Hail, Chase
- When
- March 26, 6:50 PM MST
- Where
- Chase County, 4 mi NE of Imperial
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -101.580
Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, March 26, 1998
5 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $36,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:50 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- March 26, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, Maxwell
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -100.530
Hail, Custer
- When
- March 26, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 1 mi N of Callaway
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -99.930
Hail, Custer
- When
- March 26, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 6 mi W of Broken Bow
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -99.770
Lightning, Loup
- When
- March 26, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Loup County, 15 mi W of Taylor
- Property damage
- $16,000
- Coordinates
- 41.914, -99.454 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Lightning struck and killed 20 head of cattle.
Hail, Loup
- When
- March 26, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Loup County, 4 mi WNW of Taylor
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -99.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Loup
- When
- March 26, 10:40 PM CST to 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Loup County, Taylor to 4 mi E of Taylor
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -99.320
Downburst thunderstorm winds caused damage to a couple of farmsteads. A trailer home sustained damage as well as livestock and irrigation equipment. Other losses included a few head of cattle killed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Lightning
- A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.
- 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
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in Texas, March 26, 1998
- Heat in West Virginia, March 26 to 31, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, March 26, 1998
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 26, 1998
- High Wind in New Mexico, March 26, 1998
- Heat in Ohio, March 26 to 31, 1998
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, March 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, March 26, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Michigan, March 26 to 29, 1998
- Strong Wind in Rhode Island, March 26, 1998
- Heat in Wisconsin, March 26, 1998
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 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: 5631874, 5631875, 5631876, 5631877, 5631879, 5631878, 5631880.