Hail, Webster
- When
- July 9, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, 1 mi E of Guide Rock
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -98.320
Hail in Nebraska, July 9, 1997
Another round of thunderstorms dumped more hail and produced high winds in extreme southern Nebraska. The worst hit area was eastern Franklin and western Webster counties as millions in crops were lost.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $145,000
- Crop damage
- $3.5 million
- Events
- 3
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 GID wrote it up.
Another round of thunderstorms dumped more hail and produced high winds in extreme southern Nebraska. The worst hit area was eastern Franklin and western Webster counties as millions in crops were lost.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 29 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:06 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Franklin
- When
- July 9, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Riverton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- $2.0 million
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -98.770
Hail, Webster
- When
- July 9, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, 4 mi NW of Inavale
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $35,000
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -98.700
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
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- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in New Hampshire, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Mississippi, July 9, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, July 9 to 10, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 9, 1997
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 9, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Maine, July 9, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Massachusetts, July 9, 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: 5615742, 5615743, 5615744.