Hail, Buffalo
- When
- May 28, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, 2 mi SE of Nelson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $16,000
- Coordinates
- 44.400, -91.970
Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 28, 1998
A small cluster of severe thunderstorms produced dime size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.
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
- $8,000
- Crop damage
- $16,000
- 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 ARX wrote it up.
A small cluster of severe thunderstorms produced dime size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Jackson
- When
- May 28, 2:57 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson County, Hatfield
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 44.420, -90.730
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 28 to 29, 1998
- Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Texas, May 28, 1998
- Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 28, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 28, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1998
- Flash Flood in Arkansas, May 28, 1998
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 5641960, 5642047.