Hail, Tunica
- When
- April 27, 3:45 PM CST to 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tunica County, Robinsonsville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -90.320
Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, April 27, 1998
13 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
13 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, De Soto
- When
- April 27, 4:20 PM CST to 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, 1 mi W of Nesbit
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.880, -90.030
Hail, De Soto
- When
- April 27, 4:31 PM CST to 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, 1 mi E of Hernando
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.820, -89.980
Hail, De Soto
- When
- April 27, 4:50 PM CST to 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- De Soto County, 3 mi N of Lewisburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.920, -89.820
Hail, Tate
- When
- April 27, 4:57 PM CST to 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Tate County, Wyatte
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -89.680
Hail, Marshall
- When
- April 27, 5:10 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Chulahoma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -89.630
Tornado, Marshall
- When
- April 27, 5:40 PM CST to 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, 8 mi W of Potts Camp
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -89.450
A tornado briefly touched down knocking down a few trees.
Flash Flood, Marshall
- When
- April 27, 6:00 PM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Marianna
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 34.762, -89.503 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were damaged in the Potts Camp area due to the flooding. Two miles of railroad tracks were washed out near Potts Camp. Several roads near Marianna were covered by water.
Hail, Tate
- When
- April 27, 6:17 PM CST to 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Tate County, Independence
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.700, -89.800
Hail, Benton
- When
- April 27, 6:17 PM CST to 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, Hickory Flat
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -89.180
One home had its roof collapse due to the golf ball size hail, the heavy rain and gusty winds.
Thunderstorm Wind, Benton
- When
- April 27, 6:25 PM CST to 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Benton County, 3 mi W of Hickory Flat
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.620, -89.230
Several trees were knocked down.
Hail, Tippah
- When
- April 27, 6:35 PM CST to 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County, Blue Mtn
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.670, -89.030
Hail ranging from dime to golfball size fell near Blue Mountain.
Hail, Marshall
- When
- April 27, 7:15 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Marshall County, Waterford to 1 mi W of Waterford
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $800
- Coordinates
- 34.650, -89.430
Hail ranging from nickle to golfball size fell near Waterford.
Hail, Tippah
- When
- April 27, 7:45 PM CST to 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County, Ripley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Panola
- When
- April 27, 8:30 PM CST to 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Panola County, Courtland
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -89.950
A power pole was blown down. Two dogs were electrocuted by live wires attached to that pole. One house was damaged and a mobile was lifted up.
Hail, Union
- When
- April 27, 9:20 PM CST to 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, Keownville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -88.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Tippah
- When
- April 27, 9:45 PM CST to 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County, Ripley
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.730, -88.950
A couple of trees were knocked down.
Hail, Union
- When
- April 27, 9:50 PM CST to 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, Keownville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.550, -88.920
Lightning, Tippah
- When
- April 27, 10:11 PM CST
- Where
- Tippah County, Ripley
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 34.768, -88.909 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning split a chimney, punched a hole in a roof and damaged several electrical items in a house.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- 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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Oklahoma, April 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, April 27 to 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 27 to 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 27, 1998
- Cold in Michigan, April 27 to 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 27, 1998
- Tornado in Arkansas, April 27, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, April 27, 1998
- Hail in Texas, April 27, 1998
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, April 27, 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: 5642425, 5642426, 5642427, 5642428, 5642429, 5642430, 5642431, 5642432, 5642433, 5642434, 5642435, 5642436, 5642437, 5642438, 5642441, 5642439, 5642442, 5642440, 5642443.