Hail, Stone
- When
- July 2, 3:09 PM CST to 3:11 PM CST
- Where
- Stone County, 3 mi NW of Wiggins
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.881, -89.166
Hail in Mississippi, July 2, 2009
Thunderstorms produced large hail in parts of southeast Mississippi.
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
- 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 happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced large hail in parts of southeast Mississippi.
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 Mobile, AL wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 11:45 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 11:45 AM CST, 3 hours 24 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 1245 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2009 .UPDATE...PACKAGE WILL BE UPDATED SHORTLY TO CLEAN UP SOME WORDING ISSUES. WILL TAKE INTO ACCOUNT A DRIER SLUG OF AIR OVER THE MS/AL STATE LINE. /16 && .AVIATION...(18Z ISSUANCE) WEAK FRONT MOVING SOUTH OVER MS/AL/GA ATTM WILL BRING AN INCREASED CHANCE FOR TSRA LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING...MAINLY OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE FA. FEEL RAIN CHANCE WILL BE SQUASHED BY DRIER SLUG OVER THE MS/AL STATE LINE. /16 && .MOB WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... AL...NONE. FL...NONE. MS...NONE. GM...NONE. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 2, 3:54 AM CST, 11 hours 15 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 454 AM CDT THU JUL 02 2009 ALZ051>064-FLZ001>006-GMZ630-650-655-670-675-MSZ067-075-076-078- 079-031000- CHOCTAW-WASHINGTON-CLARKE-WILCOX-MONROE-CONECUH-BUTLER-CRENSHAW- ESCAMBIA-COVINGTON-UPPER MOBILE-UPPER BALDWIN-LOWER MOBILE- LOWER BALDWIN-INLAND ESCAMBIA-COASTAL ESCAMBIA-INLAND SANTA ROSA- COASTAL SANTA ROSA-INLAND OKALOOSA-COASTAL OKALOOSA-MOBILE BAY- COASTAL WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS OUT 20 NM- COASTAL WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL OUT 20 NM- WATERS FROM PENSACOLA FL TO PASCAGOULA MS FROM 20 TO 60 NM- WATERS FROM DESTIN TO PENSACOLA FL FROM 20 TO 60 NM-WAYNE-PERRY- GREENE-STONE-GEORGE- 454 AM CDT THU JUL 02 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL ALABAMA...THE WESTERN FLORIDA PANHANDLE...AS WELL AS THE ADJACENT GULF WATERS OF ALABAMA AND NORTHWEST FLORIDA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:42 PM CST, 2 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 142 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2009 FLZ006-021930- COASTAL OKALOOSA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...DESTIN AND FORT WALTON BEACH... 142 PM CDT THU JUL 2 2009 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN OKALOOSA COUNTY... AT 139 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF WRIGHT TO VALPARAISO...MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT AREAS IN AND AROUND... NICEVILLE AND SEMINOLE THROUGH 230 PM CDT. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM THESE STORMS ARE SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH. WINDS THIS STRONG COULD DOWN SMALL TREE LIMBS OR BRANCHES AND BLOW AROUND UNSECURED SMALL OBJECTS. SEEK SHELTER IN A SAFE HOME OR BUILDING UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED.
Local storm report, Jul 2, 12:59 PM CST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
159 PM CDT THU JUL 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0145 PM HAIL 15 N VALPARAISO 30.51N 86.50W
07/02/2009 E0.50 INCH OKALOOSA FL PUBLIC
PUBLIC REPORT OF DIME SIZED HAIL ON STATE ROUTE 85.
&&
SAMLocal storm report, Jul 2, 1:58 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
258 PM CDT THU JUL 02 2009
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0200 PM HAIL 7 N VALPARAISO 30.61N 86.50W
07/02/2009 E0.75 INCH OKALOOSA FL PUBLIC
THREE QUARTER INCH HAIL REPORTED BY EGLIN AFB EMPLOYEE
ENROUTE TO WORK.
&&
GENEJThe radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 91 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:09 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Texas, July 2, 2009
- Flood and Hail in Florida, July 2, 2009
- Lightning Strikes in Maine, July 2, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, July 2, 2009
- Flash Flooding in Maine, July 2 to 3, 2009
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 2, 2009
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 2, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 2009
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Colorado, July 2, 2009
- Flash Flood and Hail in Wyoming, July 2, 2009
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, July 2, 2009
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Massachusetts, July 2, 2009
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2009Every state in 2009This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 2009
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: 188188.