Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- April 8, 1:19 AM EST
- Where
- Boone County, (Cvg)gtr Cin Arpt
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -84.670
Winds gusted to 59 mph at the Cincinnati-Northern Kentucky Airport.
Flash Flood and Hail in Kentucky, April 8, 1998
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
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 Cincinnati radar (KILN), 84 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:16 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Boone
- When
- April 8, 1:30 AM EST to 1:50 AM EST
- Where
- Boone County, Burlington to Florence
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -84.720
Hail accumulated several inches in spots. Some of the hail was still on the ground the next morning.
Hail, Kenton
- When
- April 8, 2:08 AM EST to 2:15 AM EST
- Where
- Kenton County, Erlanger
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.020, -84.600
Hail accumulated several inches across the northern part of the county. Three inches of hail remained on the ground at 700 am EST.
Hail, Campbell
- When
- April 8, 2:10 AM EST to 2:30 AM EST
- Where
- Campbell County, Southgate to Newport
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -84.450
Flash Flood, Kenton
- When
- April 8, 4:00 AM EST to 4:35 AM EST
- Where
- Kenton County, 2 mi NW of Independence
- Coordinates
- 38.934, -84.533 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Persistent heavy rainfall caused creeks to flood across county roads.
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.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, April 8 to 9, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 8, 1998
- Tornado in Louisiana, April 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, April 8 to 30, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, April 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, April 8, 1998
More
Every storm in Kentucky in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Kentucky, April 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: 5633463, 5633462, 5633464, 5633465, 5633466.