Hail, Wabasha
- When
- May 28, 2:08 AM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, Elgin
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 44.130, -92.250
Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 1998
Dime size hail was reported by storm spotters as a small cluster of severe thunderstorms affected southeast Minnesota.
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
- $28,000
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
Dime size hail was reported by storm spotters as a small cluster of severe thunderstorms affected southeast Minnesota.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- May 28, 2:15 AM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, Plainview
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -92.170
Hail, Wabasha
- When
- May 28, 2:20 AM CST
- Where
- Wabasha County, Plainview
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $9,000
- Crop damage
- $13,000
- Coordinates
- 44.170, -92.170
Hail, Winona
- When
- May 28, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Winona County, 10 mi NW of Winona
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 44.150, -91.800
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 28 to 29, 1998
- Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 28, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 28, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, 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: 5642048, 5642049, 5642050, 5642051.