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A fast-moving line of severe storms swept along the northern Nebraska border on June 28, 2026, driving 72 mph wind gusts at Naper in Boyd County and Aten in Cedar County, while a separate round of storms dropped 2" hen-egg hail on Hay Springs out in the Panhandle. Wind that strong tears at shingles and rips gutters loose, and hail that size cracks shingles and shatters vinyl siding — leaving damage that often isn't obvious from the ground.
2.00" (Hen Egg)
Largest Hail
72 mph
Peak Wind Gust
4
Towns Hit
On the evening of June 28, 2026, a line of severe thunderstorms tracked east along the Nebraska–South Dakota border. The National Weather Service logged a 72 mph (63 kt) wind gust near Naper in Boyd County and another 72 mph gust near Aten in Cedar County, with the same complex driving 60–68 mph gusts just across the state line in South Dakota at Platte, Avon, and Corsica. A 72 mph wind is well past the 58 mph threshold the Weather Service uses to define a damaging-wind event — strong enough to lift shingle tabs, peel back ridge caps, and pull gutters loose from the fascia.
The largest hail fell farther west. Out in the Panhandle, Hay Springs in Sheridan County was pelted with 2" hen-egg hail, and Merriman in Cherry County saw quarter-size hail (1.00") as storms worked the western Sandhills again. Hen-egg hail is big enough to bruise the shingle mat, knock the protective granules loose, dent gutters and flashing, and crack or hole vinyl siding in a single pass.
June 28 piled onto an already brutal late-June stretch across northern Nebraska. The night before, a 91 mph gust was clocked at Naper — making this two straight nights of damaging wind in Boyd County — and days earlier baseball-size hail (2.75") pounded downtown Scottsbluff while tennis-ball hail hit Grant on June 22–25. A lot of roofs across the northern half of the state have now taken repeated punishment in barely a week, and much of that damage hides until the next heavy rain finds the weak spots.
Here's what was reported in each community along the storm's path. These towns sit outside the areas we list online, but we work throughout this region — reach out and we'll come take a look.
A 72 mph wind gust measured near town the evening of June 28 — the second straight night of damaging wind here, after a 91 mph gust on June 27.
A 72 mph wind gust near town June 28 as the line raced east along the Missouri River — strong enough to lift shingle tabs and pull gutters loose from the fascia.
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Storm damage is often invisible from the ground. Here's a homeowner's checklist after an event like this one.
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