Name: Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 17, 1995
Start: 1995-07-17T12:57
End: 1995-07-17T17:05
Location: Nebraska

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 6 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: $2.4 million
Events: 7

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.

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:35 UTC.

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Event by event

6 hail, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: July 17, 12:57 PM MST
Where: Cheyenne County, Dalton
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $600,000
Coordinates: 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: July 17, 1:30 PM MST
Where: Cheyenne County, Gurley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Crop damage: $600,000
Coordinates: 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: July 17, 1:45 PM MST
Where: Cheyenne County, Gurley
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Crop damage: $600,000
Coordinates: 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: July 17, 1:55 PM MST
Where: Cheyenne County, Sidney
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Crop damage: $600,000
Coordinates: 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: July 17, 2:28 PM MST
Where: Cheyenne County, Sidney
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.

Tornado, Cheyenne

When: July 17, 2:30 PM MST
Where: Cheyenne County, Sunol
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 41.000, -102.770

Severe thunderstorms moved southeast through Cheyenne County during the afternoon. Hail from the thunderstorms destroyed or damaged 55,615 acres of cropland, causing millions of dollars in losses. The worst damage was in the northwest part of the county as well as just southeast of Sidney. One area of hail began nine miles west of Dalton and cut a two mile wide path for eight to ten miles. Also, A brief tornado was observed near the state line, 10 miles south of Sunol.

Hail, Scotts Bluff

When: July 17, 5:05 PM CST
Where: Scotts Bluff County, Haigler
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A funnel cloud was sighted near Lake Minatare.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in Nebraska in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Nebraska, 1995 Warnings in Nebraska, July 1995

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: 10334242, 10334243, 10334244, 10334245, 10334246, 10333366, 10333567.