Hail, Greeley
- When
- July 22, 4:18 PM CST
- Where
- Greeley County, 3 mi SE of Spalding
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.650, -98.333
Hail in Nebraska, July 22, 2000
A small area of severe thunderstorms dumped marble to golf ball size hail in parts of Greeley and Dawson counties. The area of damage was small, but one farmhouse northwest of Lexington had 7 windows broken and considerable roof damage.
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
- $120,000
- Crop damage
- $600,000
- Events
- 5
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.
A small area of severe thunderstorms dumped marble to golf ball size hail in parts of Greeley and Dawson counties. The area of damage was small, but one farmhouse northwest of Lexington had 7 windows broken and considerable roof damage. About 200 acres of corn were expected to have a 50 percent yield loss.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 148 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:17 UTC.
Event by event
5 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dawson
- When
- July 22, 5:33 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County, 8 mi W of Eddyville
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.017, -99.783
Hail, Dawson
- When
- July 22, 6:01 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County, 5 mi E of Cozad
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.867, -99.867
Hail, Dawson
- When
- July 22, 6:07 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County, Lexington
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.783, -99.733
Hail, Dawson
- When
- July 22, 6:31 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County, 7 mi S of Darr
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.717, -99.883
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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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: 5175950, 5175951, 5175952, 5175953, 5175954.