Hail, Tuscola
- When
- May 30, 11:30 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscola County, Unionville
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.650, -83.470
Hail in Michigan, May 30 to 31, 1998
A warm front moved north into lower Michigan during the late evening hours of the 30th. A broken line of thunderstorms developed along the front in the Saginaw Bay and Thumb areas.
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
- 2
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 DTX wrote it up.
A warm front moved north into lower Michigan during the late evening hours of the 30th. A broken line of thunderstorms developed along the front in the Saginaw Bay and Thumb areas. Two of these storms briefly became severe, producing large hail.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:31 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Huron
- When
- May 31, 12:40 AM EST
- Where
- Huron County, Ruth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.720, -82.750
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes in South Dakota, May 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, May 30, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30, 1998
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, May 30 to 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 30, 1998
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 30 to 31, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Minnesota, May 30, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, May 30 to 31, 1998
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, May 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: 5641581, 5641582.