Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 8, 1964

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 8, 1964
Start: 1964-06-08T08:00
End: 1964-06-08T21:59
Location: Nebraska

June 8, 1964 · 5 events in 5 counties and zones

3 hail, 2 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: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $275,000
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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

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

Hail, Cheyenne

When: June 8, 8:00 AM CST
Where: Cheyenne County
Measured: 3 in hail
Coordinates: 41.280, -103.000

Hail, Thayer

When: June 8, 5:28 PM CST
Where: Thayer County
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 40.000, -97.580

Tornado, Nuckolls

When: June 8, 5:45 PM CST
Where: Nuckolls County
Rating: F1
Path length: 14.6 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $250,000
Coordinates: 40.150, -97.880

Tornado, Saline

When: June 8, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Saline County
Rating: F2
Path length: 12.3 mi
Path width: 33 yd
Property damage: $25,000
Coordinates: 40.400, -96.920

Hail,

When: June 8, 9:59 PM CST
Where: County
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Coordinates: 41.200, -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.
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

Every storm in Nebraska in 1964 Every state in 1964 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Nebraska, 1964

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: 10069555, 10069556, 10069557, 10065461, 10065678.