Hail, Pierce
- When
- July 1, 5:45 PM CST to 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County, Osmond to Pierce
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -97.580
Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 1996
Significant crop damage was reported from Osmond to northeast of Pierce due to large hail.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $1.0 million
- 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 OAX wrote it up.
Significant crop damage was reported from Osmond to northeast of Pierce due to large hail.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 152 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:44 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Heat in Oklahoma, July 1 to 7, 1996
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 9, 1996
- Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 1996
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 9, 1996
- Heat in Louisiana, July 1, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 1, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kentucky, July 1, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 1, 1996
- Hail in South Dakota, July 1, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 1, 1996
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, July 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: 5556839.