Hail, Blaine
- When
- July 22, 6:48 AM CST
- Where
- Blaine County, 7 mi NNW of Brewster
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -99.920
Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, July 22, 1997
17 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $604,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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), 55 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 12:46 UTC.
Event by event
17 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Holt
- When
- July 22, 9:40 AM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 11 mi SSW of Stuart
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -99.220
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- July 22, 10:50 AM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 7 mi NNE of Bartlett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -98.500
Hail, Cherry
- When
- July 22, 4:13 PM MST
- Where
- Cherry County, 36 mi S of Merriman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -101.700
Thunderstorm winds and hail broke windshields and blew large tree limbs down.
Hail, Rock
- When
- July 22, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 3 mi N of Bassett
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.630, -99.520
Hail, Cherry
- When
- July 22, 4:25 PM MST
- Where
- Cherry County, 10 mi ENE of Merriman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -101.520
Hail, Rock
- When
- July 22, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 2 mi W of Bassett
- Measured
- 1.85 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -99.550
Hail, Rock
- When
- July 22, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 9 mi SSE of Bassett
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -99.450
Hail, Cherry
- When
- July 22, 5:25 PM MST
- Where
- Cherry County, 50 mi S of Merriman
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -101.700
Hail, Grant
- When
- July 22, 5:40 PM MST
- Where
- Grant County, 5 mi NE of Whitman
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -101.450
Hail, Boyd
- When
- July 22, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Boyd County, 4 mi W of Butte
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -98.930
Hail, Holt
- When
- July 22, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 23 mi NNE of Atkinson
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -98.800
Hail, Grant
- When
- July 22, 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- Grant County, Hyannis
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -101.770
Hail, Cherry
- When
- July 22, 7:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County, 16 mi SE of Valentine
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -100.330
Hail, Rock
- When
- July 22, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 6 mi SW of Rose
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -99.550
Hail, Hooker
- When
- July 22, 6:30 PM MST
- Where
- Hooker County, 17 mi SW of Mullen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -101.270
Flash Flood, Hooker
- When
- July 22, 6:30 PM MST
- Where
- Hooker County, 15 mi SW of Mullen
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Coordinates
- 41.916, -101.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flood waters washed out 2 miles of county road.
Hail, Cherry
- When
- July 22, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County, 13 mi S of Wood Lake
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -100.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 22, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 5 mi NE of Sutherland
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -101.070
Thunderstorm winds blew down large tree limbs.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
- 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
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strikes in Texas, July 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, July 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 22, 1997
- Hail in South Dakota, July 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, July 22, 1997
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 22, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 22, 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: 5610743, 5610744, 5610745, 5610746, 5610747, 5610749, 5610748, 5610750, 5610753, 5610754, 5610751, 5610752, 5610757, 5610755, 5610756, 5610758, 5610759, 5610760, 5610761.