Storm reports for September 28, 2008

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On September 28, 2008, 35 hail, 3 damaging-wind and 0 tornado reports were logged across 6 states. The largest hail reported was 2.00″ (hen egg size) in Rock 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

Hail reports (35)

Damage, injuries and deaths

National Weather Service offices recorded about $45,000 in property damage and $30,000 in crop damage from hail, thunderstorm wind and tornadoes across the US on this storm day (38 events in 6 states). Injuries and deaths are those the events caused directly.

What the National Weather Service wrote

• Cuming County, NE (near Wisner) · Thunderstorm wind 58 mph
  “Thunderstorm winds estimated at 55 to 60 mph downed a few tree limbs in town.”
• Richland County, ND (near La Mars) · Hail 1.00″
  “The hail occurred one mile east of the LaMars elevator.”
• Knox County, NE (near Creighton) · Hail 0.88″
  “This was the second severe thunderstorm that dropped hail at least 3/4 of an inch in diameter that night.”
• Grant County, MN (near Wendell) · Hail 0.88″
  “A brief burst of pea to nickel sized hail occurred roughly a mile north of highway 55 in western Lawrence Township.”
• Wayne County, NE (near Hoskins) · Hail 0.88″
  “Hail up to nickel size knocked leaves off of some trees in the area.”
• Cuming County, NE (near Wisner) · Hail 0.75″
  “Hail up to penny-size covered the ground white a few miles south of Wisner.”

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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