Hail, Lafayette
- When
- April 3, 12:33 AM CST to 12:38 AM CST
- Where
- Lafayette County, Oxford
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 34.370, -89.520
Hail that was smaller than golfball size fell on the east side of town.
Hail and High Wind in Mississippi, April 3, 1998
2 hail, 2 high wind, 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
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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
2 hail, 2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tishomingo
- When
- April 3, 2:20 AM CST to 2:25 AM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo County, 2 mi N of Midway
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.770, -88.230
Dime size hail covered the road.
High Wind, Alcorn
- When
- April 3, 2:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Alcorn forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.881, -88.580 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A few trees were knocked down by winds not associated with a thunderstorm.
High Wind, Tishomingo
- When
- April 3, 2:00 PM CST to 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Tishomingo forecast zone
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.740, -88.239 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A few trees were knocked down by winds not associated with a thunderstorm.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 3, 1998
- Tornadoes in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Tennessee, April 3 to 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Tornado in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Carolina, April 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 3, 1998
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, April 3 to 4, 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: 5643793, 5643794, 5643795, 5643796.