Hail, Pearl River
- When
- January 9, 5:04 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County, 2.76 mi S of Mill Creek
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 30.630, -89.700
A skywarn storm spotter reported quarter-sized hail.
Hail in Mississippi, January 9, 2022
A cold front was moving east across the region during the late afternoon hours. There was just enough instability in place combined with upward lift along the cold front to support one severe thunderstorm with large hail.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 2
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.
A cold front was moving east across the region during the late afternoon hours. There was just enough instability in place combined with upward lift along the cold front to support one severe thunderstorm with large hail.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pearl River
- When
- January 9, 5:09 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County, 3.01 mi NNE of Carriere
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.620, -89.650
The public relayed a picture of half dollar sized hail via social media. Time estimated by radar.
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.
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1004192, 1004194.