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Mississippi storm reports for January 21, 2016

NOAA recorded 16 hail reports, 14 wind reports and 5 tornado reports in Mississippi on January 21, 2016.

in Mississippi
35
Storm reports
Near 31.54, -90.87, MS
1.75 in
Largest hail
About 37 miles from Jackson, MS
63 mph
Highest gust
Highest rating EF2, near 31.32, -89.65, MS
5
Tornado reports
Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

  • 0.75
  • 1
  • 1.5
  • 2
  • 2.5
  • 3+

Dots: reports.

  • Wind report
  • Tornado and its path
  • Surveyed tornado path

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on January 21, 2016 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot.

Reports by hour

Hail16, most at 3 PM

Wind14, most at 4 PM

Tornado5, most at 4 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

TimeRatingWherePath
4:14 PMEF0About 27 miles from Jackson, MS3.03 mi long, 50 yd wide
4:25 PMEF1About 47 miles from Jackson, MS5.34 mi long, 200 yd wide
5:20 PMEF1About 33 miles from Jackson, MS3.89 mi long, 300 yd wide
5:46 PMEF0About 40 miles from Jackson, MS2.09 mi long, 75 yd wide
6:49 PMEF2Near 31.32, -89.65, MS6.46 mi long, 530 yd wide

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

CityLargest hailHighest gustTornado reports
Jackson, MS1.0 in58 mph0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.