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Hail in Sharkey County, Mississippi

Hail April 19, 2020 · Sharkey County, Mississippi

1.25 in

Hail diameter

$10K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Quarter to half dollar size hail fell in Cary.

The wider storm

A very unstable airmass was in place across the region as a frontal boundary was stalled across the central portions of the ArkLaMiss region. Severe thunderstorms moved across central and southern portions of the area during the afternoon and evening hours of the 19th. A supercell thunderstorm developed and moved across portions of the Pine Belt and brought a violent tornado across the region, for the second time in as many weeks.

Began near Cary (32.8100, -90.9300).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF4 Marion County 1 dead

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 890394. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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