Hail, Box Butte
- When
- May 22, 3:26 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte County to Hemingford
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 22, 1994
9 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 10 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 10
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
9 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Howard
- When
- May 22, 4:37 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, St. Paul
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -98.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A thunderstorm produced hail up to three-quarters of an inch in diameter. The hail drifted up to four inches deep.
Hail, Box Butte
- When
- May 22, 3:41 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte County, Alliance
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Box Butte
- When
- May 22, 3:55 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte County, Alliance
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Box Butte
- When
- May 22, 3:58 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte County, Alliance
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Box Butte
- When
- May 22, 3:59 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte County, Alliance
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Chase
- When
- May 22, 4:45 PM MST
- Where
- Chase County, Imperial
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -101.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Dawes
- When
- May 22, 5:00 PM MST
- Where
- Dawes County, Crawford
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -103.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm Wind, Chase
- When
- May 22, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Chase County, Imperial
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -101.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Officials said that a thunderstorm produced an estimated $500,000 in damage to crops, farm buildings, grain bins, irrigation equipment, and other structures. The damage was mainly in an area six miles wide and six miles long to the northwest of Imperial.
Hail, Chase
- When
- May 22, 5:40 PM MST
- Where
- Chase County, Imperial
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -101.698 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Officials said that a thunderstorm produced an estimated $500,000 in damage to crops, farm buildings, grain bins, irrigation equipment, and other structures. The damage was mainly in an area six miles wide and six miles long to the northwest of Imperial.
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
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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: 10334434, 10334033, 10334435, 10334436, 10334437, 10334438, 10334084, 10333839, 10334085, 10334086.