Name: Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 15, 1994
Start: 1994-07-15T01:12
End: 1994-07-15T21:38
Location: Nebraska

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 8 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: $50,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 8

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

7 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Scotts Bluff

When: July 15, 1:12 AM MST
Where: Scotts Bluff County, Gering
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

More than three inches of rain fell in an hour, overfilling an irrigation canal. Backups occurred in a sewer system as a result of the runoff, damaging 19 homes. Nearly 200 other homes were flooded due to the storm's runoff, with over $1.1 million in damages. Three inches of hail damaged about 26,500 acres of crops in the area.

Hail, Scotts Bluff

When: July 15, 1:30 AM MST to 1:40 AM MST
Where: Scotts Bluff County, Minatare to Gering
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

More than three inches of rain fell in an hour, overfilling an irrigation canal. Backups occurred in a sewer system as a result of the runoff, damaging 19 homes. Nearly 200 other homes were flooded due to the storm's runoff, with over $1.1 million in damages. Three inches of hail damaged about 26,500 acres of crops in the area.

Hail, Keith

When: July 15, 5:45 AM CST
Where: Keith County, Ogallala and to Ogallala
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.199, -101.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail and strong winds completely stripped crops.

Hail, Lincoln

When: July 15, 6:40 AM CST
Where: Lincoln County, North Platte
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.048, -100.745 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Dawes

When: July 15, 6:45 PM MST
Where: Dawes County, Chadron
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 42.720, -103.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large hail damaged a home, outbuildings, a car and crops.

Hail, Dawes

When: July 15, 7:15 PM MST
Where: Dawes County, Chadron
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Coordinates: 42.720, -103.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Large hail damaged a home, outbuildings, a car and crops.

Thunderstorm Wind, Hitchcock

When: July 15, 7:17 PM MST
Where: Hitchcock County, Crawford
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hitchcock

When: July 15, 9:38 PM CST
Where: Hitchcock County, Culbertson
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

More

Every storm in Nebraska in 1994 Every state in 1994 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 1994

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: 10333561, 10333562, 10334223, 10333792, 10333841, 10333842, 10333879, 10333880.