Storm reports for July 10, 1998

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On July 10, 1998, 13 hail, 63 damaging-wind and 2 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 2.50″ (tennis ball size) in Comanche 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 (13)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.1 million in property damage, $601,000 in crop damage, 3 injuries and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (89 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Owyhee County, ID (near Oreana) · Tornado F0 · $30,000 · 1 injury
  “During the evening of July 10th a manufactured home was flipped over in the town of Oreana. One man inside the home was slightly injured. A NWS storm survey team determined that the damage was caused by an F0 tornado. The tornado was short lived and did no other significant damage.”
• Sedgwick County, KS (near Wichita) · Thunderstorm wind 92 mph · $3 million
  “Severe thunderstorm winds, ranging from 52-80KT, ripped across the Wichita Metropolitan area, inflicting widespread damage to trees, roofs, power lines and power poles. Approximately 60,000 people lost power, about 15,000 of which remained without power for 3 days.”
• Sedgwick County, KS (near Goddard) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $500,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds, ranging from 51-70 KT, ripped across Goddard, inflicting widespread damage to trees, roofs, pwoer lines and power poles.”
• Nez Perce County, ID (near (Lws)Nez Perce Muni) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $40,000
  “63 mph wind gust at the airport while 15 - 12 inch diameter trees blown down crushing a car. a roof of a shed was torn off.”
• Whitman County, WA (near Colfax) · Thunderstorm wind · $40,000
  “strong winds knocked trees down, crushing a convertible. only minor wheat damage.”
• Jackson Parish, LA (near Jonesboro) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph · $25,000
  “Trees down and two houses damaged from fallen 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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