123
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$2.5M
Property damage
Hail in Smith County, Mississippi: 123 recorded events between 1962 and 2023. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #1,174 nationally and #25 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Smith County, Mississippi: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Smith County is the 2000s, when 59 of the county's 123 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 Smith County archive, hail makes up 20.2% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,174 for this hazard and #25 within Mississippi, putting it in the 62.2 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Smith County with 30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 9, 2023 | RALEIGH | 1 | $20K |
| Dec 9, 2023 | COHAY | 1 | $30K |
| Mar 26, 2023 | TAYLORSVILLE | 1.5 | $250K |
| Apr 19, 2020 | RALEIGH | 1.75 | $15K |
| Jun 17, 2017 | MIZE | 1 | $0 |
| Feb 7, 2017 | TAYLORSVILLE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 14, 2016 | GUNN | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 17, 2016 | MIZE | 0.75 | $0 |
| Feb 15, 2016 | CENTER RIDGE | 1 | $0 |
| Feb 15, 2016 | CENTER RIDGE | 0.88 | $0 |
Other hazards here
More from Smith County
- Thunderstorm Wind 347
- Tornado 93
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
The second of several supercell thunderstorms to effect Smith county, moved into the West-Central portion of the county from Simpson county and tracked east-southeast from near Mize to Taylorsville. This supercell produced a swath of golf ball to baseball sized hail across Southern Smith county. The very large hail damaged many cars and several homes. Windows were blown out by wind driven tennis ball to baseball sized hail. The supercell continued to move east-southeast into extreme Northeast Covington county and Northwest Jones county.
The third supercell to effect Smith county developed around Raleigh and tracked east-southeast to just Southwest of Bay Springs. This storm produced a swath of quarter to golf ball sized hail as moved from just east of Raleigh into Southwest Jasper county.
This supercell thunderstorm is the first of a few supercell storms to effect Smith county. This storm moved out of Southeast Rankin county and produced a swath of quarter to ping pong ball sized hail from near the Daniel Community to just east of the White Oak Community where the storm dissipated.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Smith County, Mississippi?
123 hail events are recorded in Smith County between 1962 and 2023, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Smith County?
The strongest hail on record in Smith County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Smith 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 Smith County, Mississippi.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/mississippi/smith-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.