Mississippi, 1998Hail and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, March 5, 1998
March 5, 1998 · NWS JAN · 6 events in 3 counties and zones
5 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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.
Lightning, Copiah
- When
- March 5, 2:22 PM CST
- Where
- Copiah County, Gallman
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 31.869, -90.449 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck a house and started a fire. The house was burned to the ground.
Hail, Clarke
- When
- March 5, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County, Elwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.030, -88.780
Hail, Clarke
- When
- March 5, 7:41 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County, Quitman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -88.730
Hail damaged roofs of houses and automobiles.
Hail, Clarke
- When
- March 5, 7:59 PM CST
- Where
- Clarke County, 15 mi E of Quitman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 32.050, -88.480
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 5, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Lorman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.820, -91.050
Hail, Jefferson
- When
- March 5, 11:10 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County, Fayette
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 31.720, -91.070
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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.
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 5 to 7, 19988 injured · $100,000 · 19 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 5, 1998$580,000 · 2.75 in hail · 5 events
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1998$100,000 · 2.75 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1998$70,000 · 1 event
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 5 to 7, 199810 events
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, March 5, 19981 injured · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 5 to 6, 1998$2,000 · 1.5 in hail · 8 events
- Winter Storm in California, March 5 to 6, 19987 events
- Hail in Louisiana, March 5, 19981.75 in hail · 7 events
- Hail in Arkansas, March 5, 19980.88 in hail · 4 events
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 5, 19981.75 in hail · 3 events
- Winter Weather in California, March 5, 19982 events
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: 5633724, 5633725, 5633726, 5633727, 5633728, 5633729.