As soon as the hail started pelting the central portion of the state, Mississippi residents started posting photos of the ice on Twitter. From Columbus — where hail the size of golf balls and larger — to Rankin County — where a tornado was spotted by weather watchers — hail was reported across a large portion of the state.

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— WCBI Weather (@WCBIWEATHER) April 9, 2021

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Pretty good hail shower just came through downtown Kosciusko. @PatrickEllisWx @NWSJacksonMS pic.twitter.com/ErmBaedk6m

— Breck Riley (@BreckRiley) April 10, 2021

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Storm in Rankin County just produced this hail. Storm located between Pelahatchie and Puckett. @NWSJacksonMS pic.twitter.com/MgjpCUIj6Q

— RANKIN EOC (@RANKINEOC) April 10, 2021

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Ping pong to golf ball sized hail fell out of the storm that eventual produced a tornado in eastern Rankin County. #mswx

📷: Connie Williams, Johns @WLBT @Fox40News @NWSJacksonMS pic.twitter.com/hJtM8Xki49

— Patrick Ellis WLBT (@PatrickEllisWx) April 10, 2021

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Hail in Cato… sent in about 10 minutes ago!#mswx @NWSJacksonMS

📷: Paul Lang pic.twitter.com/pALvWYU6p7

— Rachel Coulter WLBT (@Coulter_wx) April 10, 2021

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Hail. 3.9 miles west of Ackerman @NWSJacksonMS @matt_laubhan pic.twitter.com/5LtwON4IMG

— Michael Bishop (@NMSCASMike) April 10, 2021

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