Storm reports for August 28, 1997

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On August 28, 1997, 38 hail, 29 damaging-wind and 5 tornado reports were logged across 13 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Lincoln County, CO.

Storm day runs 7 a.m. to 7 a.m. Eastern (12:00–12:00 UTC), the convention the Storm Prediction Center uses. Radar hail estimates start October 2019.

Storm reports by state

Cities with hail reported within 5 miles

Hail reports (38)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $757,000 in property damage and $2.3 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (79 events in 13 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Hayes County, NE (near Hayes Center) · Hail 1.25″ · $500,000
  “Strong thunderstorm winds and hail broke tree limbs and caused severe crop damage in the Hayes Center area.”
• Valley County, MT (near Glasgow) · Thunderstorm wind · $100,000
  “Thunderstorm winds downed power lines, peeled a roof off of a local lumber yard, twisted road signs and blew down large trees. Some residents north of Glasgow were without power for two days.”
• Daniels County, MT (near Scobey) · Thunderstorm wind · $25,000
  “Thunderrstorm winds nicking southeast Daniels County did damage to a farm, destorying a barn, two grain bins and a corral.”
• Valley County, MT (near Lustre) · Thunderstorm wind 93 mph · $10,000
  “A roof sustained damage due to the severe thunderstorm winds.”
• Wayne County, PA (near Equinunk) · Thunderstorm wind · $10,000
  “A thunderstorm briefly pulsed to severe limits along and just west of the Delaware River. Some trees were toppled by strong wind gusts in the town of Equinunk.”
• Hayes County, NE (near Hayes Center) · Hail 1.75″ · $8,000
  “Severe thunderstorm winds and large hail broke large tree branches down in Hayes Center.”

Event narratives from NWS Storm Data, shortened. Up to six per day, chosen by deaths, injuries, damage and size.

Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), Storm Events Database, as entered by National Weather Service offices; data through July 31, 2026. Damage is in dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation.

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