Hail — Decatur, Tennessee

2024-04-02 · near Perryville, Decatur, Tennessee

Wider weather episode

Surface low pressure tracked across the Mid-Mississippi Valley on April 2, 2024. A broad warm sector was in place across the Mid-South. A lead shortwave ejecting out of the upper trough over northern Mexico interacted with the moist and unstable airmass in place across the region. A cluster of thunderstorms developed over southern Arkansas during the early morning hours of April 2nd. A 40-knot low-level jet helped to fuel the storms as they tracked northeastward. Storms strengthened across extreme northwest Mississippi and West Tennessee resulting in a few reports of large hail and damaging winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1172446. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.