Hail, Washington
- When
- June 26, 5:05 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, New Matamoras
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.520, -81.070
Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 26 to 27, 1998
This was the first of three consecutive nights of thunderstorms across southeast Ohio. The trend was for the heaviest rains to sink a bit further south each night.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $42,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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 RLX wrote it up.
This was the first of three consecutive nights of thunderstorms across southeast Ohio. The trend was for the heaviest rains to sink a bit further south each night. During this Friday night the 26th into the early morning of Saturday the 27th, several separate rounds of thunderstorms swept southeast. Rains of 1 to 3 inches fell mainly north of a Marietta to Athens line. This set the stage for more significant wind damage and flooding, from the second night of thunderstorms.
The radar
The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:05 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Athens
- When
- June 26, 6:12 PM EST
- Where
- Athens County, 3 mi N of Mineral
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.370, -82.270
Trees were down on Route 56.
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- June 26, 8:45 PM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Newport to New Matamoras
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 39.400, -81.650
Flash Flood, Washington
- When
- June 26, 11:00 PM EST to June 27, 1:30 AM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Lowell
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
State Routes 60 and 821 were impassable.
Thunderstorm Wind, Perry
- When
- June 27, 12:15 AM EST to 12:25 AM EST
- Where
- Perry County, Thornville to Somerset
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.900, -82.420
The sheriff department reported trees down across roads.
Flash Flood, Washington
- When
- June 27, 6:00 AM EST to 8:30 AM EST
- Where
- Washington County, Coalrun
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 39.455, -81.495 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
One house was flooded in Coal Run. One section of railroad tracks in Lowell was undermined.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Maryland, June 26, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, June 26 to 28, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 26 to 30, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in New York, June 26, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 26 to 27, 1998
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in New York, June 26, 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: 5659562, 5659563, 5659564, 5659566, 5659565, 5659567.