Simpson County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 12 months · Updated Sep 12, 2026
Simpson County, Mississippi has recorded tornado activity: official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records list 4 tornado reports among 52 severe weather events here in the last 12 months, alongside 22 hail reports with hail up to 0.88" and 26 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.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Simpson County
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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.
Thursday, August 6, 2026
2 SPC verified storm reports
“Trees were downed on Moody Wallace Rd... P Hezekiah-Weathersby Rd... and Brandon-Williamsburg Rd. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown 5 SSE Cato SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 1 NW Harrisville SPC verified report
Sunday, July 5, 2026
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.”
- Hail 0.25" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 4, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 504 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Johns, or 14 miles northeast of Mendenhall, moving east 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... Polkville and White Oak.”
“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 Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 25, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 422 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Pinola, or 10 miles southwest of Mendenhall, moving southeast at 5 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... Pinola around 425 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.25" Simpson 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 Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, June 18, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 823 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over White Oak, or 9 miles northwest of Raleigh, moving northeast 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... Polkville and Burns around 830 AM CDT. Raleigh around 840 AM CDT.”
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 2, 2026
3 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 603 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Shivers, or 13 miles southwest of Mendenhall, moving southwest 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... New Hebron, Oma, and Rockport around 610 PM CDT. Silver Creek around 650 PM CDT.”
“At 608 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Hopewell, or 9 miles east of Crystal Springs, moving southwest at 30 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. This strong thunderstorm will be near...”
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 1, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 707 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near D'Lo, or near Mendenhall. This thunderstorm was nearly stationary. 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...”
- Hail 0.5" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 29, 2026
2 NWS warnings — 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.”
“At 651 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Wanilla, or 8 miles north of Monticello, moving east 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... Silver Creek and Wanilla around 655 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.25" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 22, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 650 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Rockport, or 13 miles east of Hazlehurst, 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...”
- Hail 0.88" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, May 19, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 816 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Terry, or near Crystal Springs, moving northeast at 15 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... Jackson and Terry around 820 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.5" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, May 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 432 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Fannin to Dentville. Movement was east at 45 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...”
- Hail 0.5" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, May 6, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 615 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Crystal Springs, moving east at 50 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. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, April 29, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 233 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Pinola, or near Mendenhall, moving east at 45 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... Magee and Sanatorium around 240 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.5" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 24, 2026
6 SPC verified storm reports · 2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.5", 4 tornado reports
“This EF0 tornado developed over downtown Magee just north of the Magee General Hospital and tracked southeastward crossing from 1st St to 5th St between 4th Ave and 12t (JAN)”
“This EF1 tornado began east of MS Hwy 13 in the Boggan Ridge area... tracking east southeastward across Main St... D and C Farm Dr... Macedonia... Rd... and Lee Boggan (JAN)”
- Tornado Tornado Magee SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 3 SE Merit SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 2 WSW Merit SPC verified report
- Tornado Tornado 2 WSW Braxton SPC verified report
- Hail 0.5" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.5" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind Unknown 2 SSW Sanatorium SPC verified report
- Wind Unknown 2 ESE Braxton SPC verified report
Thursday, April 2, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.25", wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 304 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from St. Joseph to 6 miles south of Carpenter to near Sontag. Movement was north at 40 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...”
“At 404 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Youngton to near Byram to near Pinola. Movement was northeast 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. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.25" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, March 16, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 546 AM CDT, the public reported gusty showers over Brookhaven, moving northeast at 55 mph. Hazard: Pea size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Brookhaven, Wesson, and Beauregard around 550 AM CDT. Sontag around 555 AM CDT. Oma and Wanilla around 600 AM CDT. Rockport around 605 AM CDT. New Hebron around 610 AM CDT.”
- Hail 0.25" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, March 15, 2026
2 NWS warnings — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1153 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Union to near White Oak to near Shivers. 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...”
“At 1106 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from Ludlow to near Terry. Movement was east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include...”
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Wednesday, March 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 638 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong winds associated with a frontal boundary along a line extending from near Johns to 6 miles east of Hazlehurst. Movement was southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, March 7, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report
“Law enforcement reported multiple trees down near Hwy 43 N Hux Hill and 174 Old Westville within the Pinola area. (JAN)”
- Wind Unknown 1 NNE Pinola SPC verified report
Sunday, February 15, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 1233 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Raymond to near Oma. Movement was northeast at 40 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... Jackson, Byram, Terry, Georgetown, Hopewell, Whites, Rockport, and Union around 1240 AM CST.”
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, January 10, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.75", 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...”
“At 448 AM CST, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Forest to Rockport. Movement was east at 50 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. Strong thunderstorms will be near...”
- Wind 50 mph Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, September 19, 2025
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.25"
“At 501 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Polkville, or 10 miles southwest of Morton, moving southeast 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...”
- Hail 0.25" Simpson County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Simpson County, MS?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 52 severe weather events in Simpson County over the last 12 months. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Simpson County recently?
Yes — 22 hail reports in the last 12 months, with hail up to 0.88" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
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