Hail, Scotts Bluff
- When
- May 10, 2:45 PM MST to 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff County, Scottsbluff to 25 mi S of Scottsbluff
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $12,000
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -104.000
Hail in Nebraska, May 10, 1998
A storm produced quarter size hail 25 miles southwest of Scottsbluff and damaged wheat crops in the area. One farmer sustained a 75 to 100 per cent loss of his wheat crop.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- $12,000
- Events
- 1
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 CYS wrote it up.
A storm produced quarter size hail 25 miles southwest of Scottsbluff and damaged wheat crops in the area. One farmer sustained a 75 to 100 per cent loss of his wheat crop.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 85 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:45 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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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- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, May 10, 1998
- Hail in Wyoming, May 10, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, May 10, 1998
- Tornado in Georgia, May 10, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Carolina, May 10, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 10, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in South Carolina, May 10, 1998
- Flooding in New York, May 10 to 11, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, May 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Tennessee, May 10, 1998
- Flash Flooding in New York, May 10 to 11, 1998
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, May 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: 5641510.