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Laurel, MS hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Laurel city centroid, 1950 to present.

128hail events since 1950
73≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
4.50"largest on record · 1996-03-06
2024-02-12most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 1 1.00" (quarter)
2023 11 1.75" (golf ball)
2022 0
2021 2 1.00" (quarter)
2020 3 2.50" (tennis ball)
2019 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2018 2 1.00" (quarter)
2017 0
2016 4 1.00" (quarter)
2015 2 0.88" (nickel)
2014 1 1.00" (quarter)
2013 2 1.00" (quarter)
2012 4 1.75" (golf ball)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2026-04-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.4 mi
2026-04-25 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9.6 mi
2026-03-11 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 9 mi
2026-01-09 Tornado EF0 3.2 mi
2025-05-26 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.2 mi
2025-04-06 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 1.7 mi
2025-04-06 Tornado EF0 7.4 mi
2025-03-04 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 4.5 mi
2025-02-12 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 10 mi
2024-08-28 Thunderstorm Wind 52 mph 4.9 mi

2026-04-25: “Trees were blown down blocking Howard Hill Road.”

2026-04-25: “A tree was blown down on a home at 571 County Road 8.”

2026-03-11: “A tree was blown onto a house along County Road 23.”

Storm-day records for Laurel — “did it hail on this date?”

Each recorded hail day in Laurel has its own page with the official NWS reports for that date.

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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Nearby hail history

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-08-09