Hail, Garden
- When
- June 21, 2:20 PM MST
- Where
- Garden County, Lisco
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.500, -102.620
Damage to vehicles and buildings in Lisco.
Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1998
11 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- $475,000
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Events
- 14
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), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:22 UTC.
Event by event
11 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Garden
- When
- June 21, 2:44 PM MST
- Where
- Garden County, 4 mi W of Oshkosh
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -102.420
Extensive damage to vehicles. Windows broken in homes.
Hail, Garden
- When
- June 21, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garden County, Oshkosh
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -102.330
Damage to vehicles and buildings in Oshkosh.
Hail, Garden
- When
- June 21, 3:30 PM MST
- Where
- Garden County, 15 mi W of Oshkosh
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.420, -102.620
Hail, Keith
- When
- June 21, 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 12 mi W of Lemoyne
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -102.050
Flash Flood, Garden
- When
- June 21, 4:00 PM MST to 10:00 PM MST
- Where
- Garden County, Lisco
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.619, -102.335 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash flooding along and south of the North Platte river from near Lisco to near Lewellen washed out several county roads with many county roads closed.
Hail, Keith
- When
- June 21, 4:25 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 7 mi WNW of Lemoyne
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -101.950
Damage to vehicles and campers.
Hail, Keith
- When
- June 21, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 8 mi W of Ogallala
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -101.870
Hail, Garden
- When
- June 21, 4:34 PM MST
- Where
- Garden County, 12 mi S of Oshkosh
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -102.330
Hail, Keith
- When
- June 21, 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 7 mi E of Lemoyne
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -101.680
Damage to vehicles.
Hail, Keith
- When
- June 21, 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 4 mi E of Roscoe
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -101.500
Hail, Keith
- When
- June 21, 5:35 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, Paxton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -101.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- June 21, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 10 mi S of North Platte
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -100.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Frontier
- When
- June 21, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Frontier County, Curtis
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -100.520
Thunderstorm wind estimated at 80 MPH caused extensive tree damage.
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.
- 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.
The same day elsewhere
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 21, 1998
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- Flash Flood and Hail in Oklahoma, June 21, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 21, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, June 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, June 21, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Puerto Rico, June 21 to 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 21, 1998
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: 5648348, 5648349, 5649220, 5649221, 5649222, 5649227, 5649223, 5649225, 5649224, 5649226, 5649228, 5649229, 5649230, 5649231.