Hail, Wayne
- When
- May 31, 11:48 AM EST
- Where
- Wayne County, Taylor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -83.300
Hail in Michigan, May 31, 1998
A strong low pressure system continued to move east across the northern Great Lakes during the daylight hours of the 31st. The thunderstorm complex of the early morning hours had raced out ahead of the cold front associated with the low.
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
- 4
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 strong low pressure system continued to move east across the northern Great Lakes during the daylight hours of the 31st. The thunderstorm complex of the early morning hours had raced out ahead of the cold front associated with the low. This front crossed southeast Michigan during the afternoon. Plentiful sunshine during the mid to late morning hours allowed the atmosphere to become unstable yet again. This resulted in the third distinct severe weather episode in the past 12 hours for southeast Michigan.This time, severe weather was confined to the far southeast corner of the state. Scattered thunderstorms developed just ahead of the cold front, and some produced large hail. The most potent thunderstorm produced golfball sized hail as it moved slowly east across the west side of the city of Monroe.
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 57 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 16:48 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lenawee
- When
- May 31, 1:05 PM EST
- Where
- Lenawee County, Jasper
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -84.030
Hail, Monroe
- When
- May 31, 1:25 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, 5 mi SE of Petersburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.850, -83.650
Hail, Monroe
- When
- May 31, 1:26 PM EST to 1:38 PM EST
- Where
- Monroe County, Monroe to 2 mi of Monroe
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -83.430
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
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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: 5647361, 5647362, 5647363, 5647364.