Hail, Dodge
- When
- June 20, 8:35 PM CST to 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County, Hooper to 4 mi of Fremont
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- $12 million
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -96.550
Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
Large hail did considerable damage to thousands of acres of crops from Hooper to Fremont. Estimates of 4,000 homes and countless vehicles had damage from the winds and hail.
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
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- $12 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.
Large hail did considerable damage to thousands of acres of crops from Hooper to Fremont. Estimates of 4,000 homes and countless vehicles had damage from the winds and hail.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 32 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:36 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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- Tornado in Nebraska, June 20, 1996
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 20, 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: 5562262.