Hail, Dundy
- When
- May 22, 6:16 PM MST
- Where
- Dundy County, Benkelman
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -101.530
Started with dime hail around 1804 MST.
Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1998
2 hail, 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
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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), 77 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:17 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Dundy
- When
- May 22, 6:35 PM MST to 9:00 PM MST
- Where
- Dundy County, Benkelman
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -101.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Around 5 inches of rain fell between 1800 and 2000 MST. Many homes had basements flooded with water and mud. Several cars were stalled. Roads were damaged. Waters started receding around 2100 MST,
Hail, Hitchcock
- When
- May 22, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, 9 mi S of Stratton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -101.230
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Illinois, May 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 22, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 22, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 22, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, May 22, 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: 5636812, 5636811, 5636813.