Hail, Red Willow
- When
- October 22, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County, Mc Cook
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.620
Hail in Nebraska, October 22, 2010
Scattered thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon and moved across extreme southwest Nebraska. Several penny to quarter size hail events were reported.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 GLD wrote it up.
Scattered thunderstorms developed late in the afternoon and moved across extreme southwest Nebraska. Several penny to quarter size hail events were reported.
The radar
The Goodland radar (KGLD), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:18 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Hitchcock
- When
- October 22, 5:24 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, 0.87 mi SE of Trenton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -101.010
Hail, Hitchcock
- When
- October 22, 5:28 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, 3.24 mi ESE of Trenton
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- Trained Spotter
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -100.960
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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The same day elsewhere
- Frost and Freeze in Kentucky, October 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Colorado, October 22 to 24, 2010
- Wildfire in Georgia, October 22, 2010
- Heavy Snow in Wyoming, October 22 to 25, 2010
- Winter Weather in Colorado, October 22 to 23, 2010
- Hail in Nebraska, October 22, 2010
- Hail in Kansas, October 22, 2010
- Hail in Oklahoma, October 22, 2010
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, October 2010
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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 258344, 258345, 258346.