Hail, Auglaize
- When
- May 19, 6:20 PM EST
- Where
- Auglaize County, Villa Nova
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -84.420
Flash Flood and Hail in Ohio, May 19 to 20, 1998
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $761,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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 radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 136 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.
Event by event
7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Mercer
- When
- May 19, 6:47 PM EST to 6:50 PM EST
- Where
- Mercer County, Montezuma
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -84.550
Hail, Auglaize
- When
- May 19, 6:53 PM EST to 6:58 PM EST
- Where
- Auglaize County, Waynesfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -83.980
Hail, Hardin
- When
- May 19, 7:14 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Hardin County, Roundhead
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -83.830
Hail, Auglaize
- When
- May 19, 7:15 PM EST to 7:20 PM EST
- Where
- Auglaize County, St Marys
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -84.380
Hail, Darke
- When
- May 19, 8:20 PM EST to 8:25 PM EST
- Where
- Darke County, Rossburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -84.630
Hail, Clark
- When
- May 19, 8:39 PM EST to 8:42 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, Springfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.920, -83.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Clark
- When
- May 19, 8:45 PM EST to 8:50 PM EST
- Where
- Clark County, Enon
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 39.870, -83.930
Several trees downed, one of which fell on a van.
Thunderstorm Wind, Clermont
- When
- May 19, 11:00 PM EST to 11:10 PM EST
- Where
- Clermont County, Batavia
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.070, -84.170
Numerous trees downed.
Lightning, Butler
- When
- May 19, 11:00 PM EST to 11:15 PM EST
- Where
- Butler County, West Chester
- Property damage
- $750,000
- Coordinates
- 39.439, -84.576 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorms moved through Butler county causing 2 house fires. Both houses were nearly completely destroyed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- May 19, 11:20 PM EST to 11:25 PM EST
- Where
- Brown County, Mt Orab
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -83.920
Numerous trees downed.
Flash Flood, Hamilton
- When
- May 20, 12:08 AM EST to 2:00 AM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Countywide
- Coordinates
- 39.196, -84.543 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Roads flooded, especially near Mill Creek in the northeastern part of the county.
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.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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 Flooding in Iowa, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 19, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, May 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 19, 1998
- High Wind in Kansas, May 19, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, May 19, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
- Hail in Michigan, May 19, 1998
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Ohio, May 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: 5641855, 5641853, 5641854, 5641857, 5641856, 5641858, 5641859, 5641860, 5641861, 5641961, 5641862, 5641863.