Hail, Niobrara
- When
- May 21, 5:40 PM MST to 5:47 PM MST
- Where
- Niobrara County, Lusk
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -104.450
A storm produced quarter size hail in Lusk.
Hail in Wyoming, May 21, 1998
1 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
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 182 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:38 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 21, 1998
- Hail and Heavy Rain in Nebraska, May 21, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 21, 1998
- Flash Flood and Hail in Tennessee, May 21, 1998
- Tornadoes and Hail in Utah, May 21, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Tennessee, May 21, 1998
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 21, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, May 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, May 21, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 21, 1998
More
Every storm in Wyoming in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Wyoming, 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: 5641519.