Storm reports for June 17, 1998

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On June 17, 1998, 53 hail, 23 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Greer County, OK.

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 (53)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $471,000 in property damage and $15.6 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (82 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Holt County, NE (near Page) · Thunderstorm wind · $200,000
  “Downburst thunderstorm winds struck 5 farmsteads east and northeast of Page damaging or destroying several out buildings. Five center pivot irrigation systems were damaged. Hail accompanying the winds produced extensive crop damage.”
• Midland County, TX (near Midland) · Hail 1.75″ · $50,000
  “The initial storm of this event developed along the dry line, near the Ector/Crane County line. The storm developed rapidly and was a single cell storm for much of its life.”
• Susquehanna County, PA (near Rush) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “A thunderstorm briefly intensified to severe levels across western sections of the county. A couple of trees and several large branches were toppled by the strong winds onto route 267. This road had to be closed for about two hours until crews were able to clear the debris.”
• Scurry County, TX (near Snyder) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Thunderstorm outflow winds damaged three new pickup truck beds and destroyed a bed topper. Also a goat shed had much of its metal stripped off.”
• Howard County, TX (near Luther) · Thunderstorm wind · $2,000
  “Thunderstorm outflow rolled over and damaged a farm animal pen and broke a storm door.”
• Scurry County, TX (near Snyder) · Thunderstorm wind · $1,000
  “Power lines and a tree were knocked down by the same storm as it moved to the east.”

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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