Thunderstorm Wind, Mason
- When
- May 13, 7:45 PM EST to 7:50 PM EST
- Where
- Mason County, Minerva
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.700, -83.920
Trees downed.
Hail and Damaging Winds in Kentucky, May 13, 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
- $9,000
- 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 Cincinnati radar (KILN), 81 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:46 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mason
- When
- May 13, 7:50 PM EST to 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Mason County, 2 mi S of Dover
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.720, -83.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Bracken
- When
- May 13, 8:15 PM EST to 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Bracken County, Augusta
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -84.000
Trees downed.
Hail, Kenton
- When
- May 13, 8:15 PM EST to 8:20 PM EST
- Where
- Kenton County, Independence
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.930, -84.530
Hail, Mason
- When
- May 13, 8:25 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Mason County, Germantown
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -83.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Mason
- When
- May 13, 8:25 PM EST to 8:30 PM EST
- Where
- Mason County, Germantown
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 38.650, -83.950
Trees downed.
Hail, Robertson
- When
- May 13, 8:35 PM EST to 8:40 PM EST
- Where
- Robertson County, Mt Olivet
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.530, -84.030
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 Hail in North Dakota, May 13 to 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 13, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, May 13 to 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, May 13 to 15, 1998
- High Surf in Hawaii, May 13, 1998
- Hail in Indiana, May 13, 1998
- Hail in Indiana, May 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow in California, May 13, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Nevada, May 13, 1998
- Damaging Wind in California, May 13, 1998
- Flood in Oregon, May 13, 1998
- Tornado in California, May 13, 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: 5641986, 5641985, 5641987, 5641988, 5641990, 5641991, 5641989.