Arizona, 1998

Hail in Arizona, July 31, 1998

July 31, 1998 · NWS FGZ · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

The radar

The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:12 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Apache

When
July 31, 3:10 PM MST to 3:20 PM MST
Where
Apache County, 14 mi SW of Navajo
Measured
1.75 in hail
Reported by
PARK/FOREST SERVICE
Coordinates
34.970, -109.730

A park ranger at Petrified Forest National Park reported 1.75 inch diameter hail. They also reported 2.53 inches of rain in a two hour period that afternoon.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5660928.