Storm reports for March 29, 1998

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On March 29, 1998, 124 hail, 9 damaging-wind and 17 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 4.50″ (softball size) in Nicollet County, MN. Tornadoes killed 2.

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 (124)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $237 million in property damage, 27 injuries and 2 deaths from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (175 events in 11 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Brown County, MN (near Comfrey) · Tornado F4 · $45 million · 1 death · 16 injuries
  “Tornado began 7 miles east of Avoca in Murray county, continued through Cottonwood, Brown, extreme Northwest Watonwan, Northwest Blue Earth, and finally lifted off 4 miles east of Courtland in Nicollet county. Total storm track was 67 miles.”
• Nicollet County, MN (near Nicollet) · Tornado F3 · $120 million · 1 death
  “Tornado made a direct hit on the city of St. Peter and Gustavius Adolphus College. All major buildings on campus suffered varying degrees of damage. The spire on Christ Chapel snapped in half. 70% of the windows on campus were broken. 500 homes were destroyed in St. Peter, 1,700 were damaged.”
• Denver County, CO (near Denver) · Thunderstorm wind · 4 injuries
  “Four children attending a birthday party were injured when a sudden gust of wind blew an inflateable playhouse they were occupying, into a neighbour's yard. The playhouse scraped the roof of the host's two story house, then landed in the adjoining yard.”
• Le Sueur County, MN (near Cleveland) · Tornado F2 · $20 million · 2 injuries
  “Tornado tracked through Le Center and adjoining rural areas. Most of the businesses in the southern part of town were damaged. Buildings destroyed at county fairgrounds. 15 mobiles homes at a trailer park destroyed, another 26 suffering major damage. Over 100 farm buildings destroyed.”
• Rice County, MN (near Lonsdale) · Tornado F2 · $20 million
  “Four homes and 6 businesses severely damaged. Street department building damaged. 20 farms damaged or destroyed.”
• Rush County, KS (near Otis) · Hail 1.25″ · $50,000
  “Damage occurred to vehicles throughout the town.”

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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