Storm reports for July 1, 1998

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On July 1, 1998, 48 hail, 28 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Converse County, WY.

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 (48)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $469,000 in property damage and 1 injury from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (89 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Fall River County, SD (near Hot Spgs) · Tornado F1 · $150,000 · 1 injury
  “HOUSE DESTROYED ON PROPERTY OF EMERGENCY MANAGER; NEARBY HOUSES AND OTHER STRUCTURES HAD ROOF DAMAGE.”
• Sunflower County, MS (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind · $50,000
  “Numerous power lines and trees were blown down.”
• Washington County, MS (near Greenville) · Thunderstorm wind 72 mph · $30,000
  “Several buildings sustained roof damage. A set of bleachers were destroyed at a race track. Several power lines and trees were blown down, and some trees fell on cars.”
• Creek County, OK (near Bristow) · Hail 2.75″ · $10,000
  “Baseball-sized hail damaged several cars and a house near Bristow.”
• Hinds County, MS (near Jackson) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Power lines were blown down near Terry and Mcdowell roads.”
• Converse County, WY (near Douglas) · Hail 2.75″ · $7,000
  “A storm produced golfball to base ball size hail, which covered the ground, on several ranches 40 miles northwest of Douglas.”

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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