Hail in Nebraska, May 28, 1993

Name: Hail in Nebraska, May 28, 1993
Start: 1993-05-28T00:00
End: 1993-05-28T00:05
Location: Nebraska

May 28, 1993 · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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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.

Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Phelps

When: May 28, 12:00 AM CST
Where: Phelps County, Bertrand
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.511, -99.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Dime-size hail and strong winds were stripping leaves from trees.

Hail, Lincoln

When: May 28, 12:05 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, Wellfleet
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.048, -100.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A thunderstorm moving north dropped dime to golf ball-size hail. The storm passed mainly through open country. The only damage reported was to a pickup truck four miles southeast of McCook.

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 1993 Every state in 1993 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, May 1993

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: 10333534, 10333717.