Tornado in Ohio, April 9, 1998

Deaths

0

Injuries

0

Property damage

$2,000

Crop damage

None recorded

Events

1

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.

The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:42 UTC.

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Tornado

A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

• Tornadoes in Georgia, April 9, 19984 deaths · 31 injured · $38 million · F2 · 3 events
• Tornadoes in Georgia, April 9, 19982 deaths · 17 injured · $2.7 million · F3 · 2 events
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Georgia, April 9 to 17, 199814 injured · $531,000 · F1 · 32 events
• Damaging Winds in New York, April 9, 19981 death · 50 kt wind · 2 events
• Rip Current in Alabama, April 9, 19981 death · 1 event
• Storm Surge in Ohio, April 9 to 10, 1998$3.7 million · 4 events
• Flooding in Michigan, April 9 to 10, 1998$515,000 · 2 events
• Tornado and Hail in Virginia, April 9, 1998$156,000 · F0 · 17 events
• Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, April 9, 1998$50,000 · F1 · 6 events
• Blizzard and High Wind in Alaska, April 9 to 10, 1998$50,000 · 59 kt wind · 7 events
• Flash Flooding in North Carolina, April 9, 1998$50,000 · 3 events
• High Wind in Hawaii, April 9 to 11, 1998$50,000 · 52 kt wind · 3 events

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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: 5641368.