Storm reports for July 28, 1998

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On July 28, 1998, 5 hail, 35 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 1.25″ (half dollar size) in Ford 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 (5)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $625,000 in property damage and 6 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (43 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Coffee County, GA (near Douglas) · Thunderstorm wind · $250,000 · 6 injuries
  “Three mobile homes destroyed, eight damaged. Large trees and power lines were blown down.”
• Volusia County, FL (near Port Orange) · Tornado F0 · $100,000
  “An F0 tornado touched down in a mobile community near Port Orange damaging 33 mobile homes and producing severe damage to two. The tornado also blew down trees and power lines.”
• Winn Parish, LA (near Winnfield) · Thunderstorm wind 70 mph · $23,000
  “A new roof was ripped off of Deano's Sporting Goods Store and shingles were ripped from a Church and several other structures. Several large trees were also uprooted in downtown.”
• San Bernardino County, CA (near Twenty Nine Palms) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Thunderstorm winds snapped two power poles knocking electricity out in a two block area. Also, a storage shed was blown onto a roof of a nearby house and caught in electrical wires.”
• Yavapai County, AZ (near Paulden) · Thunderstorm wind · $7,000
  “A mobile home was destroyed by thunderstorm outflow winds estimated at 58 mph.”
• Gadsden County, FL (near Countywide) · Thunderstorm wind · $5,000
  “Several trees down countywide. A power outage reported in Quincy.”

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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