Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- June 4, 3:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -98.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold in Nebraska, June 4 to 5, 1998
A very unusual post-Memorial Day frost and freeze left its mark on crops across a small part of south-central Nebraska. The most concentrated area of damaged fields stretched along the Republican River from Red Cloud to Cambridge.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $40,000
- Events
- 8
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.
A very unusual post-Memorial Day frost and freeze left its mark on crops across a small part of south-central Nebraska. The most concentrated area of damaged fields stretched along the Republican River from Red Cloud to Cambridge. Nearly every community along the river reported overnight low temperatures for the 4th and 5th near 32 degrees. Low lying areas near the river's edge dropped into the upper 20s under the clear sky. The result was damaged leaves on several thousand acres of corn and soybeans. Fortunately, in most cases, the growing point of the plants was not damaged enough to stop plant growth. After the frost, warmer and wet weather provided nearly ideal conditions for the crops to rebound to normal with very little, if any, yield loss expected.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 cold/wind chill. Local standard time, as filed.
Cold/Wind Chill, Franklin
- When
- June 4, 3:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -98.953 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Harlan
- When
- June 4, 3:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harlan forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.177, -99.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Furnas
- When
- June 4, 3:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Furnas forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.177, -99.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Furnas
- When
- June 5, 3:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Furnas forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.177, -99.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Harlan
- When
- June 5, 3:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Harlan forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.177, -99.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Franklin
- When
- June 5, 3:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -98.953 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Cold/Wind Chill, Webster
- When
- June 5, 3:00 AM CST to 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -98.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Cold/Wind Chill
- Cold or wind chill below warning criteria that caused deaths, injuries or damage.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 4 to 5, 1998
- Flood in Missouri, June 4, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, June 4 to 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 4, 1998
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, June 4, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 4, 1998
- Tornado in Arkansas, June 4, 1998
- Tornado and Heavy Snow in Utah, June 4 to 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Arkansas, June 4, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 4 to 5, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, June 4, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 4, 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: 5649593, 5649594, 5649595, 5649596, 5649597, 5649598, 5649599, 5649600.