Hail in Mississippi, June 17, 2023

Name: Hail in Mississippi, June 17, 2023
Start: 2023-06-17T14:50
End: 2023-06-17T15:15
Location: Mississippi

June 17, 2023 · NWS LIX · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

A northwest upper level flow regime was in place. This setup commonly supports summertime severe thunderstorms.

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.

A northwest upper level flow regime was in place. This setup commonly supports summertime severe thunderstorms. This event was one of those days where very steep lapse rates and high shear values supported several severe thunderstorms with damaging large hail.

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 Jun 17, 11:52 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 11:52 AM CST, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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The radar

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Wilkinson

When: June 17, 2:50 PM CST
Where: Wilkinson County, 0.59 mi E of Woodville
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: Law Enforcement
Coordinates: 31.100, -91.290

Local law enforcement reported quarter sized hail.

Hail, Jackson

When: June 17, 3:05 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, 0.91 mi SE of Hurley
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.660, -88.490

A member of the public reported ping pong ball sized hail.

Hail, Jackson

When: June 17, 3:15 PM CST
Where: Jackson County, 0.91 mi NW of Big Pt
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 30.590, -88.490

A member of the public reported golfball 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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Mississippi in 2023 Every state in 2023 This day in weather history Warnings in Mississippi, June 2023

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: 1113212, 1113213, 1113217.