Storm reports for May 29, 2000

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On May 29, 2000, 16 hail, 82 damaging-wind and 1 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Hand County, SD.

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 (16)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $1.2 million in property damage and $1.3 million in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (99 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Platte County, NE (near Lindsay) · Thunderstorm wind 109 mph · $100,000
  “An intense bow echo line of thunderstorms caused a swath of damage 3 miles wide and 10 miles long centered near and just north of Lindsay. Wind gusts were measured at 109 mph by a wind recording instrument at the Lindsay Manufactoring Co., causing around 40 thousand dollars worth of damage at the…”
• Madison County, NE (near Madison) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $40,000
  “Thunderstorm wind gusts, estimated over 75 mph, caused tree and structual damage in town. At least 35 trees were downed and at least 2 roofs were substantially damaged, as reported by law enforcement. Much of the town was without power for about 3 hours after the storm hit.”
• Sarpy County, NE (near Bellevue) · Thunderstorm wind 81 mph · $30,000
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at between 75 and 85 mph knocked down a wall of a movie theatre that was under construction.”
• Pierce County, NE (near Pierce) · Thunderstorm wind 92 mph · $20,000
  “A second wave of thunderstorm wind gusts hit pierce at 1125 pm cdt. Law enforcement personel estimated the wind gusts at between 80 and 100 mph. These strong winds uprooted or split quite a few trees in town which closed several roads and damaged a few buildings.”
• Boone County, NE (near Albion) · Thunderstorm wind 75 mph · $20,000
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at between 60 and 80 mph broke off many tree branches and uprooted trees. Local power companies were out much of the night repairing downed power lines in Albion.”
• Platte County, NE (near Humphrey) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $20,000
  “Besides possibly producing the spin up tornado in Humphrey, the strong winds associated with the thunderstorm that caused extensive damage in the Lindsay area, also caused damage in Humphrey. Besides tree damage, a newly erected grain bin was partially destroyed.”

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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