Thunderstorm Wind, Greene
- When
- April 17, 5:00 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Leakesville to Kittrell
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -88.570
Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, April 17, 1998
Several severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Mississippi Friday evening on April 17. The first storm did the most damage across Greene county with high winds blowing down trees throughout the county with the hardest hit areas being in the east part of the county.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS MOB wrote it up.
Several severe thunderstorms moved across southeast Mississippi Friday evening on April 17. The first storm did the most damage across Greene county with high winds blowing down trees throughout the county with the hardest hit areas being in the east part of the county. Several barns , chicken houses and carports were damaged by the high winds. Baseball size hail also accompanied the thunderstorms. The Leakesville area also had large hail in March. The hail stripped leaves from trees and damaged unprotected vehicles. Several homes with windows that faced to the west had them broken out and many roofs suffered damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Greene
- When
- April 17, 5:00 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Greene County, Leakesville to Kittrell
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -88.570
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.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 17, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 17, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, April 17 to 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in South Carolina, April 17, 1998
- Flooding in Kentucky, April 17 to 24, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 17 to 18, 1998
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Alabama, April 17, 1998
- Flash Flood in Tennessee, April 17, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 17, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 17, 1998
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5642582, 5642583.