Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 30, 1958

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 30, 1958
Start: 1958-05-30T03:00
End: 1958-05-30T19:00
Location: Nebraska

May 30, 1958 · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

2 tornado, 1 hail, 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
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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $500
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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

2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Tornado, Washington

When: May 30, 3:00 AM CST
Where: Washington County
Rating: F1
Path length: 0.1 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 41.530, -96.350

Hail, Dawes

When: May 30, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Dawes County
Measured: 3 in hail
Coordinates: 42.580, -103.300

Tornado, Dawes

When: May 30, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Dawes County
Rating: F0
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250
Coordinates: 42.600, -103.420

What these are

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 1958 Every state in 1958 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Nebraska, 1958

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: 10071618, 10071619, 10071620.