Hail, Blaine
- When
- August 13, 11:45 AM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, 10 mi N of Brewster
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -99.870
Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, August 13, 1997
16 hail, 1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Events
- 17
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.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 60 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 17:43 UTC.
Event by event
16 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 13, 11:55 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 28 mi S of Long Pine
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -99.700
Hail, Blaine
- When
- August 13, 12:02 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, 6 mi N of Brewster
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.020, -99.870
Hail, Brown
- When
- August 13, 12:08 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 32 mi SSW of Ainsworth
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -100.080
Hail, Blaine
- When
- August 13, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, 5 mi NE of Brewster
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -99.800
Lightning, Holt
- When
- August 13, 1:08 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 22 mi SW of Atkinson
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 42.456, -98.784 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A 55 year-old man was struck and killed by lightning while riding a horse moving cattle in a meadow 22 miles southwest of Atkinson.
Hail, Blaine
- When
- August 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, 11 mi NNW of Brewster
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -99.950
Hail, Logan
- When
- August 13, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County, 14 mi SE of Stapleton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -100.330
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 13, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 5 mi E of Arnold
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -100.100
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 13, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 9 mi NW of Callaway
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -100.050
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 13, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 10 mi SSW of Broken Bow
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -99.720
Hail, Garfield
- When
- August 13, 4:40 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, 1 mi NW of Burwell
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -99.150
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 13, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 10 mi SSE of Broken Bow
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -99.580
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 13, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 9 mi E of Oconto
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -99.620
Hail, Loup
- When
- August 13, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Loup County, 8 mi E of Taylor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -99.230
Thunderstorm winds and hail broke house windows.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- August 13, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 8 mi SW of North Platte
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -100.900
Hail, Perkins
- When
- August 13, 6:35 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 2 mi ESE of Elsie
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -101.350
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lightning, Holt | 1997-08-13 | 55 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in New Jersey, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 13, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 13 to 14, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Texas, August 13, 1997
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- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, August 13, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 13, 1997
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: 5615041, 5615043, 5615042, 5615044, 5615045, 5615136, 5615046, 5615048, 5615047, 5615049, 5615050, 5615052, 5615051, 5615054, 5615053, 5615055, 5615056.