Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
Start: 1999-07-02T00:08
End: 1999-07-02T03:15
Location: Nebraska

July 2, 1999 · NWS LBF · 7 events in 4 counties and zones

4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $71,000
Crop damage: $246,000
Events: 7

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 North Platte radar (KLNX), 114 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:09 UTC.

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Event by event

4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Keya Paha

When: July 2, 12:08 AM CST
Where: Keya Paha County, 4 mi W of Springview
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $7,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.820, -99.820

Hail, Keya Paha

When: July 2, 12:45 AM CST
Where: Keya Paha County, 5 mi NNE of Springview
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.880, -99.700

Hail, Rock

When: July 2, 12:55 AM CST
Where: Rock County, 10 mi NNE of Newport
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Property damage: $3,000
Crop damage: $9,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.730, -99.250

Thunderstorm Wind, Holt

When: July 2, 1:32 AM CST
Where: Holt County, 20 mi N of O Neill
Property damage: $4,000
Reported by: UTILITY COMPANY
Coordinates: 42.720, -98.650

Three telephone poles were twisted by high wind.

Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd

When: July 2, 2:30 AM CST to 2:48 AM CST
Where: Boyd County, Spencer to 5 mi N of Spencer
Property damage: $4,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.930, -98.700

Damaging thunderstorm wind overturned a semi-trailer rig. The wind caused extensive tree damage along the path of the storm.

Hail, Boyd

When: July 2, 2:30 AM CST
Where: Boyd County, 5 mi N of Spencer
Measured: 4.5 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $80,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 42.930, -98.700

Softball sized hail did extensive damage to area crops.

Thunderstorm Wind, Boyd

When: July 2, 2:30 AM CST to 3:15 AM CST
Where: Boyd County, Spencer to 5 mi of Lynch
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $150,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 42.930, -98.670

A thunderstorm producing large hail of unknown sized destroyed crops north of Spencer and north of Lynch. Damaging wind destroyed a shed and blew over a windmill. Extensive damage was sustained by trees and the wind bent a metal flagpole until it was parallel with the ground.

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 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: 5707013, 5707014, 5707015, 5707016, 5707017, 5707018, 5707019.