Storm reports for September 29, 1998

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On September 29, 1998, 30 hail, 21 damaging-wind and 16 tornado reports were logged across 10 states. The largest hail reported was 2.75″ (baseball size) in Rice 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 (30)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $4.7 million in property damage, $91,000 in crop damage and 33 injuries from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (78 events in 10 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Sumter County, GA (near Desoto) · Tornado F1 · $200,000 · 12 injuries
  “Low topped convection caused an apparent tornado in the Railroad Street area of DeSoto. Newspaper reports and sight survey by an NWS employee indicated at least 1 permanent structure home and 7 mobile homes were destroyed. Other homes were damaged by some of the hundreds of trees that fell.”
• Sumter County, GA (near Desoto) · Tornado F1 · $200,000 · 10 injuries
  “Sight survey by an NWS employee and a newspaper report indicated a permanent structure home and several mobile or modular homes were destroyed in the Ferguson Road area. Debris was scattered several hundred feet.”
• Miller County, GA (near Colquitt) · Tornado F1 · $750,000 · 2 injuries
  “A strong F1 tornado destroyed a doublewide trailer off Cooktown Rd about 12 miles east of Colquitt.Two of the three occupants were critically injured. The tornado moved north and struck a neighboring farm and ripped roofs off outbuildings, twisted sheet metal, and destroyed a grain bin and farm…”
• Colquitt County, GA (near Autreyville) · Tornado F1 · $550,000 · 1 injury
  “An F1 tornado touched down at the intersection of GA 133 and South Morris Rd near Autreyville. One man was injured when his mobile home was blown into a ditch. Another mobile was destroyed. Several trees and power lines were toppled.”
• Randolph County, GA (near Cuthbert) · Tornado F1 · $500,000 · 1 injury
  “Tornado touched down two miles east of Cuthbert off U.S. 82 bypass. A manufacturing plant was destroyed where one employee was injured by falling debris. Several large pine trees were uprooted.”
• Bay County, FL (near Westbay) · Tornado F1 · $125,000 · 1 injury
  “An F1 tornado touched down in West Bay. The tornado damaged the West Bay Holiness Community Church off CR 388. The church's roof was lifted off and its steeple toppled.”

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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