Hail, Dundy
- When
- May 18, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dundy County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -101.780
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 18, 1960
5 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Property damage
- $283,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
5 tornado, 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Frontier
- When
- May 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Frontier County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -100.170
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- May 18, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -99.280
Tornado, Garfield
- When
- May 18, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.770, -98.920
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- May 18, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -98.000
Tornado, Hitchcock
- When
- May 18, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.180, -101.050
Tornado, Knox
- When
- May 18, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -98.150
Tornado, Knox
- When
- May 18, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -98.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- May 18, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -98.400
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 18, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Arkansas, May 18, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 18, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 18, 1960
- Tornadoes in Missouri, May 18, 1960
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, May 18, 1960
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, May 18, 1960
- Tornado in South Dakota, May 18, 1960
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: 10070606, 10070607, 10070608, 10070609, 10070610, 10070611, 10070612, 10070613, 10070614.