Hail, Clark
- When
- September 26, 12:40 AM CST
- Where
- Clark County, Thorp
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $45,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.970, -90.800
Hail in Wisconsin, September 26, 1998
Law enforcement officials and a volunteer rainfall reporter observed hail ranging in size from nickels to ping-pong balls, which damaged some crops.
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
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $60,000
- 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.
Law enforcement officials and a volunteer rainfall reporter observed hail ranging in size from nickels to ping-pong balls, which damaged some crops.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:39 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- September 26, 4:52 AM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, 6 mi S of Mondovi
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.480, -91.680
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 Winds in New York, September 26, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 26, 1998
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, September 26, 1998
- Damaging Winds in New York, September 26, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 26 to 27, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, September 26, 1998
- Hurricane in Louisiana, September 26 to 27, 1998
- Hail in Michigan, September 26, 1998
- Hail in Wisconsin, September 26, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, September 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Wisconsin in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wisconsin, 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: 5666403, 5666404.