Hail, Piscataquis
- When
- June 30, 12:20 PM EST
- Where
- Piscataquis County, 6 mi NNE of Kineo
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 45.780, -69.680
Hail in Maine, June 30, 1998
A severe thunderstorm developed over and moved across Moosehead Lake and deposited 3/4 inch hail along the shore of Moosehead Lake in Middlesex Township.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 GYX wrote it up.
A severe thunderstorm developed over and moved across Moosehead Lake and deposited 3/4 inch hail along the shore of Moosehead Lake in Middlesex Township.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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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- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, June 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 30, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Pennsylvania, June 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Maine in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maine, 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: 5675923.