:56 AM CST to 9:01 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Harmontown
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.530, -89.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Marshall
- When
- January 10, 9:10 AM CST to 9:15 AM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Bethlehem to 0.91 mi W of Bethlehem
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $12,000
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.570, -89.330
Straight line winds blew several trees down. In addition, a tractor trailer was overturned on Bethlehem Road just south of Bethlehem.
Flash Flood, De Soto
- When
- January 10, 10:29 AM CST to 11:29 AM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, 2 mi NE of Olive Branch to 1.36 mi NW of Olive Branch Arpt
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Amateur Radio
- Coordinates
- 34.990, -89.795
Heavy rain produced flash flooding on Hacks Cross Road just south of State Line Road.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tate
- When
- January 10, 11:10 AM CST to 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Tate County, 2 mi W of Independence
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -89.835
Straight line winds blew a delivery truck off of a road. No injuries were reported.
Hail, Alcorn
- When
- January 10, 12:35 PM CST to 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County, 2 mi W of Corinth
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -88.555
Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- January 10, 1:15 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, 3 mi S of New Albany
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.457, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Prentiss
- When
- January 10, 1:30 PM CST to 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Prentiss County, Thrashers
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -88.480
Straight line winds blew down a few trees.
Flash Flood, Alcorn
- When
- January 10, 1:30 PM CST to 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County, Corinth to 1.17 mi NW of Corinth
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -88.520
Heavy rain produced flash flooding in Corinth. Numerous streets were flooded in the city.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- January 10, 1:30 PM CST to 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Guntown to Baldwyn
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 34.450, -88.670
Straight line winds blew trees and power poles down in the Guntown and Baldwyn communities.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lee
- When
- January 10, 1:30 PM CST to 1:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, 2.13 mi N of Chapelville to 1.68 mi SSE of Chapelville
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.480, -88.585
Straight line winds blew trees and power poles down near the Pratts and Chapelville communities.
Thunderstorm Wind, Itawamba
- When
- January 10, 1:49 PM CST to 1:54 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County, 1.5 mi ENE of Tremont to 1 mi SW of New Salem
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.241, -88.248
Straight line winds blew trees down on Highway 178 and on Highway 25, partially blocking the road, 2 miles north of the Itawamba/Monroe County line.
Tornado, Tishomingo
- When
- January 10, 1:54 PM CST to 1:58 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County, 0.94 mi SSW of Midway to 2.33 mi E of Midway
- Rating
- EF1
- Path length
- 2.78 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- NWS Storm Survey
- Coordinates
- 34.717, -88.234
The tornado first touched down near the county landfill about one mile southwest of Midway. The tornado blew off two metal side panels from two large sheds and then uprooted over a dozen trees. About four of the trees exceeded 2 feet in diameter. The tornado then continued northeast across Highway 25 with little visible damage. More trees were snapped and twisted as the tornado moved across the southeast side of Midway. The tornado then moved in a more easterly direction where it caused minor damage to two homes, uprooted two dozen more trees and snapped additional smaller trees near the intersection of County Road 957 and County Road 992 before lifting.
Flash Flood, Union
- When
- January 10, 2:15 PM CST to 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, 0.68 mi W of Bald Hill to 2.17 mi N of Bald Hill
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.420, -89.092
Heavy rain produced flash flooding on County Road 88 making the road impassable.
Flash Flood, Monroe
- When
- January 10, 2:30 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Monroe County, Hamilton to 2.57 mi N of Hamilton
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 33.730, -88.450
Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the Hamilton and New Hamilton areas. Many roads were under water.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Mississippi, January 10, 2008
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- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Tennessee, January 10, 2008
- Avalanche in Colorado, January 10, 2008
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, January 10 to 11, 2008
- Tornado and Hail in Louisiana, January 10, 2008
- Tornado in Washington, January 10, 2008
- Flash Flood and Hail in Alabama, January 10, 2008
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, January 10, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 10, 2008
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Alabama, January 10, 2008
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, January 10, 2008
More
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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: 77155, 77156, 77692, 77157, 77158, 77159, 77160, 77161, 77162, 78010, 78011, 77163, 77582, 77164, 77165.