Hail Swath Map Preview
The Meridian, MS hail swath map preview was last reviewed on August 28, 2026 and shows mapped hail estimates up to 0.75". There are 0 public hail reports, 6 public wind reports, and 16 nearby tornado reports listed for the December 14, 2022 event.
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Impact Area and Population for the Meridian, MS Hail Map
The December 14, 2022 hail swath map for Meridian, MS covers approximately 185 square miles and includes an estimated 3,503 people inside the mapped footprint. The largest mapped area is in the < 0.50" hail band, covering 122 square miles. The highest estimated population exposure is in the < 0.50" hail band with 2,311 people.
| Mapped Hail Band | Impact Area | Population |
|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 122 sq mi | 2,311 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 61 sq mi | 1,163 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 2 sq mi | 29 |
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Housing Exposure Inside the Meridian, MS Hail Swath Map
Inside the December 14, 2022 hail swath map area for Meridian, MS, HailGeeks estimates 1,660 single-family homes, 13 townhomes, and 99 multifamily properties within the mapped storm footprint. Single-family-home exposure is highest in the < 0.50" hail band, with 1,055 single-family homes.
| Mapped Hail Band | Single-Family | Townhomes | Multifamily |
|---|---|---|---|
| < 0.50" | 1,055 | 8 | 55 |
| 0.50-0.75" | 588 | 5 | 43 |
| 0.75-1.00" | 17 | 0 | 1 |
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Counties Inside the Meridian, MS Hail Map
Hail from the December 14, 2022 storm was mapped across 5 counties in the Meridian, MS region. Newton County, MS had the strongest mapped signal, peaking at 0.75" with roughly 749 single-family homes inside the swath.
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Cities Inside the Meridian, MS Hail Map
Zooming in, the swath touched 2 cities near Meridian, MS. Newton, MS had the strongest mapped signal at 0.50", with an estimated 281 single-family homes exposed.
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ZIP Codes Inside the Meridian, MS Hail Swath Map
At the ZIP level, the December 14, 2022 Meridian, MS hail map spans 8 ZIP codes. ZIP 39345 shows the strongest local signal, with mapped hail estimates up to 0.75" and an estimated single-family-home exposure of 571.
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Public Hail, Wind, and Tornado Reports
Public storm report tables connected to the December 14, 2022 hail map for Meridian, MS currently list 0 public hail reports, 6 public wind reports, and 16 tornado reports.
| Date & Time | Hail Size | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No public hail reports are available for this event. | ||||
| Date & Time | Wind Speed | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
December 14, 2022 1:20 PM CT | 1 SE Heidelberg | MS | CORRECTS PREVIOUS TSTM WND DMG REPORT FROM 1 SE HEIDELBERG. POWER POLE DOWN IN HEIDELBURG. | |
December 14, 2022 1:56 PM CT | 3 NW Whynot | MS | UTILITY LINES DOWNED NEAR CAMP BINACHI RD AND OLD HWY 19. POSSIBLE TORNADO. | |
December 14, 2022 2:09 PM CT | 3 WNW Fellowship | MS | SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN THE FELLOWSHIP COMMUNITY. | |
December 14, 2022 2:10 PM CT | 2 SW Kewanee | MS | ROOF DAMAGE TO STRUCTURES AND SHED DAMAGE ON SHELBY GRESSETT RD. POSSIBLE TORNADO. | |
December 14, 2022 3:19 PM CT | 1 E Ward | AL | TREES DOWN. ROOF DAMAGE TO HOME AND A BARN. VEHICLE DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. | |
December 14, 2022 3:24 PM CT | 5 NE Ward | AL | STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO A HOME AND A BARN ON AL 17 AND WRIGHT RD. PRIMARILY ROOF DAMAGE. POSSIBLE TORNADO. |
| Date & Time | Rating | City | State | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
December 14, 2022 7:38 AM CT | UNK | 4 NE Homewood | MS | AN EF 1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR NORRIS HOMEWOOD ROAD AND MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS MAINLY RURAL PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SCOTT COUNTY. MOST TREE DAMAGE CONSISTED OF DOWNED TREE LIMBS... BUT A FEW TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED ALONG THE PATH. THE MOST INTENSE DAMAGE WAS CENTERED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF ANNIE MOORE ROAD AND MS HIGHWAY 501 WHERE THE ROOFS OF A FEW HOMES WERE PARTIALLY DAMAGED. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER IT CROSSED INTERSTATE 20 HALFWAY BETWEEN FOREST AND LAKE. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 500 YARDS. THE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 105 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 5.16 MILES. |
December 14, 2022 7:58 AM CT | UNK | 3 W Hazel | MS | A SHORT-LIVED EF 1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN SOUTH OF CRANE 11 ROAD AND WEST OF 4TH STREET WHERE IT SNAPPED AND UPROOTED A FEW TREES. AS IT MOVED NORTHEAST ACROSS 4TH STREET AND LITTLE WARRIOR ROAD... THE TORNADO BLEW DOWN TREE BRANCHES AND DAMAGED A FEW BARNS. IT DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER IT CROSSED LITTLE WARRIOR ROAD. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 200 YARDS. THE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 104 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 0.85 MILES. |
December 14, 2022 12:09 PM CT | UNK | 5 NNE Montrose | MS | A LONG TRACK EF 2 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN IN FAR NORTHERN JASPER COUNTY ALONG COUNTY ROAD 24 WHERE SOME MINOR TREE DAMAGE WAS NOTED AND THEN TRACKED INTO NEWTON COUNTY NEAR HIGHWAY 15. THE INITIAL PART OF THE TRACK OF THE TORNADO MOVED THROUGH A WOODED HUNTING AREA WITH A TDS INDICATED BY RADAR. JUST INSIDE NEWTON COUNTY... SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES WERE NOTED ON EITHER SIDE OF HIGHWAY 15. THE TORNADO THEN CROSSED HIGHWAY 504 AND THEN NICHOLSON ROAD. ALONG SHELBY AND GARVIN ROADS... MANY MORE TREES WERE DAMAGED ALONG WITH A COUPLE SHEDS THAT WERE EITHER DESTROYED OR HEAVILY DAMAGED. SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO 2 HOMES OCCURRED HERE AS WELL. THE TORNADO CONTINUED TO MOVE NE AND CROSSED SEVERAL MORE ROADS THROUGH A CREEK BOTTOM AREA MAINLY DAMAGING TREES. THE TORNADO INCREASED IN INTENSITY SOME AS IT NEARED THE WEST SIDE OF HICKORY AND HIGHWAY 80. IT ALSO WIDENED AND HEAVILY DAMAGED TREES AND POWER LINES ALONG WITH DESTROYING A SHED AND CAUSING SOME MINOR ROOF DAMAGE TO SOME HOMES IN THE HIGH |
December 14, 2022 12:35 PM CT | UNK | 1 N Hickory | MS | TREES UPROOTED AND HOMES DAMAGED ABOUT 1 MILE NORTH OF HICKORY MS ALONG EDWARDS ROAD. |
December 14, 2022 12:35 PM CT | UNK | 2 NNW Hickory | MS | SEVERAL TREES UPROOTED AND SNAPPED ALONG ROSE ROAD IN HICKORY... JUST NORTH OF I-20. |
December 14, 2022 1:55 PM CT | UNK | Toomsuba | MS | ROOF BLOWN OFF TRAILER NEAR TOOMSUBA. |
December 14, 2022 1:57 PM CT | UNK | 2 SE Vimville | MS | THIS EF1 TORNADO BEGAN NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF MS HIGHWAY 19 AND LEO MCDONALD RD AND TRACKED NORTHEASTWARD... SNAPPING SEVERAL TREES ALONG THE PATH. IT CROSSED LINTON RD TWICE... WHERE IT TOOK THE ROOF OFF A HAY BARN... THEN CROSSED MS HIGHWAY 496 NEAR ALAMUCHA. IT ENDED NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF SHELBY GRESSETT RD AND SMITH SPUR RD WHERE THE ROOF WAS TAKEN OFF AN OUTBUILDING AND ANOTHER STRUCTURE SUSTAINED ROOF DAMAGE... AND SOME TREES WERE DOWNED IN THE AREA. |
December 14, 2022 2:15 PM CT | UNK | 5 SSE Snell | MS | THIS TORNADO STARTED NORTHEAST OF SHUBUTA SNAPPING A FEW TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 694 WHERE IT STRENGTHENED TO EF-2 STRENGTH SNAPPING NUMEROUS SOFTWOOD AND HARDWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ACROSS COUNTY ROAD 615 SNAPPING POWER POLES ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES. THE TORNADO CROSSED COUNTY ROAD 631 WHERE IT DESTROYED A SMALL WOOD FRAME HOME ALONG WITH NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER POLES. AS THE TORNADO CROSSED HIGHWAY 511 IT SNAPPED A FEW MORE POWER POLES ALONG WITH NUMEROUS HARDWOOD AND SOFTWOOD TREES. THE TORNADO CROSSED COUNTY ROADS 650 AND 670 WHERE IT PARTIALLY LIFTED THE ROOF OFF OF ONE HOME AND ALSO DESTROYED A MANUFACTURED HOME AS IT LIFTED IT OFF ITS FOUNDATION. THE TORNADO CONTINUED ALONG COUNTY ROAD 15 SNAPPING NUMEROUS TREES AND CROSSED HIGHWAY 18. THE TORNADO CONTINUED NORTHEAST CROSSING COUNTY ROAD 20... BEFORE ENDING NEAR COUNTY ROAD 421 SNAPPING NUMEROUS TREES ALONG THE WAY. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 1056 YARDS. THE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 135 M |
December 14, 2022 2:31 PM CT | UNK | 1 SE Mannassa | MS | POSSIBLE TORNADO DAMAGE AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROAD 660 AND COUNTY ROAD 511. HEAVY TREE DAMAGE AND ROADS BLOCKED. |
December 14, 2022 2:33 PM CT | UNK | 3 NNE Mannassa | MS | HEAVY STRUCTURAL DAMAGE EAST OF QUITMAN ON COUNTY ROAD 670 AND ANOTHER STRUCTURE IS COMPLETELY GONE. |
December 14, 2022 2:35 PM CT | UNK | 6 NNE Mannassa | MS | MULTIPLE STRUCTURES DAMAGED ON CLARKE COUNTY ROAD 4191. |
December 14, 2022 3:17 PM CT | UNK | 1 NNE Ward | AL | NWS BIRMINGHAM STORM SURVEY FOUND DAMAGE CONSISTENT WITH AN EF-1 TORNADO WITH ESTIMATED MAX WINDS OF 90 MPH NEAR WARD... AL. MOST DAMAGE OCCURRED ON CTY RD 9 NEAR JESSIE POWELL RD WHERE TWO HOMES WERE DAMAGED... AS WELL AS AT LEAST TWO FARM STRUCTURES. A VARIETY OF TIMBER DAMAGE WAS OBSERVED INCLUDING SNAPPED AND UPROOTED TREES. THE TORNADO DISSIPATED NEAR WRIGHT RD AND AL HWY 17. |
December 14, 2022 5:09 PM CT | UNK | 4 NNE Ovett | MS | AN EF 1 TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN ALONG MS HIGHWAY 15 NEAR ITS INTERSECTION WITH ED CROWDER ROAD... WHERE SOME TREES AND POWER LINES WERE BLOWN DOWN. THE TORNADO MOVED NORTHEAST AND UPROOTED AND SNAPPED SEVERAL TREES. IT DISSIPATED SHORTLY AFTER CROSSING ROAD 201. THE MAXIMUM WIDTH WAS 50 YARDS. THE MAXIMUM WIND SPEED WAS 90 MPH. THE PATH LENGTH WAS 4.05 MILES. |
December 14, 2022 5:40 PM CT | UNK | 2 W Silver Cross | AL | AN EF2 TORNADO HAS BEEN CONFIRMED IN FAR NORTHERN WASHINGTON INTO SOUTHEASTERN CHOCTAW COUNTIES. THE TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN AS AN EF0 ALONG DRY CREEK ROAD WHERE A FEW TREES WERE UPROOTED. THE NEXT AVAILABLE ROAD WAS ALONG COUNTY ROAD 31 WHERE SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE OCCURRED TO THE NORTH OF FRANKVILLE. NUMEROUS TREES WERE SNAPPED OR UPROOTED IN A 120 YARD SWATH. SIGNIFICANT SNAPPING AND DEFORESTATION SEEMED EVIDENT LOOKING FURTHER SOUTHWEST ALONG THE TRACK; HOWEVER... THIS AREA WAS INACCESSIBLE AT THE TIME AND REQUIRED SATELLITE DATA TO CONFIRM THE DEGREE OF DAMAGE. UPDATE 12/18/22: OUR FIRST SENTINEL SATELLITE IMAGERY PASS WAS THIS AFTERNOON AND CLEARED UP THE DETAILS OF HOW THIS TORNADO EVOLVED. THE FIRST MAJOR CHANGE WAS TO THE INTENSITY OF THE TORNADO. COMPLETE DEFORESTATION OF TREES TO THE SOUTHWEST OF COUNTY ROAD 31 WAS NOTED ON SATELLITE IMAGERY... INDICATING NUMEROUS IF NOT ALL TREES IN THE PATH WERE UPROOTED/SNAPPED LOW AT THEIR BASE. BASED ON THIS... THE INTENSITY IS BUMPED TO 130 |
December 14, 2022 5:45 PM CT | UNK | 2 SSW Bladon Springs | AL | A TORNADO DEBRIS SIGNATURE (TDS) WAS EVIDENT AT THE LOCATION WHERE NUMEROUS TREES WERE DOWNED. THIS WAS LIKELY FROM A TORNADO. |
December 14, 2022 5:49 PM CT | UNK | 2 E Bladon Springs | AL | AFTER REVIEWING SENTINEL SATELLITE IMAGERY AVAILABLE ON 12/18/22... THE DETERMINATION HAS BEEN MADE THAT THE SEGMENT OF THE ORIGINAL SURVEYED TORNADO TRACK FROM BLUE DIRT ROAD TO HIGHWAY 84 WAS A SEPARATE EF2 TORNADO WITH PEAK WINDS OF 115MPH. THE ORIGINAL TORNADO OCCLUDED A FEW MINUTES PRIOR TO THE GENESIS OF THIS TORNADO. A REMARKABLE GRADIENT AT THE POINT OF GENESIS WAS NOTED BY THE SURVEY TEAM IN A FIELD OF SNAPPED/UPROOTED TREES... WHERE TREES WENT FROM UNTOUCHED TO NUMEROUS SNAPS OF SOFTWOOD TREES IN AS LITTLE AS 5 TO 10 FEET. BASED ON SENTINEL SATELLITE IMAGERY... THE TORNADO MAINTAINED INTENSITY... PERHAPS SLIGHTLY STRENGTHENING AS IT MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF BLUE DIRT ROAD WHERE SIGNIFICANT DEFORESTATION WAS NOTED IN AN APPROXIMATE 120 YARD SWATH. AT THE TORNADOES HALFWAY POINT... IT LIKELY WEAKENED TO AN EF0/EF1 AS IT PASSED BY A FIELD WITH NO NOTABLE TREE DAMAGE ON SATELLITE IMAGERY. ONCE THE TORNADO REACHED HIGHWAY 84... IT WAS A VERY WEAK EF0 THAT UPROOTED A COUPLE SOFTWOOD TR |
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Related Hail Maps in the Meridian, MS Region
We found 6 more hail maps with reports from the same Meridian, MS region as the December 14, 2022 event. These related maps cover storm dates from Aug 16, 2022 through Nov 29, 2022, with mapped hail estimates ranging from 0.75" to 2.50". In this set, the strongest related map reached 2.50", and the most recent map shown is from Nov 29, 2022.
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