Hail, Keith
- When
- July 21, 6:52 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 3 mi SSE of Paxton
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -101.350
Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 1998
6 hail, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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), 115 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:49 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 21, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, North Platte
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -100.780
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 21, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 2 mi N of North Platte
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -100.780
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 21, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 5 mi SW of Merna
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -99.830
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 21, 9:18 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 10 mi S of North Platte
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -100.780
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 21, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 20 mi NE of Maxwell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -100.270
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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- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, July 21, 1998
- Heat in Missouri, July 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 21, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strikes in Michigan, July 21, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 21, 1998
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Maryland, July 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, July 1998
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5655251, 5655250, 5655252, 5655254, 5655253, 5655255.