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Merna, NE hail history

Every figure below is from the NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database — the official NWS record — counting events recorded within 10 miles of the Merna city centroid, 1950 to present.

145hail events since 1950
111≥ 1.00" (quarter) or larger
3.50"largest on record · 1970-05-12
2024-06-07most recent hail event

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Hail by year — last 15 years

YearHail events ≤ 10 miLargest hail
2026 0
2025 0
2024 2 1.00" (quarter)
2023 1 1.25" (half dollar)
2022 2 1.50" (ping pong ball)
2021 1 0.88" (nickel)
2020 3 1.75" (golf ball)
2019 2 1.00" (quarter)
2018 7 1.25" (half dollar)
2017 12 2.50" (tennis ball)
2016 2 1.00" (quarter)
2015 0
2014 13 2.50" (tennis ball)
2013 3 1.00" (quarter)
2012 3 1.00" (quarter)

Note: the current and prior year reflect the latest NCEI compile and grow as NWS finalizes reports; same-day activity appears on this site's storm-day pages before it reaches this table.

Wind and tornado record

Most recent recorded events

DateTypeMagnitudeDistance
2025-09-16 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 6.9 mi
2025-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 70 mph 8.1 mi
2025-05-18 Thunderstorm Wind 67 mph 7.2 mi
2024-07-16 Tornado EF1 7.2 mi
2024-07-16 Thunderstorm Wind 59 mph 4.6 mi
2024-06-07 Hail 1.00" 8.1 mi
2024-06-07 Thunderstorm Wind 60 mph 7.3 mi
2024-06-07 Hail 1.00" 5.2 mi
2024-06-02 Thunderstorm Wind 58 mph 6.1 mi
2024-05-20 Thunderstorm Wind 71 mph 7 mi

2025-06-02: “Gust measured at the Broken Bow Airport.”

2024-07-16: “Tornado briefly touched down just northwest of the intersection of Ryno Road and Highway 2, west of Broken Bow. Surveillance video showed a brief tornado that picked up an 800 pound trailer and tossed it into a car. A large SUV was also lifted and moved 3 inches.”

2024-06-02: “Measured wind gust at the Broken Bow Airport.”

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Address lookup by the U.S. Census Bureau geocoder. Records: NOAA NCEI Storm Events (final) plus SPC preliminary reports for storms newer than the latest compile — see methodology.

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NWS records are point and path observations. The absence of a nearby report does NOT prove that no hail fell at this address — it means no observation was logged nearby. A report of nearby hail documents the event; it does not by itself prove damage to a specific structure.

source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events computed 2026-07-25