Hail, Brown
- When
- September 8, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 5 mi NE of Johnstown
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -100.000
Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 8, 1997
9 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Events
- 10
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 national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
9 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Holt
- When
- September 8, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 14 mi NNW of O Neill
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -98.750
Several hundred acres of corn and beans were damaged by the hail.
Hail, Holt
- When
- September 8, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 7 mi ENE of O Neill
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -98.520
Hail, Boyd
- When
- September 8, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Boyd County, 7 mi WNW of Naper
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.000, -99.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd
- When
- September 8, 3:22 PM CST
- Where
- Boyd County, Butte
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.920, -98.850
60 mph thunderstorm winds were reported at Butte.
Hail, Holt
- When
- September 8, 3:55 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 5 mi NW of Ewing
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.320, -98.420
Hail, Brown
- When
- September 8, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 1 mi ENE of Ainsworth
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -99.830
Hail, Rock
- When
- September 8, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County, 6 mi WSW of Bassett
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -99.630
Hail, Cherry
- When
- September 8, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County, 17 mi S of Wood Lake
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.380, -100.230
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- September 8, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County, 9 mi NE of Bartlett
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -98.430
Large hail broke out several windows in homes.
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.
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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: 5617914, 5617913, 5617915, 5617916, 5617917, 5617921, 5617919, 5617920, 5617918, 5617922.