Hail, San Diego
- When
- July 7, 2:15 PM PST to 2:45 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, 5 mi NW of Agua Caliente Spgs
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.000, -116.370
Flood and Hail in California, July 7, 1998
Moist southeast flow aloft and unstable conditions resulted in scattered thunderstorms over the mountains and deserts of southern California. A particularly heavy cell northwest of Agua Caliente produced hail around one inch in diameter and local flooding.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- 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.
Moist southeast flow aloft and unstable conditions resulted in scattered thunderstorms over the mountains and deserts of southern California. A particularly heavy cell northwest of Agua Caliente produced hail around one inch in diameter and local flooding.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, San Diego
- When
- July 7, 2:30 PM PST to 4:00 PM PST
- Where
- San Diego County, 5 mi NW of Agua Caliente Spgs
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 33.028, -116.770 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Minnesota, July 7, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Michigan, July 7 to 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, July 7, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in New York, July 7, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, July 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 7, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 7, 1998
- Flash Flood in Indiana, July 7, 1998
More
Every storm in California in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in California, July 1998
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: 5657642, 5657707.