Tornado in California, May 13, 1998

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.

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Tornado

A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

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

• Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, May 13 to 30, 1998$935,000 · F1 · 40 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 1998$135,000 · 2.75 in hail · 23 events
• Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 13 to 20, 1998$2,000 · F0 · 9 events
• Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 13, 1998$9,000 · 2.5 in hail · 7 events
• High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 15, 199863 kt wind · 6 events
• High Surf in Hawaii, May 13, 19986 events
• Hail in Indiana, May 13, 19980.75 in hail · 1 event
• Hail in Indiana, May 13, 19981.75 in hail · 1 event
• Heavy Snow in California, May 13, 19981 event
• Heavy Snow in Nevada, May 13, 19981 event
• Damaging Wind in California, May 13, 199860 kt wind · 1 event
• Flood in Oregon, May 13, 19981 event

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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: 5640770.