Storm reports for April 6, 1998

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On April 6, 1998, 69 hail, 19 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 8 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Ellis County, KS.

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 (69)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $68,000 in property damage and 2 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (109 events in 8 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Ellis County, KS (near Schoenchen) · Tornado F1 · $50,000 · 2 injuries
  “There was damage to a metal building and a quonset hut. Two young boys were injured when the door blew off of the building. A chicken house blew away.”
• Washington County, AR (near Strickler) · Thunderstorm wind · $0
  “5-inch diameter tree and several large tree limbs blown down in Devils Den State Park”
• Osage County, OK (near Shidler) · Thunderstorm wind · $0
  “A broken line of thunderstorms, oriented from northwest to southeast, moved across northwestern Osage County in advance of a much larger complex of thunderstorms over northwestern and northcentral Oklahoma. These storms downed large tree limbs near Shidler.”
• Johnson County, AR (near Clarksville) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds gusted to 70 mph in the Clarksville area.”
• McIntosh County, OK (near Eufaula) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph
  “63 mph tstm gust measured at Oklahoma mesonet site”
• Van Buren County, AR (near Southside) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds knocked down a few trees.”

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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