Hail, Park
- When
- August 8, 7:20 PM MST
- Where
- Park County, 1 mi S of Powell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.730, -108.750
Hail in Wyoming, August 8, 1998
Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell along and near the Shoshone River between Powell and Lovell. Damage to barley and sugar beet 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
- 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 RIW wrote it up.
Hail up to 1 inch in diameter fell along and near the Shoshone River between Powell and Lovell. Damage to barley and sugar beet crops. No damage estimates available.
The radar
The Billings radar (KBLX), 125 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:20 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Big Horn
- When
- August 8, 7:50 PM MST
- Where
- Big Horn County, 1 mi W of Lovell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.830, -108.400
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
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 8, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, August 8, 1998
- Flood in North Carolina, August 8, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, August 8, 1998
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 8, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, August 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 8, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Virginia, August 8, 1998
- Flood and Lightning Strike in Arizona, August 8, 1998
- Hail in Arkansas, August 8, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Arkansas, August 8, 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: 5665717, 5665718.