91
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$713K
Property damage
Hail in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi: 91 recorded events between 1972 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 2.5. That places the county #1,557 nationally and #40 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Jefferson Davis County is the 2000s, when 42 of the county's 91 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 Jefferson Davis County archive, hail makes up 21.5% of all recorded severe weather across 6 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,557 for this hazard and #40 within Mississippi, putting it in the 49.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Jefferson Davis County with 23 recorded events, while Sep 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 24, 2026 | MELBA | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 24, 2026 | GWINVILLE | 1 | $0 |
| Jun 14, 2023 | PRENTISS ARPT | 1.25 | $15K |
| May 11, 2023 | OAK VALE | 1 | $50K |
| Mar 26, 2023 | PRENTISS | 2.5 | $150K |
| Nov 29, 2022 | TERRELL | 1 | $0 |
| Nov 29, 2022 | CARSON | 1.75 | $50K |
| Nov 29, 2022 | BASSFIELD | 1.75 | $50K |
| Apr 17, 2022 | CARSON | 1.25 | $25K |
| Mar 25, 2021 | PRENTISS | 1 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Jefferson Davis County
- Thunderstorm Wind 228
- Tornado 56
- Flash Flood 42
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The large supercell thunderstorm continued out of Lawrence county and tracked NE across Jefferson Davis county. Golf ball to penny sized hail fell from near the Progress community to near Prentiss. As the storm moved through Prentiss, and then further NE to near the Clem community, the hail became smaller and was between dime and penny size.
A swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail fell across the northern portion of Jefferson Davis County. Communities just south of Hebron to the Whitesands area to just north of Clem were impacted. This hail storm continued into far southeast Simpson County as it tracked northeast.
This supercell thunderstorm moved out of northern Marion county, then across southeast Jefferson Davis county before moving into central Covington county. This storm continued to intensify and produced penny to ping pong ball sized hail as it moved north northeast across southeast Jefferson Davis county.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi?
91 hail events are recorded in Jefferson Davis County between 1972 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Jefferson Davis County?
The strongest hail on record in Jefferson Davis County measured 2.5.
Where does the hail data for Jefferson Davis 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 Jefferson Davis County, Mississippi.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/mississippi/jefferson-davis-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.