Hail, Webster
- When
- September 19, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, 6 mi SW of Bladen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -98.670
Hail and Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 19, 1998
A bolt of lightning struck a downtown Hebron business around midnight. The resulting fire totally destroyed the farm implement dealership.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $150,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
A bolt of lightning struck a downtown Hebron business around midnight. The resulting fire totally destroyed the farm implement dealership. All contents of the building were destroyed and damage was estimated at a half million dollars.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 21 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 UTC.
Event by event
2 hail, 1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hall
- When
- September 19, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County, Cairo
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -98.600
Lightning, Thayer
- When
- September 19, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thayer County, Hebron
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Tropical Storm in Mississippi, September 19 to 20, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Colorado, September 19, 1998
- Flood in Florida, September 19, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Nebraska, September 19, 1998
- Tropical Storm and Flash Flood in Louisiana, September 19 to 20, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, September 19, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 19 to 20, 1998
- High Wind in Alaska, September 19, 1998
- Waterspout in Florida, September 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Florida, September 19, 1998
- Tornado in Alabama, September 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 19, 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: 5664383, 5664452, 5664453.