Hail, Dakota
- When
- July 16, 9:05 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County, South Sioux City to Homer
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $22 million
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -96.420
Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
Large hail caused devastating crop damage in much of Dakota County with many crops totally destroyed. Very strong winds and heavy rain contributed to the damage.
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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $22 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 FSD wrote it up.
Large hail caused devastating crop damage in much of Dakota County with many crops totally destroyed. Very strong winds and heavy rain contributed to the damage. An estimated half of the county's 64,300 acres of corn was wiped out with about half of the remaining corn acreage sustaining damage. About a third of the county's 52,200 acres of beans were wiped out while most of the remaining bean acreage sustained varying damage. Smaller crops also suffered extensive damage. The hail also caused damage to vehicles and buildings.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:03 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
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- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
More
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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: 5556812.