Hail, Alachua
- When
- August 8, 1:59 PM EST
- Where
- Alachua County, Newberry
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -82.620
Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1998
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 Jacksonville radar (KJAX), 128 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Gilchrist
- When
- August 8, 2:03 PM EST
- Where
- Gilchrist County, Trenton
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.620, -82.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Suwannee
- When
- August 8, 3:15 PM EST
- Where
- Suwannee County, Lancaster
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 30.250, -83.200
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 8, 1998
- Flood in North Carolina, August 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 8, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 8, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 8, 1998
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 8, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
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: 5666001, 5666000, 5665999.