Storm reports for September 27, 1998

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On September 27, 1998, 27 hail, 49 damaging-wind and 6 tornado reports were logged across 12 states. The largest hail reported was 4.00″ (grapefruit size) in Niagara County, NY.

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 (27)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $2.5 million in property damage and $805,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (90 events in 12 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Pratt County, KS (near Pratt) · Thunderstorm wind 100 mph · $850,000
  “Microburst occurred...centered about 4 miles north of Pratt. The impact point was 4 miles north of Highway 54 and 1/2 mile east of Highway 281. Area extended 3 miles northwest through southwest with the greatest damage at the Pratt airport.”
• Okaloosa County, FL (near Shalimar) · Tornado F1 · $300,000
  “A tornado first touched down along the bay in Shalimar. The tornado damaged several homes as it moved northwest. Some of the homes had major roof damage. The tornado stayed on the ground for about a mile and lifted back into the cloud near State Highway 85. No one was injured.”
• Steuben County, NY (near Hornell) · Thunderstorm wind · $125,000
  “A fast moving line of thunderstorms intensified to severe limits as it pushed east-southeastward across the county early in the afternoon. Widespread wind damage was the result. Numerous trees and wires were downed in Hornell as the storm moved through that area just after 100 pm EDT.”
• Pratt County, KS (near Sawyer) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $100,000
  “Two irrigation sprinklers were overturned.”
• Barber County, KS (near Isabel) · Thunderstorm wind · $100,000
  “Microburst caused extensive damage to the Lake Arrowhead resort area. Several boat docks were destroyed. Part of a roof was taken off a cabin/house. A Garage under construction was completely destroyed. Damage was about 3 miles wide long starting near the resort and extending south and southwest.”
• Chemung County, NY (near Horseheads) · Thunderstorm wind · $70,000
  “The same line of thunderstorms that produced damage across Steuben county continued eastward into Chemung county and maintained its intensity. More wind damage resulted in the greater Elmira area.”

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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