157
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$1.7M
Property damage
Hail in Neshoba County, Mississippi: 157 recorded events between 1970 and 2026. The strongest on record measured 2.75. That places the county #882 nationally and #12 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Hail in Neshoba County, Mississippi: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for hail in Neshoba County is the 2000s, when 52 of the county's 157 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 Neshoba County archive, hail makes up 25.5% of all recorded severe weather across 7 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #882 for this hazard and #12 within Mississippi, putting it in the 71.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Apr is the peak month for hail in Neshoba County with 46 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 28, 2026 | PHILADELPHIA ARPT | 1.25 | $0 |
| Apr 28, 2026 | HOPE | 2 | $0 |
| May 24, 2025 | PHILADELPHIA | 1.25 | $0 |
| May 2, 2025 | ALICE | 1 | $0 |
| Apr 15, 2022 | STALLO | 1 | $25K |
| Apr 9, 2021 | WILLIAMSVILLE | 1 | $0 |
| Feb 11, 2021 | DIXON | 0.88 | $0 |
| Feb 11, 2021 | DIXON | 1.5 | $10K |
| May 27, 2020 | BURNSIDE | 1 | $0 |
| Mar 29, 2020 | DOWDVILLE | 2.75 | $1.0M |
Other hazards here
More from Neshoba County
- Thunderstorm Wind 340
- Tornado 62
- Flash Flood 44
From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A severe thunderstorm continued to produce large hail up to the size of golf balls to baseballs as it moved northeast across Neshoba County. In many cases, hail covered the ground. On the southern side of the storm, hail up to the size of quarters fell in the Dixon and Sandtown communities. Golf ball size or larger hail occurred from the Neshoba County Fairgrounds through the northeast side of Philadelphia. Baseball sized hail occurred in Philadelphia.
The strong left moving supercell thunderstorm continued out of far southeast Leake county and moved across southwest and west-central Neshoba county before it dissipated west of Philadelphia. The storm produced penny to quarter sized hail before it dissipated.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many hail events are on record in Neshoba County, Mississippi?
157 hail events are recorded in Neshoba County between 1970 and 2026, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest hail recorded in Neshoba County?
The strongest hail on record in Neshoba County measured 2.75.
Where does the hail data for Neshoba 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 Neshoba County, Mississippi.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/mississippi/neshoba-county/hail/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.