Hail, Sarpy
- When
- July 27, 11:45 PM CST to July 28, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sarpy County, Offutt Afb
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $800,000
- Crop damage
- $1.8 million
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -95.920
Hail in Nebraska, July 27 to 28, 1996
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over parts of Douglas and Sarpy Counties. Nearly $300,000 damage was done by hail to aircraft and vehicles at Offutt Air Force Base.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $800,000
- Crop damage
- $1.8 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.
An isolated severe thunderstorm developed over parts of Douglas and Sarpy Counties. Nearly $300,000 damage was done by hail to aircraft and vehicles at Offutt Air Force Base. 3,000 to 5,000 acres of corn and soybeans were also lost. Numerous reports of damage to cars, homes, and businesses.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 44 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:45 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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- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Arkansas, July 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 27, 1996
- Heavy Rain in Texas, July 27, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 27, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 27, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 27, 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: 5557029.