Storm reports for January 21, 1998

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On January 21, 1998, 63 hail, 6 damaging-wind and 12 tornado reports were logged across 4 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Burleson County, TX.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (63)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1 million in property damage, $210,000 in crop damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (95 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Leon County, TX (near Leona) · Tornado F1 · $50,000 · 1 injury
  “A tornado severely damaged the roof of a restaurant. The manager of the restaurant, who was inside the building at the time, received minor injuries.”
• Madison County, TX (near Madisonville) · Tornado F0 · $250,000
  “Tornado tore roof off Yellow Rose Cattle Company Restaurant at OSR & I-45.”
• Walker County, TX (near New Waverly) · Tornado F1 · $200,000
  “Tornado continued from the Montgomery/Walker County line moving to the east-northeast through Sam Houston National Forest. This tornado snapped numerous trees along its path, some 18 inches in diameter. Timber loss was estimated at $200,000.”
• Lee County, TX (near Dime Box) · Tornado F1 · $80,000
  “A third tornado touched down near Dime Box. It was spotted by a constable who reported that it destroyed a barn and several sheds across a city block, taking off tin roofs. tossing lumber about and knocking down fences.”
• Brazos County, TX (near Millican) · Tornado F0 · $35,000
  “Tornado broke and lifted 2-by-6's off a barn roof 2.5 WSW Millican. As the tornado reached Millican, it tore a front porch of a house off, and also peeled a house and barn roof off.”
• Montgomery County, TX (near Dobbin) · Tornado F0 · $10,000
  “Tornado moved in from Grimes County along FM 149. Barn roof damaged 3 miles east of Richards, tree limb blown through metal of a car door. Storm continued moving east-northeast downing trees to the Montgomery/Walker County line near FM 1791.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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