142
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$753K
Property damage
Hail in Jasper County, Mississippi: 142 recorded events between 1962 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #985 nationally and #17 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Jasper County, Mississippi: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Jasper County is the 2000s, when 65 of the county's 142 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Jasper County archive, hail makes up 24.1% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #985 for this hazard and #17 within Mississippi, putting it in the 68.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Jasper County with 43 recorded events, while Oct is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 15, 2025 | HAMLET | 2.75 | $0 |
| Mar 15, 2024 | ORANGE | 0.88 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2023 | STRINGER | 1 | $20K |
| Mar 26, 2023 | STAFFORD SPGS | 1 | $100K |
| Jan 4, 2023 | HEIDELBERG | 1.25 | $0 |
| Jan 4, 2023 | MOSS | 1.75 | $50K |
| Apr 9, 2021 | STRINGER | 1.75 | $35K |
| Apr 9, 2021 | STRINGER | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 22, 2020 | MOSS | 1.75 | $10K |
| Feb 6, 2020 | LOUIN | 1.25 | $3K |
Other hazards here
More from Jasper County
- Thunderstorm Wind 331
- Tornado 62
- Flash Flood 47
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The long lived severe thunderstorm, intensified and became a left moving supercell thunderstorm as it moved across western Jasper county. Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail fell from around Bay Springs to the Newton/Jasper county line near the Roberts Community. The largest hail fell near the Jasper/Newton county line.
A swath of penny to quarter sized hail fell across the southern portion of Jasper county from around Stringer to Moss and then just west of Heidelburg. This hail fell from the same storm that produced hail across northern Jones county.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Jasper County, Mississippi?
142 hail events are recorded in Jasper County between 1962 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Jasper County?
The strongest hail on record in Jasper County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Jasper County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Hail in Jasper County, Mississippi.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/mississippi/jasper-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.