Hail in Mississippi, July 26, 2009

Name: Hail in Mississippi, July 26, 2009
Start: 2009-07-26T14:00
End: 2009-07-26T17:42
Location: Mississippi

July 26, 2009 · NWS LIX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

Isolated severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in an unstable atmosphere as an upper level disturbance moved across the region.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 LIX wrote it up.

Isolated severe thunderstorms developed during the afternoon in an unstable atmosphere as an upper level disturbance moved across the region.

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 New Orleans, LA wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 25, 2:48 PM CST, 23 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 2:48 PM CST, 23 hours 12 minutes before

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The radar

The Mobile radar (KMOB), 23 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:58 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Jackson

When: July 26, 2:00 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, 8 mi NE of Wade
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 30.732, -88.475

Quarter size hail was observed.

Hail, Hancock

When: July 26, 5:35 PM CST
Where: Hancock County, Kiln
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Broadcast Media
Coordinates: 30.420, -89.430

Penny to quarter size hail was reported.

Hail, Hancock

When: July 26, 5:42 PM CST
Where: Hancock County, Diamondhead Arpt
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.370, -89.370

Golfball size hail was reported.

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 2009 Every state in 2009 This day in weather history Warnings 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: 190702, 190700, 190701.