Hail, Walla Walla
- When
- April 10, 2:48 PM PST to 3:10 PM PST
- Where
- Walla Walla County, Touchet to Waitsburg
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.030, -118.670
Hail in Washington, April 10, 1998
Thunderstorms in southeast Washington produced damaging wind and large hail. One half inch hail fell in Touchet, three quarter inch to one inch hail fell in Walla Walla, one inch hail fell in Hadley, and three quarter inch to seven eighths inch hail fell in Dayton.
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
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 PDT wrote it up.
Thunderstorms in southeast Washington produced damaging wind and large hail. One half inch hail fell in Touchet, three quarter inch to one inch hail fell in Walla Walla, one inch hail fell in Hadley, and three quarter inch to seven eighths inch hail fell in Dayton. Wind gusts to 45 mph downed power lines in Dayton.
The radar
The Pendleton radar (KPDT), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:48 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Columbia
- When
- April 10, 3:00 PM PST to 3:50 PM PST
- Where
- Columbia County, Huntsville to Dayton Arpt
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 46.280, -118.100
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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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: 5636427, 5636428.