Thunderstorm Wind, Lafayette
- When
- April 18, 12:06 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -89.330
Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 18, 1988
20 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 30
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
20 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Leflore
- When
- April 18, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Leflore County
- Coordinates
- 33.430, -90.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Alcorn
- When
- April 18, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -88.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Pontotoc
- When
- April 18, 12:45 AM CST
- Where
- Pontotoc County
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -89.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkinson
- When
- April 18, 1:35 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkinson County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -91.300
Hail, Hancock
- When
- April 18, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hancock County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.420, -89.430
Hail, Stone
- When
- April 18, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Stone County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.780, -89.130
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 18, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.420, -88.820
Hail, Lawrence
- When
- April 18, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lawrence County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.550, -90.230
Hail, George
- When
- April 18, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- George County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.920, -88.580
Hail, Jackson
- When
- April 18, 2:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.370, -88.530
Hail, Tippah
- When
- April 18, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.950
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 18, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.580, -90.320
Hail, Warren
- When
- April 18, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -91.020
Hail, Hinds
- When
- April 18, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hinds County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.450, -90.430
Hail, Warren
- When
- April 18, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Warren County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.280, -90.820
Hail, Alcorn
- When
- April 18, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Alcorn County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 34.930, -88.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Wilkinson
- When
- April 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wilkinson County
- Coordinates
- 31.100, -91.300
Hail, Jefferson Davis
- When
- April 18, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.500, -89.750
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- April 18, 5:54 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.580, -90.450
Hail, Smith
- When
- April 18, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -89.430
Hail, Smith
- When
- April 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Smith County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.830, -89.430
Hail, Jasper
- When
- April 18, 6:33 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -89.270
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- April 18, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 31.780, -89.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Covington
- When
- April 18, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Covington County
- Coordinates
- 31.750, -89.520
Hail, Clarke
- When
- April 18, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -88.730
Hail, Jasper
- When
- April 18, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jasper County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -89.100
Hail, Pearl River
- When
- April 18, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pearl River County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 30.600, -89.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Jones
- When
- April 18, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -89.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- April 18, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 31.670, -88.650
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10062559, 10062560, 10062561, 10062562, 10062563, 10062564, 10062565, 10062566, 10062567, 10062568, 10062569, 10062570, 10062571, 10062572, 10062573, 10062574, 10062575, 10062576, 10062577, 10062578, 10062579, 10062580, 10062581, 10062582, 10062583, 10062584, 10062585, 10062586, 10062587, 10062588.