Hail, Keya Paha
- When
- August 29, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Keya Paha County, 4 mi N of Springview
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -99.730
Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 29, 1997
Widely scattered thunderstorms tracked east across north central nebraska and produced mainly 3/4 inch hail with a few instances of larger hail. Thunderstorm winds in excess of 60 mph accompanied a few of the storms causing broken tree branches.
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
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- $90,000
- Events
- 13
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 LBF wrote it up.
Widely scattered thunderstorms tracked east across north central nebraska and produced mainly 3/4 inch hail with a few instances of larger hail. Thunderstorm winds in excess of 60 mph accompanied a few of the storms causing broken tree branches.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:24 UTC.
Event by event
10 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd
- When
- August 29, 3:45 PM CST
- Where
- Boyd County, Butte
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -98.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd
- When
- August 29, 4:04 PM CST
- Where
- Boyd County, Butte
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -98.850
Hail, Boyd
- When
- August 29, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Boyd County, 1 mi W of Butte
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -98.870
Hail, Boyd
- When
- August 29, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Boyd County, 2 mi E of Lynch
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- $90,000
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -98.430
Hail, Rock
- When
- August 29, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 25 mi S of Bassett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -99.520
Hail, Rock
- When
- August 29, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 6 mi S of Rose
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -99.470
Hail, Loup
- When
- August 29, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Loup County, 18 mi NE of Taylor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.950, -99.130
Hail, Rock
- When
- August 29, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 10 mi NNE of Rose
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.330, -99.400
Hail, Holt
- When
- August 29, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 13 mi SW of Amelia
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -99.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- August 29, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County, 19 mi NNE of Burwell
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -99.000
Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree branches in town.
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- August 29, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 1 mi S of Bartlett
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.870, -98.550
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- August 29, 8:43 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 12 mi SE of Bartlett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -98.380
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, August 29, 1997
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- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 29, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, August 29, 1997
- Heavy Rain in Puerto Rico, August 29, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, August 29, 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: 5615294, 5615295, 5615296, 5615356, 5615357, 5615358, 5615359, 5615360, 5615361, 5615363, 5615362, 5615364, 5615365.