Hail, Allen
- When
- May 3, 4:24 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County, 1 mi SE of Lima
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -84.080
Tornado and Hail in Ohio, May 3, 1998
4 hail, 1 tornado, 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
- $10,000
- 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.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:22 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Allen
- When
- May 3, 4:30 PM EST
- Where
- Allen County, Delphos
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -84.330
HAIL COVERED THE GROUND
Tornado, Van Wert
- When
- May 3, 5:15 PM EST
- Where
- Van Wert County, Scott to 2 mi WNW of Haviland
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 0.1 yd
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -84.570
OLD BARN SUSTAINED MODERATE STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. GARAGE SUFFERED MINOR DAMAGE.
Thunderstorm Wind, Paulding
- When
- May 3, 5:18 PM EST
- Where
- Paulding County, 2 mi SW of Haviland
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -84.620
Hail, Van Wert
- When
- May 3, 5:25 PM EST
- Where
- Van Wert County, Scott
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -84.570
Hail, Putnam
- When
- May 3, 5:41 PM EST
- Where
- Putnam County, Gilboa
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -83.920
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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
- Lightning Strike in New Jersey, May 3, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Georgia, May 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, May 3, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1998
- Hail in Georgia, May 3, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 3, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1998
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, May 3, 1998
- Hail in Alabama, May 3, 1998
- Flash Flood in Ohio, May 3, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 3, 1998
More
Every storm in Ohio in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Ohio, 1998Warnings 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: 5642415, 5642420, 5642418, 5642417, 5642419, 5642416.