Hail, Bay
- When
- September 26, 6:20 AM EST
- Where
- Bay County, Bentley
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- FIRE DEPT/RESCUE SQUAD
- Coordinates
- 43.950, -84.130
Hail in Michigan, September 26, 1998
A number of severe thunderstorms developed in the early morning hours in northern and central lower Michigan. The southernmost severe storm produced golfball sized hail in Bentley.
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
- 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 number of severe thunderstorms developed in the early morning hours in northern and central lower Michigan. The southernmost severe storm produced golfball sized hail in Bentley. This storm weakened as it moved east across Saginaw Bay, but was still potent enough to produce dime sized hail in Albert E Sleeper State Park.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Huron
- When
- September 26, 7:15 AM EST
- Where
- Huron County, 4 mi NE of Caseville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 43.970, -83.220
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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- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 26 to 27, 1998
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 26, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Michigan in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Michigan, September 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: 5664669, 5664670.