Covington County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Nov 1, 2026
Covington County, Mississippi has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 4 tornado reports among 39 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 15 hail reports with hail up to 0.88" and 20 high-wind reports with gusts up to 50 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was on Sep 13, 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Covington County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Covington County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
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Storm log — the official record, day by day
Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Sunday, September 13, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 407 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Prentiss, moving south at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Prentiss and Carson around 415 PM CDT. Bassfield and Progress around 420 PM CDT. Oak Vale around 505 PM CDT.”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, September 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 445 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Soso, or 11 miles south of Bay Springs, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Laurel, Soso, and Moss around 450 PM CDT. Sandersville around 505 PM CDT.”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, September 3, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 353 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Melba, or 12 miles southwest of Collins, moving west at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Bassfield and Carson around 400 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.88" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 351 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Collins, moving south at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Taylorsville and Mount Olive.”
“A wire was downed across Main St in Mount Olive. (JAN)”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Mount Olive SPC verified report
Monday, August 17, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 617 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Soso, or 13 miles northwest of Laurel, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Soso and Hebron around 620 PM CDT.”
“At 539 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lone Star, or 8 miles west of Collins, moving south at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Bassfield and Carson around 545 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.88" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 5, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 137 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Clem, or 8 miles southwest of Magee, moving northeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Magee and Sanatorium around 145 PM CDT.”
“A utility pole was downed along Main St. (JAN)”
- Hail 0.25" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 1 WNW Seminary SPC verified report
Saturday, July 4, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 457 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Clem, or 11 miles southwest of Magee. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... New Hebron, Pinola, Shivers, and Clem.”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, June 24, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1055 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Prentiss, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Bassfield, Lone Star, and Carson around 1100 AM CDT. Collins, Seminary, and Melba around 1115 AM CDT. Sanford around 1125 AM CDT.”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 158 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Raleigh to Magee. Movement was southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Strong thunderstorms will be near... Mount Olive, Mize, Sylvarena, and Center Ridge around 205 AM CDT. Taylorsville around 215 AM CDT.”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 19, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 621 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Soso, or near Laurel, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Laurel, Ellisville, and Tuckers Crossing around 625 PM CDT. Mill Creek around 640 PM CDT.”
“At 135 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Seminary, or 7 miles south of Collins, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Seminary and Sanford around 140 AM CDT.”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 524 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Raleigh, moving south at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Mize and Center Ridge around 530 PM CDT. Taylorsville around 540 PM CDT.”
“At 635 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Collins, moving south at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Seminary around 640 PM CDT. Sanford around 645 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.75" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 29, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 739 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near New Hebron, or 8 miles north of Prentiss, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Lone Star and Clem around 745 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.25" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 22, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 539 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lone Star, or 9 miles east of Prentiss, moving east at 10 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.”
“Tree downed on Jaynesville Rd and Johnson Stewart Rd. (JAN)”
- Hail 0.5" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 2 W Mount Olive SPC verified report
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", 1 tornado report
“This EF1 tornado began east of Blackjack New Chapel Rd and tracked across Wilson Rd near Burkhalter Rd... lifting shortly thereafter. Along the path... several large ha (JAN)”
“At 545 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Sumrall, or 12 miles south of Collins, moving northeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Seminary and Sanford around 550 PM CDT.”
- Tornado Tornado 3 SE Lone Star SPC verified report
- Hail 0.75" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 3 N Collins SPC verified report
Friday, April 24, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 946 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Prentiss, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Prentiss, Lone Star, and Clem around 950 PM CDT. Carson around 955 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.5" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 208 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Hebron, or 10 miles northwest of Ellisville, moving north at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.25" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 1238 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Lone Star, or 9 miles northwest of Collins, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near...”
- Hail 0.88" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Local law enforcement reported multiple trees down across west Covington MS. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown 2 ENE Lone Star SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 WSW Seminary SPC verified report
Monday, March 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 820 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Monticello, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Silver Creek, Progress, Arm, and Wanilla around 825 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.88" Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, February 15, 2026
4 SPC verified storm reports — 3 tornado reports
“This very brief EF0 tornado resulted in minor tree damage south of Taylorsville as it tracked across Charlie Red Drive and Ben Stroud Road. Max wind 75 mph... max path (JAN)”
“Three chicken houses were damaged on Gaylons Drive. TDS evident from DGX radar. (JAN)”
- Tornado Tornado 3 SSW Taylorsville SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 4 W Hopewell SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 5 WSW Hopewell SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 ENE Clem SPC verified report
Sunday, January 25, 2026
3 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 to 50 mph expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 10 above expected. For the Extreme Cold Watch, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 10 above possible. WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida, and southeast Mississippi.”
“WHAT...For the Wind Advisory, southwest winds 10 to 20 mph with gusts up to 40 to 50 mph expected. For the Extreme Cold Warning, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 10 above expected. For the Extreme Cold Watch, dangerously cold wind chills as low as 10 above possible. WHERE...Portions of south central and southwest Alabama, northwest Florida, and southeast Mississippi.”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, January 10, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 323 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles north of Clem to near Magnolia. Movement was east at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
- Wind 50 mph Covington County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Mount Olive SPC verified report
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Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Covington County, MS?
The most recent recorded event was on Sep 13, 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 39 severe weather events in Covington County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Did it hail in Covington County recently?
Yes — 15 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
How do I see hail history for a specific address in Covington County?
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