Hail, Tuscarawas
- When
- August 24, 2:05 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County, Sugar Creek
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -81.620
Hail in Ohio, August 24, 1998
Numerous spotters throughout Tuscarawas county reported dime to quarter size diameter hail.
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
- 5
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 PBZ wrote it up.
Numerous spotters throughout Tuscarawas county reported dime to quarter size diameter hail.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 19:04 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Tuscarawas
- When
- August 24, 2:15 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County, Dover
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -81.470
Hail, Tuscarawas
- When
- August 24, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County, New Philadelphia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -81.450
Hail, Tuscarawas
- When
- August 24, 2:20 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County, Stone Creek
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -81.550
Hail, Tuscarawas
- When
- August 24, 2:33 PM EST
- Where
- Tuscarawas County, Tuscarawas
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -81.400
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
- Flash Flood and Hail in New York, August 24, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 24, 1998
- Rip Current in New York, August 24, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, August 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds and High Wind in Illinois, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Indiana, August 24, 1998
- Flooding in Texas, August 24 to 25, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, August 24, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Maine, August 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 24, 1998
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, August 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: 5669481, 5669482, 5669483, 5669484, 5669485.