Nebraska, 1957

Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 25, 1957

April 25, 1957 · 8 events in 7 counties and zones

4 hail, 4 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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The toll

Deaths
1
Injuries
8
Property damage
$7.8 million
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
8

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.

Event by event

4 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Lincoln

When
April 25, 3:45 PM CST
Where
Lincoln County
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
41.080, -100.780

Hail, Adams

When
April 25, 4:10 PM CST
Where
Adams County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
40.580, -98.400

Tornado, Fillmore

When
April 25, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Fillmore County
Rating
F4
Path length
19.1 mi
Path width
33 yd
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
40.580, -97.570

Tornado, Seward

When
April 25, 6:45 PM CST
Where
Seward County
Rating
F4
Path length
19 mi
Path width
333 yd
Deaths
1 direct, 0 indirect
Injuries
8 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
40.700, -97.230

Tornado, Clay

When
April 25, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Clay County
Rating
F3
Path length
34.7 mi
Path width
220 yd
Property damage
$250,000
Coordinates
40.370, -97.950

Hail, Fillmore

When
April 25, 7:00 PM CST
Where
Fillmore County
Measured
2 in hail
Coordinates
40.580, -97.580

Tornado, Lancaster

When
April 25, 7:15 PM CST
Where
Lancaster County
Rating
F4
Path length
51.7 mi
Path width
333 yd
Property damage
$2.5 million
Coordinates
40.820, -96.900

Hail, York

When
April 25, 7:30 PM CST
Where
York County
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
40.880, -97.580

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

EventDateAgeSexWhereKind
Tornado, Seward1957-04-25Direct

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

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Sources

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: 10069862, 10069863, 10069864, 10069865, 10069866, 10069867, 10069868, 10069869.