Hail in Nebraska, August 29, 1996

Name: Hail in Nebraska, August 29, 1996
Start: 1996-08-29T17:05
End: 1996-08-29T17:20
Location: Nebraska

August 29, 1996 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Three quarter inch diameter hail was piled to a depth of 5inches in Sidney.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $5,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 1

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.

What happened

The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.

Three quarter inch diameter hail was piled to a depth of 5inches in Sidney.

The radar

The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:04 UTC.

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1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Cheyenne

When: August 29, 5:05 PM MST to 5:20 PM MST
Where: Cheyenne County, Sidney
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Property damage: $5,000
Coordinates: 41.150, -102.980

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 1996 Every state in 1996 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, August 1996

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: 5556596.