Storm reports for October 29, 2000

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On October 29, 2000, 10 hail, 3 damaging-wind and 10 tornado reports were logged across 3 states. The largest hail reported was 1.75″ (golf ball size) in Nance County, NE.

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 (10)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $307,000 in property damage and $25,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (24 events in 3 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Frontier County, NE (near Eustis) · Tornado F1 · $100,000
  “A tornado touched down at a farm 6 miles south southwest of Eustis. The tornado remained on the ground for a mile and destroyed a machine shed and grain bin. The house and garage had the windows blown out.”
• Otoe County, NE (near Syracuse) · Tornado F0 · $15,000
  “The first tornado in a cyclic storm that eventually produced 3 tornadoes. This one touched 2 miles southwest of Syracuse and blew some hog farm sheds around, caused a metal garage to collapse and did some tree damage before lifting 2 miles west of town.”
• Butler County, NE (near Rising City) · Tornado F0 · $13,000
  “A tornado touched down around 1 mile east of Rising City. Moving north, it damaged a corn crib and an old garage around 6 miles south of Bellwood and then overturned 2 center pivots and downed a few trees and power lines before lifting around 5 miles south of Bellwood.”
• Otoe County, NE (near Unadilla) · Tornado F0 · $5,000
  “The third and last cyclic tornado that formed from the apparent same thunderstorm touched down 1 mile south of Unadilla, tracked near town then lifted 1 mile north of Unadilla.”
• Butler County, NE (near Bellwood) · Thunderstorm wind 69 mph · $1,000
  “Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at over 60 mph blew some power lines down by Bellwood and blew the roof off of a garage.”
• Lancaster County, NE (near Lincoln) · Hail 0.75″
  “Dime size hail reported at 84th and Pioneer Bvld. and Old Cheney Road and Pioneer Blvd.”

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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