Storm reports for August 3, 1998

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On August 3, 1998, 9 hail, 27 damaging-wind and 8 tornado reports were logged across 9 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Osage 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 (9)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $355,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (50 events in 9 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Rusk County, TX (near Turnertown) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $80,000
  “Two mobile homes destroyed by fallen trees.”
• Choctaw County, OK (near Soper) · Thunderstorm wind · $70,000
  “Thunderstorm winds nearly destroyed one house. A shop was severely damaged, and other houses in the area suffered roof damage. Some trees were also blown down. There were fortunately no injuries.”
• Upshur County, TX (near Rosewood) · Tornado F1 · $50,000
  “Tornado began in Harmony on the southern end of an open field cattle ranch, moved northward across the ranch snapping about 3 dozen dead pine trees, moved across a large insulated storage shed, destroying the shed and its contents.”
• Harris County, TX (near Katy) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “Trees down in Katy (some on roofs). Katy High School sustained $10,000 in damage.”
• Wharton County, TX (near El Campo) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Trees and powerpoles blown down. Structural damage to mobile homes.”
• Fort Bend County, TX (near Rosenberg) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph · $5,000
  “Large limbs down along HWY 36 at Frito Lay Plant.”

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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