Hail, Hayes
- When
- May 20, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hayes County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -101.280
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 20, 1959
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 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
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $100,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Red Willow
- When
- May 20, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Dundy
- When
- May 20, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dundy County
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -101.500
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- May 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -96.770
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- May 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 40.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -97.030
Hail, Saunders
- When
- May 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Burt
- When
- May 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burt County
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -96.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- May 20, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -96.680
Tornado, Dodge
- When
- May 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -96.500
Tornado, Saunders
- When
- May 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -96.620
Thunderstorm Wind,
- When
- May 20, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -95.900
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- 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
Every storm in Nebraska in 1959Every state in 1959This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1959
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: 10069440, 10069441, 10069442, 10069443, 10069444, 10069445, 10069446, 10069447, 10069448, 10069449, 10069450.