Hail, Buffalo
- When
- June 17, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -99.400
Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 17, 1973
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 11
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
6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Scotts Bluff
- When
- June 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff County
- Coordinates
- 41.950, -103.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Box Butte
- When
- June 17, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Box Butte County
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -103.100
Hail, Thayer
- When
- June 17, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thayer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -97.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 17, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 42.500, -99.830
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- June 17, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -97.900
Hail, Nance
- When
- June 17, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -97.970
Hail, Merrick
- When
- June 17, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -97.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Antelope
- When
- June 17, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope County
- Coordinates
- 42.300, -98.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Pierce
- When
- June 17, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -97.500
Hail, Platte
- When
- June 17, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -97.300
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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 in Indiana, June 17, 1973
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 17, 1973
- Tornado in North Carolina, June 17, 1973
- Tornado in Alabama, June 17, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, June 17, 1973
- Tornadoes in Illinois, June 17, 1973
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, June 17, 1973
- Hail in Louisiana, June 17, 1973
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, June 17, 1973
- Hail in Kansas, June 17, 1973
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1973Every state in 1973This day in weather history
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: 10064897, 10064898, 10064899, 10064900, 10064901, 10064902, 10064903, 10064904, 10064905, 10064906, 10064907.