Hail, Polk
- When
- June 29, 2:09 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Stromsburg
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -97.600
Hail in Nebraska, June 29, 1998
Severe thunderstorms in the mid afternoon dropped large hail across southern Polk and northern York counties. Near Stromsburg, several reports of car and roof damage were received.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $175,000
- Crop damage
- $350,000
- Events
- 2
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.
Severe thunderstorms in the mid afternoon dropped large hail across southern Polk and northern York counties. Near Stromsburg, several reports of car and roof damage were received. Windows were knocked out of some homes. Hail to the size of baseballs was reported in northeast York county.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 106 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:10 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, York
- When
- June 29, 2:35 PM CST
- Where
- York County, Gresham
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $75,000
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -97.400
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
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 29, 1998
- Heat and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Illinois, June 29, 1998
- Damaging Wind and Lightning Strike in Michigan, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Oklahoma, June 29, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 29, 1998
- Heat in Alabama, June 29, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 29, 1998
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Indiana, June 29, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, June 29 to 30, 1998
- Tornado in Illinois, June 29, 1998
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5650174, 5650175.