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Purvis, 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 Purvis city centroid, 1950 to present.

71hail events since 1950
37≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
2.50"largest on record · 1998-04-17
2022-04-15most recent hail event

Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 0
2023 0
2022 2 1.00" (quarter)
2021 0
2020 1 0.88" (nickel)
2019 0
2018 0
2017 2 1.00" (quarter)
2016 2 1.75" (golf ball)
2015 2 2.00" (hen egg)
2014 0
2013 2 1.00" (quarter)
2012 2 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
2025-06-14 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 9.9 mi
2024-06-05 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 8.6 mi
2024-04-10 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 8.8 mi
2024-01-25 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 4.7 mi
2024-01-25 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 7.1 mi
2024-01-09 Thunderstorm Wind 52 mph 1.4 mi
2023-06-16 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.3 mi
2023-06-14 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 5.4 mi
2023-06-14 Thunderstorm Wind 63 mph 9.9 mi
2023-06-12 Thunderstorm Wind 52 mph 1.3 mi

2025-06-14: “A utility pole was downed near the intersection of Oak Grove road and Griffith road.”

2024-06-05: “A tree was blown down.”

2024-04-10: “A tree was blown down across Old Highway 11.”

Disputing a claim at a Purvis address?

This page covers the city. A claim dispute needs the record around your address: every NWS-recorded event within 1, 3 and 10 miles, the disputed date highlighted, citations formatted for an insurance appeal.

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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 2026-06-12