The severe wind outbreak of November 10, 1998
436 wind reportsOhio, Arkansas, Indiana and 11 more states
436 damaging wind reports across 14 states between 12:00 AM and 11:50 PM CST, 4 of them 65 knots (75 mph) or stronger. 2 hail reports and 12 tornadoes the same day.
Watch the day unfoldSevere wind day · November 10, 1998
How the day unfolded
Every damaging wind report of the day at its logged time, with the day's hail reports and tornadoes, and the counties they reached.
The day in numbers
- Wind reports
- 436
- 63rd of 15,807 days with wind reports since 1955
- 75 mph or more
- 4
- 1 of 86 mph (75 knots) or more
- Strongest measured gust
- —
- No measured gust reported
- Measured
- 0
- reports with an instrument reading; the rest are estimates from damage
- Killed by wind
- 0
- 4 injured
- Counties reporting
- 368
- in 14 states
Hour by hour
Damaging wind reports in each hour, Central Standard Time.
The strongest winds
The 100 strongest reports with a speed. Measured gusts come from an instrument; estimated speeds are judged from damage.
| 2:55 PM | Erie County OH | 113 mph | Estimated |
| 6:12 AM | Dunklin County MO | 83 mph | Estimated |
| 1:04 AM | Red River County TX | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 AM | Boone County MO | 81 mph | Estimated |
| 1:00 AM | McCurtain County OK | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 1:10 AM | Montgomery County MO | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:00 AM | Warrick County IN | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 9:50 AM | Hopkins County KY | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 12:10 PM | Putnam County OH | 70 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 AM | Ralls County MO | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:30 AM | Stoddard County MO | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 5:40 AM | LaSalle County IL | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 9:12 AM | Boone County IN | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:05 PM | Kenton County KY | 69 mph | Estimated |
| 1:18 AM | Dallas County MO | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 3:12 AM | Adams County IL | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 3:14 AM | Adams County IL | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 3:28 AM | Franklin County MO | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 AM | Brown County IL | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 4:05 AM | Greene County IL | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 4:55 AM | Montgomery County IL | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 3:28 PM | Lorain County OH | 67 mph | Estimated |
| 5:24 AM | McLean County IL | 66 mph | Estimated |
| 1:38 AM | Moniteau County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 1:47 AM | Moniteau County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:05 AM | Pike County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:18 AM | Callaway County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:28 AM | Osage County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:40 AM | Audrain County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 AM | Montgomery County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:45 AM | Audrain County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:50 AM | Gasconade County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 2:50 AM | Gasconade County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 AM | Ralls County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:00 AM | Marion County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:07 AM | Marion County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:13 AM | Crawford County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:14 AM | Crawford County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 AM | Crawford County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 AM | Crawford County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 AM | Warren County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:15 AM | Pike County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:24 AM | Lincoln County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:25 AM | Pike County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:35 AM | Washington County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:36 AM | Pike County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:40 AM | St. Charles County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:44 AM | Lincoln County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 AM | St. Charles County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 AM | Calhoun County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 AM | Calhoun County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:45 AM | Calhoun County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 3:50 AM | St. Louis County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:00 AM | Jefferson County MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:08 AM | Jersey County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:10 AM | St. Louis MO | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 AM | Monroe County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:30 AM | St. Clair County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:32 AM | St. Clair County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:36 AM | Macoupin County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 4:56 AM | Bond County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:03 AM | Montgomery County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 AM | Bond County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:15 AM | Whiteside County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 5:55 AM | Fayette County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 6:45 AM | Crittenden County AR | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 6:45 AM | Will County IL | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 10:45 AM | Delaware County IN | 64 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 AM | Randolph County MO | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 AM | Howard County AR | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:35 AM | Sangamon County IL | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 7:00 AM | Shelby County TN | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 9:35 AM | Christian County KY | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:18 PM | Washtenaw County MI | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 12:35 PM | Monroe County MI | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 1:00 PM | Gallatin County KY | 63 mph | Estimated |
| 4:56 AM | Logan County IL | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 7:27 AM | Jasper County IL | 62 mph | Estimated |
| 8:32 AM | Henry County TN | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 9:40 AM | Elkhart County IN | 61 mph | Estimated |
| 12:45 AM | McCurtain County OK | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 12:46 AM | Greene County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 12:55 AM | Sequoyah County OK | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:15 AM | McCurtain County OK | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:22 AM | McCurtain County OK | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 AM | Sevier County AR | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 AM | Wood County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 AM | Camp County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 AM | Franklin County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:30 AM | Titus County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:34 AM | Osage County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:35 AM | Taney County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:39 AM | Miller County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:45 AM | Bowie County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 1:50 AM | Morris County TX | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 2:00 AM | Little River County AR | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 3:39 AM | Howell County MO | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 AM | Caddo Parish LA | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:20 AM | Madison County IL | 60 mph | Estimated |
| 4:25 AM | Henry County IL | 60 mph | Estimated |
By state
Counties with the most wind reports
- McCurtain CountyOK · 4 reports
- Crawford CountyMO · 4 reports
- Grant CountyAR · 3 reports
- St. Charles CountyMO · 3 reports
- Washington CountyAR · 3 reports
- Le Flore CountyOK · 3 reports
- Lenawee CountyMI · 3 reports
- Elkhart CountyIN · 3 reports
- Madison CountyIL · 3 reports
- Dallas CountyAR · 3 reports
Hail and tornadoes that day
2 hail reports, 0 of 2 inches or more; 12 tornadoes.
| 2:05 AM | Cole County MO | 1.00 |
| 12:45 AM | Lawrence County MO | 0.75 |
- F1 tornado12:35 AM CST
- F0 tornado1:10 AM CST
- F3 tornado1:58 AM CST
- F0 tornado2:05 AM CST
- F0 tornado2:20 AM CST
- F0 tornado5:30 AM CST
- F1 tornado7:55 AM CST
- F0 tornado8:05 AM CST
- F0 tornado9:45 AM CST
- F0 tornado11:15 AM CST
- F1 tornado11:45 AM CST
- F0 tornado12:52 PM CST
1998 · On this date in other years · The biggest severe wind days
- A report is a single damage or measurement report to the National Weather Service. Several reports can describe one gust front, so reports are not storms.
- Reporting has grown with population, spotter networks and the internet, so counts from different decades are not directly comparable.
- Thunderstorm wind reports start at 50 knots (58 mph). SPC began flagging measured against estimated speeds in 2006; earlier reports are shown as estimated.
Storm Prediction Center severe weather database, 1955 to 2025. A day is SPC’s calendar date in Central Standard Time; a severe wind day here has 300 or more damaging wind reports, or 15 or more of 75 knots (86 mph) or more.