Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, 9 mi SE of Hattiesburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -89.220
Tornado and Hail in Mississippi, April 17 to 18, 1998
20 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 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
- $202,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
20 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lamar
- When
- April 17, 4:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County, Baxterville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.080, -89.600
Hail, Lamar
- When
- April 17, 4:19 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County, Purvis
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -89.420
Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, 9 mi SE of Hattiesburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -89.220
Tornado, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 4:32 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, Carnes
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 30.980, -89.270
A few trees were blown down and minor damage was done to some property.
Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 4:32 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, Carnes
- Measured
- 4.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 30.980, -89.270
Many cars and roofs were damaged.
Hail, Lamar
- When
- April 17, 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County, 5 mi W of Purvis
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -89.500
Hail, Marion
- When
- April 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Columbia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.250, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- April 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, Sandy Hook
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -89.820
Many trees and power lines were blown down. Minor damage was done to several structures.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- April 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, 7 mi SW of Columbia
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -89.920
Three homes, five mobile homes, and several barns were damaged.
Hail, Lamar
- When
- April 17, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County, Purvis
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -89.420
Automobiles and roofs were damaged.
Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, 7 mi S of Hattiesburg
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -89.320
Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, 9 mi SE of Hattiesburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -89.220
Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, 2 mi S of Brooklyn
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.030, -89.180
Hail, Marion
- When
- April 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, 2 mi S of Columbia
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.220, -89.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- April 17, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marion County, 5 mi S of Columbia
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 31.180, -89.830
Numerous trees were blown down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lamar
- When
- April 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lamar County, Purvis
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 31.150, -89.420
Many trees were blown down throughout the county and several chicken houses were damaged.
Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 7:13 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, Petal
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.350, -89.270
Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, Hattiesburg
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.320, -89.320
Hail, Forrest
- When
- April 17, 7:19 PM CST
- Where
- Forrest County, Dixie Pine
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.300, -89.280
Hail, Jones
- When
- April 17, 7:32 PM CST
- Where
- Jones County, 4 mi N of Ellisville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.650, -89.200
Hail, Jefferson Davis
- When
- April 17, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson Davis County, Prentiss
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.600, -89.880
Hail, Clarke
- When
- April 17, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County, 4 mi E of Enterprise
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.180, -88.750
Hail, Lauderdale
- When
- April 17, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County, 3 mi SE of Meridian
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.330, -88.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Newton
- When
- April 18, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County, 3 mi W of Chunky
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -88.980
Several trees were blown down.
Hail, Lauderdale
- When
- April 18, 12:28 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County, Bailey
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.470, -88.730
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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.
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
- 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 Wind in Mississippi, 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5636472, 5636473, 5636474, 5636475, 5636476, 5636479, 5636477, 5636478, 5636480, 5636490, 5636481, 5636482, 5636483, 5636484, 5636485, 5636491, 5636486, 5636487, 5636488, 5636489, 5636492, 5636493, 5636494, 5636495, 5636497, 5636496.