Jones County Hail Map & Storm Reports
Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Nov 1, 2026
Jones County, Mississippi has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 1 tornado report among 43 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 13 hail reports with hail up to 1" and 29 high-wind reports with gusts up to 50 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was on Sep 21, 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Jones County hail map
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Jones County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
What the radar showed
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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.
Monday, September 21, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 641 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Moselle, or 7 miles south of Ellisville, moving southwest at 20 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...”
“Several trees were blown down along the I-59 corridor. (JAN)”
- Hail 0.75" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 2 WSW Ellisville SPC verified report
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 Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, August 21, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Tree downed on powerline and across road around the 1100 block of Moselle Rd. (JAN)”
“Tree downed across Service Rd at Mullican Rd. Likely due to wind gusts from storm outflow. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown Moselle SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 NE Calhoun SPC verified report
Thursday, August 20, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 6 SE Hebron. Report of multiple trees downed. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown 6 SE Hebron SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 6 SE Hebron SPC verified report
Wednesday, August 19, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 522 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Mill Creek, or 7 miles east of Laurel, moving southeast at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Laurel, Sandersville, Mill Creek, and Tuckers Crossing.”
“Tree downed on the road at Alton Gavin Rd and Springhill Rd. (JAN)”
- Wind 50 mph Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 3 WNW Shady Grove SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 S Soso SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 4 SSW Sandersville SPC verified report
Tuesday, August 18, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 356 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Tuckers Crossing, or near Ellisville, moving southeast at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Laurel, Ellisville, Ovett, and Tuckers Crossing.”
“Multiple trees downed along Monroe Rd near Sanford Rd. (JAN)”
- Wind 50 mph Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown Shelton 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 232 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Ellisville. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary. 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... Laurel, Ellisville, Ovett, and Tuckers Crossing.”
- Hail 0.88" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 30, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 339 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Stafford Springs, or 14 miles southwest of Quitman, moving northeast at 20 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...”
- Hail 0.5" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, July 5, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 323 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Soso, or 10 miles northwest of Laurel, moving east at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Laurel, Ellisville, Soso, Tuckers Crossing, Moss, Stringer, and Vernon.”
- Wind 50 mph Jones 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 Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, June 19, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 1", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“Quarter size hail was reported in Calhoun... west of Laurel. (JAN)”
“At 906 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Moselle, or 8 miles southwest of Ellisville, 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 and Moselle around 910 PM CDT. Ovett around 930 PM CDT.”
- Hail 1" Calhoun SPC verified report
- Wind 50 mph Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5"
“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.”
“At 639 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 7 miles south of Hebron to near Tuckers Crossing. Movement was south at 25 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. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
- Hail 0.5" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 1, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“A few trees down off Abner Bryant Road along with a shed damaged. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown 2 NNE Lux SPC verified report
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 219 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ellisville, moving north at 20 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... Laurel and Tuckers Crossing around 225 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.25" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 23, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 1251 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Moselle, or 8 miles southwest of Ellisville, moving north at 10 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. Locations impacted include... Laurel, Ellisville, and Moselle.”
- Hail 0.5" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 22, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 735 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Ovett, or 10 miles northwest of Richton, moving northeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of eastern Jones County.”
“Law enforcement reported multiple trees down across portions of southern Jones County. (JAN)”
- Wind 50 mph Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 6 W Ovett SPC verified report
Thursday, May 7, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“A few sporadic trees down across the county. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown 5 WSW Ovett SPC verified report
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“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.”
“A few sporadic trees down across the county. (JAN)”
- Hail 0.75" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 3 SW Calhoun SPC verified report
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Video of at least 60 mph gusts and parts of trees breaking off. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown Sandersville SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 3 SE Glade SPC verified report
Saturday, April 25, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Trees down blocking Howard Hill Rd. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown 2 S Soso 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" Jones 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" Jones 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" Jones County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
3 SPC verified storm reports
“A storm spotter reported multiple trees down near Laurel MS. Hwy 15 is impassable due to fallen trees. Possible tornado. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown 2 NNW Glade SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 SE Ellisville SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 S Hebron SPC verified report
Friday, January 9, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports — 1 tornado report
“Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 SSE Shady Grove. Video provided by Jones County EOC shows that this damage was produced by a tornado. Roof damage occurred (JAN)”
“A sign was blown out at a business just off of Highway 15 N. (JAN)”
- Tornado Tornado 1 SSE Shady Grove SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 SSE Shady Grove SPC verified report
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Jones County, MS?
The most recent recorded event was on Sep 21, 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 43 severe weather events in Jones 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 Jones County recently?
Yes — 13 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1" 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 Jones County?
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