Storm reports for October 5, 1998

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On October 5, 1998, 0 hail, 11 damaging-wind and 4 tornado reports were logged across 3 states.

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

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $60,000 in property damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (47 events in 4 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Howard County, AR (near Umpire) · Tornado F1 · $35,000
  “Tornado occurred on Cedar Hill road. An old barn had its roof destroyed. The barn was full of hay which was also lost. Trees and powerlines were knocked down.”
• Crockett County, TX (near Ozona) · Tornado F0 · $8,000
  “A brief tornado downed 15 power poles across western Crockett County.”
• Bollinger County, MO (near Marble Hill) · Thunderstorm wind 110 mph · $5,000
  “A very intense microburst struck the Marble Hill area. Damage began on the southwest edge of Marble Hill and continued northeast across Crooked Creek. Damage was concentrated primarily on the northeast bank of Crooked Creek along a narrow corridor of trees parallelling the creek.”
• Le Flore County, OK (near Poteau) · Thunderstorm wind · $2,000
  “A carport and part of a fence were damaged on Conser Street.”
• Carroll County, AR (near Busch) · Thunderstorm wind 60 mph
  “Later at Berryville, half-inch diameter hail was reported.”
• Howard County, AR (near Umpire) · Tornado F0
  “A second weaker tornado occurred just northeast of town pushing over a few diseased and dead trees as well as tearing limbs off of oak trees.”

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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