Mississippi, 1998High Wind in Mississippi, March 16 to 17, 1998
March 16 to 17, 1998 · NWS JAN · 4 events in 4 counties and zones
4 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $95,000
- 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.
High Wind, Warren
- When
- March 16, 11:30 PM CST to March 17, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Warren forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 32.357, -90.852 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Large tree limbs and power lines were blown down in Vicksburg by strong gradient wind.
High Wind, Leake
- When
- March 17, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Leake forecast zone
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Coordinates
- 32.754, -89.524 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One building was destroyed and several other were damaged. Trees were blwon down throughout the county.
High Wind, Neshoba
- When
- March 17, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Neshoba forecast zone
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 32.754, -89.118 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Trees and power lines were blown down across western Neshoba county.
High Wind, Jasper
- When
- March 17, 4:20 AM CST
- Where
- Jasper forecast zone
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 32.019, -89.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Two buildings were destroyed and five others were damaged. Numerous trees were blown down.
- 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.
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998$1.2 million · 39 events
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998$1.2 million · 24 events
- Ice Storm in Kansas, March 16 to 17, 1998$1.0 million · 8 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, March 16, 1998$230,000 · 0.75 in hail · 6 events
- Flash Flooding in Texas, March 16, 1998$138,000 · 9 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, March 16, 1998$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998$100,000 · 1 event
- Flood in Oklahoma, March 16 to 19, 1998$75,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998$50,000 · 1 event
- Flooding in Nebraska, March 16 to 19, 1998$23,000 · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 16, 1998$25,000 · 1 event
- Ice Storm in Nebraska, March 16 to 17, 19981 injured · $11,000 · 1 event
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: 5633827, 5633830, 5633828, 5633829.