Hail, De Soto
- When
- April 29, 4:03 PM CST to 4:08 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, 4.12 mi E of Aldens
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Public
- Coordinates
- 34.919, -89.957
Quarter sized hail near the intersection of College Road and Daffodil Drive.
Hail in Mississippi, April 29, 2025
A few thunderstorms riding along a decaying frontal boundary tapped into decent instability and steep lapse rates. The boundary provided enough lift with combined ingredients to spark a hail storm over northern Mississippi.
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
- 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.
A few thunderstorms riding along a decaying frontal boundary tapped into decent instability and steep lapse rates. The boundary provided enough lift with combined ingredients to spark a hail storm over northern Mississippi.
The radar
The Memphis radar (KNQA), 48 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:03 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.
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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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1254220.