Hail, Kimball
- When
- August 19, 3:35 PM MST to 3:36 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 10 mi NW of Kimball
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -103.800
Hail in Nebraska, August 19, 1997
4 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $2,000
- Events
- 4
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 Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 86 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:34 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kimball
- When
- August 19, 3:45 PM MST to 3:46 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 2 mi N of Kimball
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -103.670
Hail, Kimball
- When
- August 19, 3:50 PM MST to 3:51 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 3 mi NE of Kimball
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -103.630
Hail, Kimball
- When
- August 19, 3:55 PM MST to 3:56 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 3 mi NE of Dix
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -103.470
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
- Wildfire and Dust Storm in California, August 19 to 20, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 19 to 20, 1997
- Lightning Strike in California, August 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, August 19, 1997
- Flood in Indiana, August 19, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, August 19, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Missouri, August 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, August 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, August 19, 1997
- Hail in Wyoming, August 19, 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: 5609754, 5609756, 5609757, 5609755.