Storm reports for August 30, 1998

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On August 30, 1998, 14 hail, 24 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 14 states. The largest hail reported was 1.50″ (ping pong ball size) in Elbert County, CO.

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 (14)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $178,000 in property damage, $3,000 in crop damage and 1 death from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (41 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Lexington County, SC (near Swansea) · Thunderstorm wind 63 mph · $12,000 · 1 death
  “Sheriff reported one person killed when his pickup truck was hit by a falling tree. Several trees were taken down in the Swansea area.”
• Clark County, NV (near Las Vegas) · Thunderstorm wind · $20,000
  “High winds knocked down several power lines as thunderstorms rolled across the Las Vegas Valley. Brief power outages resulted throughout the city.”
• Nye County, NV (near Pahrump) · Thunderstorm wind · $15,000
  “The Nye County Sheriff reported thunderstorm winds had downed three power poles and blown a roof off a mobile home.”
• Cobb County, GA (near Marietta) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Public and newspaper reports indicated thunderstorm winds snapped or uprooted a few trees and tree limbs and knocked down power lines. Part of an 8 to 10 inch diameter tree fell on a house and another large limb smashed the back window of a car.”
• Crisp County, GA (near Cordele) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “Crisp county 911 reported a trailer blown over and destroyed.”
• Walker County, TX (near Huntsville) · Thunderstorm wind · $3,000
  “Trees blown down in northern Huntsville.”

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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