Hail, Valley
- When
- July 21, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Valley County, 5 mi W of Ord
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- $2.0 million
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -99.033
Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 21, 2000
Another in a series of hail storms pummeled parts of south-central Nebraska. This time the area hit was mainly northwest of Grand Island.
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
- $790,000
- Crop damage
- $4.2 million
- Events
- 6
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.
Another in a series of hail storms pummeled parts of south-central Nebraska. This time the area hit was mainly northwest of Grand Island. Golf ball size hail was driven by 65 mph winds in an area from west of Ord to south of Loup City. As with other storms this season, crops in the path sustained considerable or complete devastation. In Loup City, the wind driven hail broke many north facing windows of homes and businesses. Several hundred thousand dollars in damage was reported.Before the storm reached Sherman county, a brief tornado was reported northeast of Arcadia in southwest Valley county. The tornado was on the ground for about 2 miles and clipped a farmstead 9 miles northeast of Arcadia just before 8 pm. One grain bin was destroyed and another moved from its foundation. The crops at this particular farm were lost as well.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 134 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:47 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Valley
- When
- July 21, 6:50 PM CST to 6:53 PM CST
- Where
- Valley County, 10 mi NE of Arcadia
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.533, -99.000
Hail, Sherman
- When
- July 21, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County, 7 mi N of Loup City
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.383, -98.983
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- July 21, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County, Loup City
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Property damage
- $400,000
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.283, -98.983
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- July 21, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Ravenna
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 41.033, -98.933
Hail, Furnas
- When
- July 21, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Furnas County, 5 mi S of Wilsonville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -100.117
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- 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
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- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 21, 2000
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: 5175675, 5175676, 5175677, 5175947, 5175948, 5175949.