Hail, Tooele
- When
- September 30, 11:20 AM MST
- Where
- Tooele County, 15 mi S of Tooele
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $400
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -112.300
Hail in Utah, September 30, 1998
3/4" diameter hail was observed in Rush Valley from a passing severe thunderstorm.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $400
- Events
- 1
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 SLC wrote it up.
3/4" diameter hail was observed in Rush Valley from a passing severe thunderstorm.
The radar
The Salt Lake City radar (KMTX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:19 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 30, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Idaho, September 30, 1998
- Drought in New Jersey, September 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 30, 1998
- Drought in Pennsylvania, September 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, September 30, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, September 30, 1998
- Drought in Maryland, September 30, 1998
- Drought in Delaware, September 30, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, September 30, 1998
More
Every storm in Utah in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Utah, September 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: 5663986.