Hail, Hitchcock
- When
- June 6, 2:50 AM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, Trenton
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -101.020
Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 1996
HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 60 MPH DAMAGED WINDSHIELDS, WINDOWS, ROOFS, AND CROPS.
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
- None recorded
- 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 GLD wrote it up.
HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 60 MPH DAMAGED WINDSHIELDS, WINDOWS, ROOFS, AND CROPS.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 08:52 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.
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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: 5551892.