Thunderstorm Wind, Sheridan
- When
- June 15, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Coordinates
- 42.780, -102.180
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 1970
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Sheridan
- When
- June 15, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sheridan County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.700, -102.400
Hail,
- When
- June 15, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -101.280
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- June 15, 6:29 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -100.680
Thunderstorm Wind, Thayer
- When
- June 15, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thayer County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- June 15, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -96.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- June 15, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -97.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- June 15, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 80 kt (92 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -97.400
Tornado, Madison
- When
- June 15, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 59.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -97.420
Tornado, Butler
- When
- June 15, 10:25 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 42.9 mi
- Path width
- 600 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -96.950
Tornado, Pawnee
- When
- June 15, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -96.170
Hail, Nuckolls
- When
- June 15, 11:35 PM CST
- Where
- Nuckolls County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -98.080
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, June 15, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 15, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, June 15, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 15, 1970
- Hail in Illinois, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, June 15, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, June 15, 1970
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: 10068995, 10068996, 10068997, 10068998, 10068999, 10069000, 10069001, 10069002, 10069003, 10069004, 10069005, 10069006.