Hail, Banner
- When
- June 2, 5:30 PM MST to 5:35 PM MST
- Where
- Banner County, 12 mi W of Harrisburg
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -103.980
Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 2 to 4, 1997
3 flash flood, 1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $1.3 million
- Crop damage
- $600,000
- 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), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:29 UTC.
Event by event
3 flash flood, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Scotts Bluff
- When
- June 2, 6:00 PM MST to June 3, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flash flooding then flooding with crop, road and bridge damage. All county roads were closed from 1900 MST 6/2/97 until 0500 MST 6/3/97. Minor to heavy silt damage was recorded on 40% of county roads.
Flash Flood, Banner
- When
- June 2, 6:00 PM MST to June 3, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Banner County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.546, -103.710 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flash flooding then flooding caused crop, road and bridge damage.
Flash Flood, Morrill
- When
- June 2, 6:00 PM MST to June 4, 12:00 PM MST
- Where
- Morrill County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -103.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Widespread flash flooding followed by flooding along tributaries of the North Platte River caused crop, road and bridge damage. Several culverts and bridges were washed out on county roads. 100 people were briefly evacuated in Northport due to flooding.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in South Dakota, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 1997
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: 5608241, 5608242, 5608243, 5608244.