Hail, Hamilton
- When
- July 29, 1:14 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Aurora
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -98.000
Hail in Nebraska, July 29, 1996
Late night severe thunderstorms moved east from Hall in the Hamilton and Merrick counties leaving large hail and producing winds gusts near 60 mph. A lightning strike near a mobile home in Aurora caused a small electrical fire resulting in minor damage to the home.
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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- 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 GID wrote it up.
Late night severe thunderstorms moved east from Hall in the Hamilton and Merrick counties leaving large hail and producing winds gusts near 60 mph. A lightning strike near a mobile home in Aurora caused a small electrical fire resulting in minor damage to the home.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 72 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:14 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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- Rip Current in Florida, July 29, 1996
- Flash Flood in Missouri, July 29, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Michigan, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 29, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 29, 1996
- Tornado in North Dakota, July 29, 1996
- Hail in Iowa, July 29, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 29, 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: 5560807.