Hail, Marion
- When
- February 28, 8:30 PM EST to 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Marion County, Caledonia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -82.970
Hail in Ohio, February 28, 1998
Large hail fell for up to 20 minutes and covered the ground at Caledonia and Iberia. 75") fell for 10 minutes.
Where it happened
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- 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 CLE wrote it up.
Large hail fell for up to 20 minutes and covered the ground at Caledonia and Iberia. Also, at Fulton in Morrow County, large hail (0.75") fell for 10 minutes.
The radar
The Cleveland radar (KCLE), 127 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:30 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Morrow
- When
- February 28, 8:30 PM EST to 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Morrow County, Iberia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.670, -82.850
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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- Heat in New Jersey, February 28, 1998
- Heat in Pennsylvania, February 28, 1998
- Winter Storm in Iowa, February 28, 1998
- Hail in Georgia, February 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, February 28, 1998
- Heat in Maryland, February 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, February 28, 1998
- Heat in Delaware, February 28, 1998
More
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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: 5634191, 5634231.