Hail, De Soto
- When
- July 7, 6:27 PM CST to 6:32 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, 1.62 mi ENE of Horn Lake Desoto Arp
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 34.985, -90.002
Quarter size hail fell along Interstate 55 in Southaven.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 7 to 8, 2012
An upper level disturbance moved into the Mid-South during the evening and overnight hours of July 7th-July 8th, 2012. Isolated showers and thunderstorms developed in association with the disturbance.
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
- 2
- 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 MEG wrote it up.
An upper level disturbance moved into the Mid-South during the evening and overnight hours of July 7th-July 8th, 2012. Isolated showers and thunderstorms developed in association with the disturbance. Some storms became severe producing large hail and damaging winds.
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 Jul 7, 5:40 PM CST, 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 5:40 PM CST, 47 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
640 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
.DISCUSSION...
UPDATED FOR 00Z AVIATION DISCUSSION
&&
.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 359 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012/
AS OF 3 PM...CONDITIONS ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH WERE QUITE HOT AND
HUMID. TEMPERATURES RANGED FROM THE MID 90S TO NEAR 100 IN MANY
SPOTS. HEAT INDEX VALUES WERE GENERALLY IN THE 104-109 RANGE.
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE BEGINNING TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL
TENNESSEE AND NORTHERN ALABAMA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
HAVE DEVELOPED ON A SHORTWAVE TROUGH...VISIBLE ON WATER VAPOR
IMAGERY. THE MAIN FOCUS OF THIS DISCUSSION WILL BE ON THE CHANCES
FOR MUCH NEEDED RAIN FOR THE MIDSOUTH.
SHORT TERM...REST OF TODAY AND TONIGHT.
THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT HAVE DEVELOPED TO OUR EAST
SHOULD CONTINUE MOVING TO THE WEST AND ENTER OUR AREA OVER THE
NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LIKELY
FORM AS THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH SWINGS INTO OUR AREA. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE WITH DAMAGING WIND AS THE MAIN
THREAT. HOWEVER...THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING AND HAVE
NOT REACHED SEVERE LIMITS YET. IT SEEMS AS THOUGH THE ATMOSPHERE
HAS BEEN WORKED OVER FROM YESTERDAY AND IS NOT QUITE AS UNSTABLE
SO THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE MAY STAY QUITE ISOLATED.
FOR TONIGHT...THE CANADIAN AND GFS MODELS ARE HINTING THAT THERE
COULD BE A GOOD AMOUNT OF CONVECTION ACROSS NORTHERN MISSISSIPPI.
HOWEVER...THE EUROPEAN AND NAM MODELS SHOW BASICALLY NOTHING.
UNFORTUNATELY...IT IS HARD TO SAY WHICH ONE WILL VERIFY AT THE
MOMENT. HAVE MAINTAINED RAIN CHANCES FOR TONIGHT FROM THE PREVIOUS
FORECAST RUN. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE IN THE 70S WITH LIGHT
SOUTH WINDS.
LONG TERM...SUNDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.
ON SUNDAY...CONDITIONS COULD BE HOT AGAIN. AT THIS TIME...I
LOWERED HIGH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY SINCE THERE WILL LIKELY BE MORE
CLOUDS AND PRECIPITATION IN THE AREA. FORECAST HEAT INDEX VALUES
WILL BE IN THE 99 TO 104 DEGREE RANGE. IF CLOUDS AND STORMS DO NOT
DEVELOP AROUND NOON LIKE MODELS ARE INDICATING...HEAT INDEX VALUES
COULD BE SLIGHTLY HIGHER. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD FORM
ACROSS THE AREA BY TOMORROW AFTERNOON. THEY WILL FORM IN THE WARM
UNSTABLE AIR ACROSS THE MIDSOUTH AND ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT WILL
BE PUSHING DOWN FROM THE NORTH.
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES LOOK VERY GOOD FOR THE ENTIRE
REGION FROM SUNDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS
COULD BE STRONG TO SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS EACH DAY. THE
MAIN THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 TO 3 INCHES LOOK
LIKELY FOR THE ENTIRE MIDSOUTH THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THIS WILL
HELP THE DROUGHT CONDITIONS ACROSS THE REGION SLIGHTLY BUT WILL
NOT BE NEARLY ENOUGH TO BRING US COMPLETELY OUT OF THE DROUGHT.
MODELS CONTINUE TO DISAGREE ON THE EXTENT OF THE RAINFALL ON
WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. THE CANADIAN MODEL IS SHOWING THE COLD
FRONT PUSHING WELL TO THE SOUTH AND TAKING ALL THE RAIN WITH IT BY
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. THE GFS AND EUROPEAN SHOW THE COLD FRONT NOT
MOVING AS FAR SOUTH...AND THEREFORE KEEPS THE RAIN IN THE MIDSOUTH
FOR A LONGER PERIOD OF TIME. AT THIS TIME...WAS NOT CONFIDENT
ENOUGH TO PUT HIGHER END RAIN CHANCES LATER IN THE FORECAST PERIOD
BUT THEY MAY BE NEEDED IN LATER FORECAST CYCLES.
ALL THE MODELS ARE HINTING AT AN UPPER LEVEL LOW DEVELOPING OVER
THE OHIO VALLEY AND SWINGING INTO THE REGION BY THURSDAY. THIS
COULD CONTINUE THE RAIN CHANCES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK EVEN
THOUGH THE COLD FRONT HAS PUSHED WELL TO THE SOUTH. THE CLOUDS
FROM THIS LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL ALSO HELP KEEP THE
TEMPERATURES DOWN. TEMPERATURES FOR NEXT WEEK LOOK VERY NICE
COMPARED TO THE STEAMY CONDITIONS THAT HAVE PLAGUED THE MIDSOUTH
THIS PAST WEEK. HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPPER 80S TO THE LOWER 90S SHOULD
LAST THROUGH ALL OF NEXT WEEK. HAVE GONE SLIGHTLY BELOW GUIDANCE
FOR TEMPERATURES DUE TO THE EXPECTED CLOUDS.
RRH
&&
.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE
VFR CONDITIONS WILL PERSIST FOR MOST OF THE FORECAST PERIOD.
EXPECT VCTS AT KMEM FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. COMPETING
OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES MAKE A WIND FORECAST DIFFICULT IN THE SHORT
TERM THOUGH WINDS SHOULD EVENTUALLY SETTLE OUT TO LIGHT SOUTHERLY
IN A COUPLE OF HOURS. UPPER RIDGE WEAKENS SOME SUNDAY AFTERNOON
SO SCT TSRAS WILL OCCUR. WENT WITH A VCTS AT ALL SITES FOR NOW.
WINDS GENERALLY SSW/SW AT 5-10 KTS SUNDAY.
SJM
&&
.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
MEM 79 95 75 90 / 30 50 60 60
MKL 73 94 72 89 / 30 50 60 70
JBR 76 95 74 90 / 30 50 60 60
TUP 74 94 73 90 / 40 50 40 70
&&
.MEG WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
AR...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CLAY-CRAIGHEAD-
CRITTENDEN-CROSS-GREENE-LAWRENCE-LEE AR-MISSISSIPPI-
PHILLIPS-POINSETT-RANDOLPH-ST. FRANCIS.
MO...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR DUNKLIN-PEMISCOT.
MS...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR ALCORN-BENTON MS-
CALHOUN-CHICKASAW-COAHOMA-DESOTO-ITAWAMBA-LAFAYETTE-LEE MS-
MARSHALL-MONROE-PANOLA-PONTOTOC-PRENTISS-QUITMAN-
TALLAHATCHIE-TATE-TIPPAH-TISHOMINGO-TUNICA-UNION-YALOBUSHA.
TN...HEAT ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR CARROLL-CHESTER-
CROCKETT-DECATUR-DYER-FAYETTE-GIBSON-HARDEMAN-HARDIN-
HAYWOOD-HENDERSON-HENRY-LAKE-LAUDERDALE-MADISON-MCNAIRY-
OBION-SHELBY-TIPTON-WEAKLEY.
&&Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 2:16 PM CST, 4 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 316 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ARZ008-009-017-018-026>028-035-036-048-049-058-MOZ113-115- MSZ001>017-020>024-TNZ001>004-019>021-048>055-088>092-082230- 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- 316 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST ARKANSAS... THE MISSOURI BOOTHEEL...NORTH MISSISSIPPI...AND WEST TENNESSEE. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE PRIMARY SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. A HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE MID SOUTH THROUGH THIS EVENING. HEAT INDICES WILL RANGE FROM 105 TO 109 DEGREES. THE VERY HOT TEMPERATURES AND DRY FUELS WILL CONTINUE TO POSE AN ELEVATED FIRE DANGER IN AREAS THAT DO NOT RECEIVE RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... THE ACTIVATION OF STORM SPOTTERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT...AND EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS MAY BE NEEDED IN SUPPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER OPERATIONS ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE MID SOUTH THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. PLEASE REPORT ANY WIND DAMAGE TO INCLUDE DOWNED TREES...POWERLINES...AND STRUCTURAL DAMAGE OR ANY HAIL TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS OR LARGER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS. RRH
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 4:58 PM CST, 1 hour 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 558 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 TNZ019-020-048-050-051-072330- CROCKETT TN-DYER TN-GIBSON TN-HAYWOOD TN-LAUDERDALE TN- 558 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR... NORTHWESTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTH CENTRAL DYER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... WEST CENTRAL GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN HAYWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTHEASTERN LAUDERDALE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EATON AT 559 PM CDT... MOVING WEST AT 10 MPH. DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM. PEOPLE IN CROCKETT...DYER...GIBSON...HAYWOOD AND LAUDERDALE COUNTIES SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3579 8942 3602 8941 3599 8909 3581 8909 TIME...MOT...LOC 2259Z 091DEG 7KT 3590 8920
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:09 PM CST, 1 hour 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
609 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
MSZ002-072345-
MARSHALL MS-
609 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR...
NORTHERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MISSISSIPPI...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MT PLEASANT AT 609 PM
CDT...MOVING WEST AT 5 MPH.
DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.
PEOPLE IN MARSHALL COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY.
&&
LAT...LON 3478 8939 3480 8972 3492 8972 3500 8972
3500 8960 3499 8937
TIME...MOT...LOC 2309Z 109DEG 6KT 3490 8955Local storm report, Jul 7, 5:30 PM CST, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
630 PM CDT SAT JUL 07 2012
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0540 PM TSTM WND DMG SAVANNAH 35.22N 88.24W
07/07/2012 HARDIN TN TRAINED SPOTTER
TREES DOWN AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND FLORENCE ROAD IN
SAVANNAH.
&&
MRMSpecial weather statement, Jul 7, 5:41 PM CST, 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN 641 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 TNZ020-051-052-080015- CROCKETT TN-GIBSON TN-MADISON TN- 641 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR... EASTERN CROCKETT COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... SOUTH CENTRAL GIBSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST TENNESSEE... NORTH CENTRAL MADISON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST TENNESSEE... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF ADAIR AT 642 PM CDT... MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH. PEOPLE IN CROCKETT...GIBSON AND MADISON COUNTIES...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HUMBOLDT AND TRENTON...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. && LAT...LON 3585 8919 3599 8893 3574 8878 3564 8897 TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 147DEG 5KT 3577 8894
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:43 PM CST, 44 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MEMPHIS TN
643 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
MSZ001-080015-
DE SOTO MS-
643 PM CDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MEMPHIS HAS ISSUED A SIGNIFICANT
WEATHER ADVISORY UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR...
CENTRAL DESOTO COUNTY IN NORTHEAST MISSISSIPPI...
A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL OR LARGER AND WINDS AT
LEAST 40 MPH WAS LOCATED 3 MILES NORTH OF HERNANDO AT 643 PM CDT...
MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5 MPH.
PEOPLE IN DESOTO COUNTY...INCLUDING LOCATIONS NEAR HERNANDO...HORN
LAKE AND SOUTHAVEN...SHOULD MONITOR THIS STORM CLOSELY. THIS
SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT ALSO INCLUDES LAKE MCKELLAR.
&&
LAT...LON 3500 9002 3500 8995 3499 8994 3485 8983
3476 9004 3494 9019
TIME...MOT...LOC 2343Z 147DEG 5KT 3488 8999The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 42 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:26 UTC.
Event by event
2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tallahatchie
- When
- July 7, 9:50 PM CST to 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tallahatchie County, Charleston to 0.94 mi NW of Charleston
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -90.050
Straight line winds knocked down numerous trees in Charleston. The trees fell onto a few homes damaging them. One home was destroyed resulting in two minor injuries. Power lines were also blown down which resulted in seventy percent of Charleston being without power.
Thunderstorm Wind, Tishomingo
- When
- July 8, 3:00 AM CST to 3:40 AM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County, 1.86 mi E of Midway to 2.45 mi SSW of Iuka Arpt
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Law Enforcement
- Coordinates
- 34.734, -88.198
Straight line winds knocked down trees near the intersection of County Roads 957 and 992, approximately 3 miles south of Iuka.
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
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 7, 2012
- Lightning Strike in Kansas, July 7, 2012
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, July 7, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 7, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, July 7, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 7 to 8, 2012
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, July 7 to 8, 2012
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 7, 2012
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Colorado, July 7, 2012
- Damaging Wind in Oregon, July 7, 2012
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 2012Every state in 2012This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, July 2012
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: 401299, 401300, 401301.