Hail, Dyer
- When
- April 27, 3:00 PM CST to 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dyer County, 1 mi W of Dyersburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -89.400
Flash Flooding and Hail in Tennessee, April 27 to 28, 1998
14 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- 3
- Property damage
- $520,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
14 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dyer
- When
- April 27, 3:10 PM CST to 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dyer County, Finley
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -89.480
Hail, Dyer
- When
- April 27, 3:25 PM CST to 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dyer County, Dyersburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 36.030, -89.380
Hail, Fayette
- When
- April 27, 4:15 PM CST to 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Moscow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 35.070, -89.420
Hail, Shelby
- When
- April 27, 4:30 PM CST to 4:35 PM CST
- Where
- Shelby County, Memphis
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $110
- Coordinates
- 35.130, -90.020
Dime to quarter size hail fell in the south part of Memphis.
Hail, Gibson
- When
- April 27, 4:40 PM CST to 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Trenton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -88.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- April 27, 4:45 PM CST to 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Yorkville
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.100, -89.120
Several trees were blown down.
Hail, Fayette
- When
- April 27, 4:50 PM CST to 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Rossville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100
- Coordinates
- 35.050, -89.550
Hail, Gibson
- When
- April 27, 4:55 PM CST to 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, 3 mi E of Trenton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Coordinates
- 35.980, -88.880
Flash Flood, Gibson
- When
- April 27, 5:00 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Rutherford
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.997, -88.933 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were closed due to the flash flooding.
Hail, Gibson
- When
- April 27, 5:10 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Gann
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -88.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Gibson
- When
- April 27, 5:10 PM CST to 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Gann
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -88.730
A few trees were knocked down.
Flash Flood, Fayette
- When
- April 27, 5:15 PM CST to 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Fayette County, Moscow
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.197, -89.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads in Moscow had about a foot of water covering them.
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 27, 5:30 PM CST to 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Atwood
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.970, -88.670
Several windows were broken by the hail.
Thunderstorm Wind, Carroll
- When
- April 27, 5:35 PM CST to 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Clarksburg
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 35.870, -88.400
A mobile home being remodelled was destroyed. A roof was ripped off of a barn. Several large trees were knocked down.
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 27, 5:50 PM CST to 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Huntingdon
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 36.000, -88.420
At least 1,000 homes were damaged by the baseball size hail. The hail accumulated as much as two feet in some areas.
Hail, Gibson
- When
- April 27, 6:05 PM CST to 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Gibson County, Bradford
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Coordinates
- 36.080, -88.820
Hail, Carroll
- When
- April 27, 6:16 PM CST to 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Carroll County, Westport
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $750
- Coordinates
- 35.900, -88.330
Hail, Dyer
- When
- April 27, 7:45 PM CST to 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dyer County, Tigrett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10
- Coordinates
- 35.950, -89.250
Flash Flood, Hardeman
- When
- April 27, 10:30 PM CST to April 28, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hardeman County, Middleton
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.207, -88.993 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads had nearly a foot of water covering them.
Thunderstorm Wind, Henderson
- When
- April 27, 11:30 PM CST to 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Henderson County, Lexington
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 35.650, -88.400
A few trees were blown down.
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.
- 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.
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
- 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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Mississippi, April 27, 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: 5642275, 5642276, 5642277, 5642278, 5642279, 5642280, 5642281, 5642282, 5642283, 5642424, 5642284, 5642285, 5642286, 5642287, 5642294, 5642288, 5642289, 5642290, 5642291, 5642292, 5642293.