3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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.
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3 tornado, 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Three trailers and an outbuilding were destroyed. One trailer was moved off of its foundation. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down.
A few trees and several tree limbs were blown down.
The tornado began just west of Manila and tracked northeast. The tornado demolished or heavily damaged several homes including some mobile homes. Two children were killed in one of these mobile homes. The tornado continued northeast flattening a discount department store and an gas station/food mart. Three small factory and machine shop buildings as well as a furniture store were destroyed. Several other buildings were seriously damaged. The tornado reached the main residential section of Manila destroying several homes. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down.
The tornado touched down in the south central part of Blytheville. The main damage was contained in a two-block section. A 60-ton air conditioner until located on the roof of a supermarket was moved. Many large trees were toppled and several residences sustained roof damage.
A tornado briefly touched down in Greenfield knocking down a few trees.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Mississippi | 1998-04-16 | 5 | Female | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
| Tornado, Mississippi | 1998-04-16 | 2 | Male | Mobile/Trailer Home | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Arkansas in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Arkansas, 1998Warnings in Arkansas, April 1998
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: 5642004, 5642009, 5642005, 5642011, 5642006, 5642007, 5642008, 5642010.