Hail, Warren
- When
- May 24, 8:15 AM EST to 8:20 AM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Lebanon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -84.200
Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1998
9 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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), 33 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:17 UTC.
Event by event
9 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Preble
- When
- May 24, 8:15 AM EST to 8:20 AM EST
- Where
- Preble County, Eaton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.750, -84.630
Hail, Montgomery
- When
- May 24, 8:50 AM EST to 8:55 AM EST
- Where
- Montgomery County, Miamisburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.650, -84.280
Hail, Warren
- When
- May 24, 8:53 AM EST to 9:00 AM EST
- Where
- Warren County, Springboro
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.550, -84.230
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- May 24, 3:43 PM EST to 3:45 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, 5 mi W of Cincinnati
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -84.650
Hail, Scioto
- When
- May 24, 3:59 PM EST to 4:05 PM EST
- Where
- Scioto County, West Portsmouth
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 38.770, -83.030
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- May 24, 4:03 PM EST to 4:10 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Cincinnati
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.120, -84.550
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- May 24, 4:30 PM EST to 4:35 PM EST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Dent
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.180, -84.630
Hail, Clermont
- When
- May 24, 5:12 PM EST to 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Clermont County, Amelia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 39.030, -84.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Auglaize
- When
- May 24, 10:35 PM EST to 10:43 PM EST
- Where
- Auglaize County, 4 mi S of St Marys
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -84.380
Winds downed numerous trees and knocked a roof off a barn.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in West Virginia, May 24, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Indiana, May 24, 1998
- Flooding in Iowa, May 24 to 26, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Tornado in Colorado, May 24, 1998
- Hail in Texas, May 24, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 24, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, May 24 to 25, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Kentucky, May 24, 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: 5642098, 5642099, 5642101, 5642100, 5642102, 5642104, 5642103, 5642105, 5642106, 5642107.