Hail, Cass
- When
- July 28, 12:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County, Plattsmouth
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -95.900
Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1996
Thunderstorms producing large hail resulted in over 1,000 claims of damage to vehicles and homes in the Plattsmouth area.
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
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- 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.
Thunderstorms producing large hail resulted in over 1,000 claims of damage to vehicles and homes in the Plattsmouth area.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 51 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:04 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 North Dakota, July 28, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, July 28, 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: 5557033.