Thunderstorm Wind, Union
- When
- June 18, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Union County, Worthington
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.900, -82.450
Large trees and power lines were blown down near HWY 18 & 239A.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 18, 1998
4 hail, 3 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
- $24,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:16 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Marion
- When
- June 18, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Lowell
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.330, -82.200
Large trees and power lines were blown down. Boat house destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Alachua
- When
- June 18, 5:30 PM EST
- Where
- Alachua County, Micanopy
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 29.500, -82.280
Large trees and power lines were blown down.
Hail, Marion
- When
- June 18, 5:52 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Fairfield
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.370, -82.250
Hail, Alachua
- When
- June 18, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Alachua County, Gainesville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- UNKNOWN
- Coordinates
- 29.650, -82.320
Hail, Marion
- When
- June 18, 6:00 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Orange Lake
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 29.420, -82.220
Hail, Alachua
- When
- June 18, 6:55 PM EST
- Where
- Alachua County, Wacahoota
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 29.550, -82.380
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Wisconsin, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 18, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, June 18 to 20, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, June 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 18, 1998
- Flash Flood in Maine, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in North Dakota, June 18, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, June 18 to 19, 1998
- Flood in Nebraska, June 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Florida in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Florida, June 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: 5653211, 5653212, 5653213, 5653214, 5653215, 5653216, 5653217.