Storm reports for March 28, 1998

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On March 28, 1998, 29 hail, 27 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 7 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Garden County, NE.

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 (29)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $888,000 in property damage, $10.3 million in crop damage and 5 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (68 events in 7 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Allen County, IN (near Harlan) · Tornado F1 · $25,000
  “small tornado touched down in Harlan. It damaged a cabinet factory and completely destroyed a mobile home.”
• Sandusky County, OH (near Green Spgs) · Thunderstorm wind · $15,000
  “Power poles and power lines were downed in Green Springs. Large limbs were downed in Lindsey.”
• Jackson County, MI (near Brooklyn) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Jackson County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines were downed in Norvel Township near the intersection of Michigan Highway 124 and Wellwood Road, approximately 5 miles east of Brooklyn. A large branch from a downed tree broke the front window of a home on Wellwood Road.”
• Allen County, IN (near Ft Wayne) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “numerous trees blown down up to 12 inches in diameter in southern part of town. Many power lines down as well. Trees up to 2 feet in diameter 3 miles south of Baer Field at US 27 and Thompson Road.”
• Defiance County, OH (near Hicksville) · Thunderstorm wind · $3,000
  “trees blown down and shed destroyed in Hicksville.”
• Kosciusko County, IN (near Oswego) · Thunderstorm wind · $1,000
  “trees blown down in town. shed destroyed.”

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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