Hail, San Bernardino
- When
- August 14, 10:30 AM PST to 11:00 AM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County, Big Bear Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.250, -116.900
Hail in California, August 14, 1998
Midday thunderstorms produced 3/4 inch diameter hail at Fawnskin and Big Bear Lake, in the San Bernardino Mountains.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
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- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SGX wrote it up.
Midday thunderstorms produced 3/4 inch diameter hail at Fawnskin and Big Bear Lake, in the San Bernardino Mountains.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, San Bernardino
- When
- August 14, 11:00 AM PST to 11:30 AM PST
- Where
- San Bernardino County, Fawnskin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 34.270, -116.930
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, August 14, 1998
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More
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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: 5664015, 5664016.