Hail, Pierce
- When
- July 29, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -97.500
Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 29, 1968
8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- 15
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.
Event by event
8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dawes
- When
- July 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dawes County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -103.180
Hail, Rock
- When
- July 29, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -99.500
Hail, Knox
- When
- July 29, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -97.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- July 29, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -97.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 29, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 29, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -97.400
Hail, Sherman
- When
- July 29, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -98.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Saunders
- When
- July 29, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders County
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- July 29, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -98.780
Hail, Howard
- When
- July 29, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -98.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 29, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 57 kt (66 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -97.400
Hail, Merrick
- When
- July 29, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -98.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- July 29, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -98.280
Hail, Fillmore
- When
- July 29, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.380, -97.680
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 in South Dakota, July 29, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 29, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, July 29, 1968
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 29, 1968
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 29, 1968
- Hail in Arizona, July 29, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 29, 1968
- Hail in Florida, July 29, 1968
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 29, 1968
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: 10065574, 10065575, 10065576, 10065577, 10065578, 10065579, 10065580, 10065581, 10065582, 10065583, 10065584, 10065585, 10065586, 10065587, 10065588.