Hail, Union
- When
- March 5, 10:55 PM CST to March 6, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Union County, 5 mi SE of Keownville
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Property damage
- $50
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -88.850
Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, March 5 to 6, 1998
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 Columbus AFB radar (KGWX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:54 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lee
- When
- March 5, 11:12 PM CST to March 6, 11:17 PM CST
- Where
- Lee County, Baldwyn
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 34.500, -88.630
Hail, Itawamba
- When
- March 5, 11:20 PM CST to March 6, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County, Fulton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -88.420
Dime size hail covered the ground.
Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- March 5, 11:20 PM CST to March 6, 11:25 PM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, Woodland
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $500
- Coordinates
- 33.780, -89.070
In some areas, the hail reached a depth of 2 to 3 inches on the ground.
Hail, Itawamba
- When
- March 5, 11:44 PM CST to March 6, 11:49 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County, Fulton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -88.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Itawamba
- When
- March 5, 11:44 PM CST to March 6, 11:49 PM CST
- Where
- Itawamba County, Mantachie
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 34.330, -88.500
Several trees were blown down.
Hail, Lowndes
- When
- March 6, 12:25 AM CST to 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Lowndes County, (Cbm)columbus Afb
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $110
- Coordinates
- 33.650, -88.450
Hail ranged in size from dime to quarter.
Hail, Chickasaw
- When
- March 6, 1:15 AM CST to 1:20 AM CST
- Where
- Chickasaw County, 1 mi W of Okolona
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 34.000, -88.770
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Winter Storm in Utah, March 5 to 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Louisiana, March 5, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Mississippi, March 5, 1998
- Hail in Mississippi, March 5, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, March 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in Colorado, March 5 to 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, March 5, 1998
- Winter Storm in California, March 5 to 6, 1998
- Hail in Louisiana, March 5, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, March 5, 1998
- Hail in Oklahoma, March 5, 1998
- Winter Weather in California, March 5, 1998
More
Every storm in Mississippi in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Mississippi, March 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: 5639914, 5639915, 5639916, 5639919, 5639917, 5639918, 5639920, 5639921.