Nebraska, 1956Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 4, 1956
July 4, 1956 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones
3 tornado, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 5
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Tornado, Deuel
- When
- July 4, 2:25 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -102.080
Tornado, Cheyenne
- When
- July 4, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -102.780
Tornado, Banner
- When
- July 4, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Banner County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 7.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -104.070
Hail, Merrick
- When
- July 4, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -98.280
Hail, Howard
- When
- July 4, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -98.680
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Tornado in Wyoming, July 4, 1956$30 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 4, 19561.75 in hail · 5 events
- Tornadoes in Texas, July 4, 1956$3,000 · F0 · 2 events
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, July 4, 195654 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 4, 19561 event
- Hail in New Mexico, July 4, 19561.5 in hail · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 4, 19561 event
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 4, 19561 event
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10070515, 10070516, 10070517, 10070518, 10070519.