New Hampshire, 1998

Hail and Strong Wind in New Hampshire, August 11, 1998

August 11, 1998 · NWS BOX · 2 events in 1 county or zone

An early evening thunderstorm brought some gusty winds and hail to a few towns in Hillsborough County. A spotter in Milford reported pea to penny size hail, which accumulated on the ground.

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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 BOX wrote it up.

An early evening thunderstorm brought some gusty winds and hail to a few towns in Hillsborough County. A spotter in Milford reported pea to penny size hail, which accumulated on the ground. Strong winds blew down tree limbs onto wires and roadways in Hudson and lightning knocked out a communication system in Nashua. Scattered power outages were reported in the Nashua area.

The radar

The Boston radar (KBOX), 105 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:43 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Hillsborough

When
August 11, 7:45 PM EST
Where
Hillsborough County, Milford
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
42.830, -71.630

Strong Wind, Hillsborough

When
August 11, 7:50 PM EST
Where
Hillsborough forecast zone
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
42.915, -71.716 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Strong Wind
Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.

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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: 5664296, 5664297.