Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- June 26, 7:06 PM MST to 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, Brownson
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $6.0 million
- Crop damage
- $20 million
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -103.120
Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 1999
Thunderstorms with large hail and winds exceeding 80 mph caused extensive damage to crops and property over a large part of western Cheyenne county in Nebraska, with many crops completely destroyed. This was the most damaging hailstorm ever recorded in Cheyenne county.
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
- $6.0 million
- Crop damage
- $20 million
- 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.
Thunderstorms with large hail and winds exceeding 80 mph caused extensive damage to crops and property over a large part of western Cheyenne county in Nebraska, with many crops completely destroyed. This was the most damaging hailstorm ever recorded in Cheyenne county. Power was knocked out in Sidney with some streets flooded in the city. Meteorological observation equipment at the Sidney airport was severely damaged.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 141 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 02:05 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
- Heat in Texas, June 26 to 28, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Tennessee, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Wyoming, June 26, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Louisiana, June 26 to 27, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 26 to 27, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Wyoming, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 1999
- Hail in Wyoming, June 26, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 26 to 27, 1999
- Flash Flood in Louisiana, June 26, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 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: 5703847.