Rolling Fork, MS Hail Storm – March 2026

What Happened

A severe hail storm crossed the Rolling Fork, MS area on March 7, 2026, producing 1.5-inch hail and a string of spotter-verified tree damage reports through the afternoon. The event unfolded from early afternoon into late evening, with repeated NWS alerts and multiple field reports across western and central Mississippi.

The first hail alert came at 12:03 PM CST with 1-inch hail confidence from dual-polarization radar. A second alert followed at 1:41 PM CST with 1.25-inch hail confidence. By mid-afternoon, the storm had strengthened further. NWS alerts at 3:22 PM, 3:38 PM, 3:45 PM, 3:56 PM, 4:19 PM, and 4:52 PM CST carried radar and spotter-verified hail sizes ranging from 1 inch to 1.5 inches.

Field reports began to stack up as the storms moved through the region. At 3:21 PM CST, law enforcement reported multiple trees down near Hwy 43 N, Hux Hill, and 174 Old Westville in the Pinola area. At 3:30 PM CST and again at 3:31 PM CST, spotters reported trees down on Rehobeth Rd, including a corrected report from 2 SW Leesburg. Around the same time, nickel-size hail was reported in Loyd Star at 3:36 PM CST.

By late afternoon, spotters continued to document tree damage along several roads. A tree was reported down at US 51 and Davis Crossing Rd at 3:51 PM CST. Two minutes later, a couple of trees were down on Stump Bridge Rd. At 4:15 PM CST, a tree was reported down across Joe Coker Rd near Coker Cir. Additional reports came in at 4:23 PM CST along Noblin Bridge Rd and at 4:38 PM CST along Harrell Rd and Leesburg Rd. The final report in the set came at 4:47 PM CST with flooding across a roadway in the Colony Park area.

Damage Assessment

The field reports point to scattered tree damage across multiple corridors, with the strongest concentration in the Pinola, Leesburg, and Rolling Fork region. The reports include trees down on Rehobeth Rd, multiple trees down near Hwy 43 N and Old Westville, and additional tree loss along US 51, Stump Bridge Rd, Joe Coker Rd, Noblin Bridge Rd, and Harrell Rd. One spotter also reported metal siding lifted from a roof and a few split trees at 4:30 PM CST, which adds a structural note to the broader wind and hail impacts.

The report set also shows a wider swath of impacts beyond the immediate Rolling Fork core. Trees were downed along MS Hwy 18 between Brandon and Puckett. Multiple trees were reported down in Terry and Byram at 3:56 PM CST. A roadway flooding report came from Colony Park later in the afternoon. Nickel-size hail was also reported in Loyd Star. These reports place the storm in a broader corridor of hail and wind impacts across south-central and central Mississippi.

The hail reports and tree damage do not line up as a single point impact. They show a storm that carried damaging hail cores and produced intermittent surface damage along its path. The strongest hail confidence appeared in the later afternoon alerts, when radar and spotter verification supported 1.5-inch hail.