Hail, Knox
- When
- June 14, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, 3 mi E of Creighton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $2.0 million
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -97.820
Hail in Nebraska, June 14, 1996
Hail covered the ground for a depth of two inches. Wind driven hail resulted in 2 million dollars worth of damage to soybeans, alfalfa, oats, and corn.
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
- $2.0 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.
Hail covered the ground for a depth of two inches. Wind driven hail resulted in 2 million dollars worth of damage to soybeans, alfalfa, oats, and corn. The path was four miles long and two miles wide, just east of Creighton.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 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 Nebraska, June 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 14, 1996
- Flash Flood in Ohio, June 14, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, June 14, 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: 5562067.