Hail, Franklin
- When
- August 26, 1:34 PM MST
- Where
- Franklin County, Preston
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -111.870
Hail in Idaho, August 26, 1998
A hail storm damaged crops in the Preston area.
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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS SLC wrote it up.
A hail storm damaged crops in the Preston area.
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:31 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
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- Hurricane in Virginia, August 26 to 28, 1998
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- Hurricane in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
- High Wind in North Carolina, August 26 to 27, 1998
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- Hail and Damaging Winds in Utah, August 26, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 26, 1998
- Tornado in North Carolina, August 26, 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: 5663907.