Hail, Simpson
- When
- April 18, 7:30 AM CST
- Where
- Simpson County, Harrisville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.970, -90.080
Hail in Mississippi, April 18, 1998
7 hail, 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
- 7
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
7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lauderdale
- When
- April 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County, Okatibbee Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.500, -88.820
Hail, Lauderdale
- When
- April 18, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lauderdale County, (Nmm)nas Meridian
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.550, -88.570
Hail, Kemper
- When
- April 18, 8:05 AM CST
- Where
- Kemper County, Porterville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.680, -88.470
Hail, Copiah
- When
- April 18, 8:20 AM CST
- Where
- Copiah County, Hazlehurst
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -90.400
Hail, Newton
- When
- April 18, 8:36 AM CST
- Where
- Newton County, Chunky
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.320, -88.930
Hail, Simpson
- When
- April 18, 11:28 AM CST
- Where
- Simpson County, 3 mi W of Magee
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.870, -89.780
What these are
- 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
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, April 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Kentucky, April 18 to 19, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Georgia, April 18, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, April 18, 1998
- Flooding in Indiana, April 18 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Texas, April 18 to 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Louisiana, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, April 1998
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: 5636498, 5636499, 5636590, 5636591, 5636500, 5636501, 5636592.