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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
2026-01-09 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
2024-07-17 Thunderstorm Wind 48 mph 3.7 mi
2024-06-05 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 1.2 mi
2024-06-05 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.6 mi

2026-01-09: “This weak tornado began along Bush Dairy Road and was observed by security cameras at least two businesses, damaging a sign and producing tree limb damage as it crossed Audubon Drive. The roof of an adult care facility was partially removed. The tornado crossed MS Highway 15, then caused shingle dam”

2025-05-26: “Multiple other trees were blown down across Jones County.”

2025-04-06: “A tree was blown down on a home.”

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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Type a street address. We measure it against every hail event the National Weather Service recorded in the last 10 years and show you how many fall within 1, 3 and 10 miles — free, instantly, nothing stored. Rural property with no street address? Enter coordinates as 44.05, -107.31.

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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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 2026-07-25