Hail, Dorchester
- When
- June 26, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Cambridge
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -76.080
Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1998
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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
- $19,000
- 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 Dover AFB radar (KDOX), 62 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:03 UTC.
Event by event
6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Dorchester
- When
- June 26, 8:05 PM EST
- Where
- Dorchester County, Cambridge
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 38.570, -76.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Wicomico
- When
- June 26, 8:30 PM EST to 8:35 PM EST
- Where
- Wicomico County, Hebron
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.420, -75.680
Barn was destroyed and top of trees blown off.
Thunderstorm Wind, Wicomico
- When
- June 26, 8:40 PM EST to 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Wicomico County, Salisbury
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- BROADCAST MEDIA
- Coordinates
- 38.370, -75.600
Several trees down and scattered power outages.
Thunderstorm Wind, Somerset
- When
- June 26, 8:52 PM EST
- Where
- Somerset County, Fairmount
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.080, -75.820
Large tree down blocking both lanes of Route 361.
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- June 26, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Worcester County, Snow Hill
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.180, -75.400
Several trees down.
Thunderstorm Wind, Worcester
- When
- June 26, 9:00 PM EST
- Where
- Worcester County, Pocomoke City
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 38.070, -75.570
Several trees down in Pocomoke River State Forest.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, June 26 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Maryland in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Maryland, 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: 5663494, 5663495, 5663497, 5663496, 5663498, 5663499, 5663500.