Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 18, 5:08 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 3.28 mi ENE of Ocean Spgs
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Emergency Manager
- Coordinates
- 30.440, -88.770
Jackson county emergency manager reported golf ball sized hail at his house.
Hail in Mississippi, June 18, 2022
A cold front was draped across central Mississippi and Alabama on the 18th of June. A few thunderstorms ahead of this front began to race southwest-ward towards the local area along a weak shortwave system.
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
- 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.
A cold front was draped across central Mississippi and Alabama on the 18th of June. A few thunderstorms ahead of this front began to race southwest-ward towards the local area along a weak shortwave system. These storms were able to tap into the local environment that had just enough instability to support a few severe thunderstorms with hail.
The radar
The Mobile radar (KMOB), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:09 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 18, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 1.38 mi ESE of Ocean Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.410, -88.800
A picture on social media showed quarter sized hail in Ocean Springs.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- June 18, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, 1.92 mi WNW of Fontainebleau
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 30.410, -88.750
A social media picture showed half dollar sized hail.
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1043288, 1043290, 1043292.