Hail, Dawes
- When
- August 29, 5:25 PM MST to 5:30 PM MST
- Where
- Dawes County, Chadron
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -103.000
Hail in Nebraska, August 29, 1999
Some hail up to 3/4 inch also accompanied the thunderstorm.
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
- $10,000
- 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.
What happened
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
High winds from a thunderstorm knocked down some trees and power lines in Chadron, NE.Some hail up to 3/4 inch also accompanied the thunderstorm.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Hurricane in Florida, August 29, 1999
- Rip Current in Indiana, August 29, 1999
- Tornado in Texas, August 29, 1999
- Coastal Flood and Rip Current in Delaware, August 29 to 31, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, August 29, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 29, 1999
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 29, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, August 29, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 29 to 31, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 29 to 30, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, August 29, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 1999
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: 5712160.