Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee
- When
- July 3, 4:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -96.100
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 3, 1973
13 thunderstorm wind, 5 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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
13 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cherry
- When
- July 3, 4:02 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -100.620
Hail, Cherry
- When
- July 3, 4:12 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.180, -100.950
Hail, Thomas
- When
- July 3, 5:17 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -100.320
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 3, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -99.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- July 3, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -99.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- July 3, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -99.400
Tornado, Hall
- When
- July 3, 8:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -98.500
Hail, Clay
- When
- July 3, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- July 3, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -98.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- July 3, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -97.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Fillmore
- When
- July 3, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -97.600
Tornado, Saunders
- When
- July 3, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders County
- Rating
- F1
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -96.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Thayer
- When
- July 3, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thayer County
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- July 3, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -97.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- July 3, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -97.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- July 3, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Otoe
- When
- July 3, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Otoe County
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -96.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Johnson
- When
- July 3, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Johnson County
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -96.200
Thunderstorm Wind, Pawnee
- When
- July 3, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pawnee County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -96.000
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 Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, July 3, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, July 3, 1973
- Tornado in Alabama, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 3, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 3, 1973
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1973
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: 10064948, 10064949, 10064950, 10064951, 10064952, 10064953, 10064954, 10064955, 10064956, 10064957, 10064958, 10064959, 10065749, 10065750, 10065968, 10065969, 10065970, 10065971, 10065972, 10065973.