Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 31, 7:55 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, 3 mi NW of Jackson
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 39.080, -82.670
Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 31, 1998
Large hail and damaging winds hit around the city of Jackson. Trees and power lines were downed, some onto homes.
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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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.
Large hail and damaging winds hit around the city of Jackson. Trees and power lines were downed, some onto homes. One tree fell on an occupied car that was stopped at a traffic light. Luckily no one was hurt. The largest hail was reported just west of town.
The radar
The Cincinnati radar (KILN), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:53 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Jackson
- When
- May 31, 7:56 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, 1 mi W of Jackson
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -82.650
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 31, 7:58 PM EST
- Where
- Jackson County, Jackson
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 39.050, -82.630
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
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- Tornado and Hail in Michigan, May 31, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Massachusetts, May 31, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Pennsylvania, May 31, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Kentucky, May 31, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Vermont, May 31, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, May 31, 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: 5640281, 5640282, 5640283.