Hail, Lee
- When
- January 15, 8:20 PM CST to 8:25 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Saltillo
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- Broadcast Media
- Coordinates
- 34.380, -88.680
Hail in Mississippi, January 15, 2020
Numerous thunderstorms moved across Northeast Mississippi during the evening hours of January 15, 2020. They produced heavy rain, frequent lightning and isolated small hail.
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 MEG wrote it up.
Numerous thunderstorms moved across Northeast Mississippi during the evening hours of January 15, 2020. They produced heavy rain, frequent lightning and isolated small hail.
The radar
The Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:19 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
- Avalanche in Idaho, January 15, 2020
- Flood in Montana, January 15 to 22, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in California, January 15 to 17, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Washington, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Extreme Cold in North Dakota, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Cold in Montana, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in New York, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Extreme Cold in Minnesota, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow in Idaho, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Winter Weather in Michigan, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Heavy Snow in California, January 15 to 16, 2020
- Winter Weather in Iowa, January 15, 2020
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 874525.