Storm reports for April 12, 1998

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On April 12, 1998, 21 hail, 10 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Harrison County, IA.

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 (21)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $245,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (35 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Harrison County, IA (near Little Sioux) · Thunderstorm wind · $100,000
  “Two glass windows were blown out of a home.”
• Jasper County, IA (near Colfax) · Hail 0.75″ · $1,000
  “Thunderstorms fired up in advance of a cold front and upper level disturbance. Many of the storms produced pea size hail. Some reports indicated the hail covered the ground completely. One of the storms intensified briefly and dropped three quarter inch diameter hail in Jasper County at Colfax.”
• Ford County, KS (near Dodge City) · Thunderstorm wind · $0
  “The strong winds blew down 3 inch tree limbs and took paint off of a mobile home.”
• Miami County, KS (near Louisburg) · Hail 1.00″
  “Public reported hail one inch in diameter in a severe thunderstorm at 233rd St and Metcalf which is 4 miles north of Louisburg.”
• Renville County, MN (near Olivia) · Hail 1.00″
  “Swath of 3/4 to 11/4 inch hail swept from southwest to northeast across the county.”
• Cass County, MO (near Pleasant Hill) · Hail 0.75″
  “A spotter reported dime-size hail 3 miles northwest of Pleasant Hill during a severe thunderstorm.”

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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