Hail, Garfield
- When
- July 18, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -99.180
Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1961
10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 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
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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
10 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Holt
- When
- July 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -98.830
Hail, Holt
- When
- July 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -98.580
Hail, Boone
- When
- July 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -98.080
Hail, Nance
- When
- July 18, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -98.000
Hail, Merrick
- When
- July 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- July 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -98.280
Hail, York
- When
- July 18, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -97.580
Hail, Seward
- When
- July 18, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -97.280
Hail, Seward
- When
- July 18, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 3.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -97.080
Hail, Saline
- When
- July 18, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -97.000
Hail, Gage
- When
- July 18, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -96.680
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
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1961Every state in 1961This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1961
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: 10069294, 10069295, 10069296, 10069297, 10069298, 10069299, 10069300, 10069301, 10069302, 10069303, 10069304, 10069305.