Hail, Hitchcock
- When
- October 16, 2:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, 4 mi SSE of Palisade
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -101.070
Hail in Nebraska, October 16, 1998
3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- None recorded
- 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), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:09 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hitchcock
- When
- October 16, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, Culbertson
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -100.830
Hail piled up a few inches deep near town.
Hail, Red Willow
- When
- October 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County, 6 mi SSE of Mc Cook
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -100.570
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 Hail in Kansas, October 16, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 16, 1998
- Hail in Colorado, October 16, 1998
- High Wind in California, October 16, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 16, 1998
- Hail in Nebraska, October 16, 1998
- Wildfire in California, October 16 to 24, 1998
- Hail in Kansas, October 16, 1998
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, October 16 to 17, 1998
- Flood and Hail in Kansas, October 16 to 17, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 16, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, October 16, 1998
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5668290, 5668291, 5668292.