Hail, wind, and tornado reports from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 13, 2026
Has it hailed in Lowndes County, Mississippi recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 22 hail reports with hail up to 1.5", among 41 severe weather events logged here in the last 12 months, together with 19 high-wind reports with gusts up to 50 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
Where hail and high-wind reports clustered across Lowndes County over the last 12 months. Heat shows report density and significance, not radar.
Storm activity from the last 30 days is summarized at the county level on this page. Exact locations, radar snapshots, and official warning boundaries for recent events are available with a free account.
See the specifics — free →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.
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 325 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Kolola Springs, or 12 miles north of Columbus, 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... Columbus, Caledonia, Kolola Springs, Steens, and Columbus AFB.”
“Per photos and description... a tree was blown down on Main Street. (JAN)”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 817 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bent Oak, or near Columbus, 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... Columbus around 825 PM CDT. Bigbee Valley around 850 PM CDT.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 351 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tibbee, or near West Point, moving northeast 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... West Point, Waverly, and Tibbee.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 501 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from 6 miles northeast of Mcmillan to House. Movement was 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. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1147 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Steens, or 10 miles west of Millport, moving north at 5 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty outflow winds from nearby thunderstorms could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Caledonia and Steens.”
1 SPC verified storm report
“Tree downed on Lee Stokes Rd from outflow winds. Likely sub severe wind gust. (JAN)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 258 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Cumberland to near Sessums. Movement was northeast at 45 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. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 355 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Macon, moving east 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... Prairie Point and Paulette around 400 PM CDT. Cooksville around 415 PM CDT.”
2 SPC verified storm reports · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 239 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bigbee Valley, or near Pickensville, moving southeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 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.”
“Corrects previous tstm wnd dmg report from 1 S Flint Hill. Several trees blown down reported by Red Cross. (JAN)”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 341 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Waverly, or 8 miles southeast of West Point, 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...”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 338 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Caledonia, or 13 miles north of Columbus, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Caledonia and Kolola Springs.”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 514 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bent Oak, or 12 miles southwest of Columbus, moving east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 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... Columbus and Bent Oak around 520 AM CDT.”
“At 233 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms over Sturgis, or 9 miles northeast of Ackerman, moving east at 45 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...”
1 SPC verified storm report · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1103 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from New Wren to 6 miles northwest of Prairie to 7 miles northeast of Griffith to Pala Alto. Movement was east 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... West Point around 1110 PM CDT.”
“At 1005 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Waverly, or near Columbus, moving east at 35 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... Columbus, Columbus AFB, and Steens around 1010 AM CDT.”
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 247 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Columbus, moving northeast 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... Columbus, Waverly, and Columbus AFB around 255 PM CDT.”
“A few trees and powerlines were downed in Columbus including on 5th and 6th streets near 4th avenue. An older warehouse building had portions of a tin roof or awning pe (JAN)”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1057 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Columbus AFB to near Tibbee to near Oktoc. Movement was east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75"
“At 557 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Bent Oak, or 10 miles southwest of Columbus, moving northeast 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... Columbus around 605 PM CDT.”
“At 615 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Tibbee, or near West Point, moving east at 45 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... Columbus, Waverly, and Columbus AFB around 620 PM CDT.”
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 728 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over West Point, moving east 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... West Point, Waverly, and Tibbee around 735 PM CDT.”
3 SPC verified storm reports — hail up to 1.5"
“Pictures from 0.6 miles north of Main Street in Columbus showed hail the size of quarters. (JAN)”
“Trees on homes at 121 and 126 Gaylane Drive. (JAN)”
1 SPC verified storm report · 3 NWS warnings — hail up to 1"
“Hail at Lion Hills Golf Course... mostly small pea to penny with some up to quarter size. (JAN)”
“At 558 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Artesia, or 12 miles southeast of Starkville, moving east at 20 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... Bent Oak around 605 PM CST.”
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 540 PM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Crawford to near Brooksville to near Nanih Waiya. Movement was east at 50 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 41 severe weather events in Lowndes County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Yes — 22 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 1.5" recorded. The hail map above shows where reports clustered; the storm log lists each day.
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