Hail, Clay
- When
- March 9, 12:35 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Clay Center
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -98.050
Hail in Nebraska, March 9, 1997
Early season thunderstorms rolled through a part of South Central Nebraska dropping some rain, but mostly hail. 25 inches in diameter covered the ground at the National Weather Service Office north of Hastings.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
Early season thunderstorms rolled through a part of South Central Nebraska dropping some rain, but mostly hail. Hail as large as 1.25 inches in diameter covered the ground at the National Weather Service Office north of Hastings.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 41 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:34 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Flooding in Mississippi, March 9 to 26, 1997
- Flooding in Iowa, March 9 to 13, 1997
- Flood in Texas, March 9 to 13, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 9 to 10, 1997
- Flooding in Louisiana, March 9 to 26, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Montana, March 9 to 10, 1997
- High Wind in Ohio, March 9, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 9, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, March 9, 1997
- Heavy Snow in Oregon, March 9 to 10, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 9, 1997
- Flash Flood in Texas, March 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: 5595573.