Hail, Furnas
- When
- September 2, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Furnas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -99.600
Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, September 2, 1973
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Custer
- When
- September 2, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -99.630
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- September 2, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -98.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Phelps
- When
- September 2, 5:01 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -99.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- September 2, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -98.500
Tornado, Hall
- When
- September 2, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -98.570
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- September 2, 5:38 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 51 kt (59 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -98.320
Hail, Webster
- When
- September 2, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -98.330
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.
- 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
- Tornado in South Dakota, September 2, 1973
- Hail and Damaging Wind in New York, September 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Delaware, September 2, 1973
- Hail in Minnesota, September 2, 1973
- Hail in Colorado, September 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, September 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, September 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 2, 1973
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, September 2, 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: 10066038, 10066899, 10066900, 10067118, 10067119, 10067120, 10067121, 10067122.