Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- August 17, 9:00 AM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -98.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 17, 1974
11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
11 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Douglas
- When
- August 17, 9:22 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -95.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Greeley
- When
- August 17, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Greeley County
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -98.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- August 17, 9:41 AM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -98.320
Hail, Douglas
- When
- August 17, 9:43 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -96.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- August 17, 9:43 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -96.020
Tornado, Howard
- When
- August 17, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.330, -98.470
Hail, Polk
- When
- August 17, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -97.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Polk
- When
- August 17, 10:00 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -97.800
Thunderstorm Wind, York
- When
- August 17, 10:04 AM CST
- Where
- York County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -97.730
Tornado, Merrick
- When
- August 17, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -98.180
Hail, Merrick
- When
- August 17, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- August 17, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- August 17, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -97.270
Hail, Hall
- When
- August 17, 10:35 AM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -98.420
Hail, Hall
- When
- August 17, 10:40 AM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -98.370
Hail, Seward
- When
- August 17, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -97.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- August 17, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -97.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Saline
- When
- August 17, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -97.330
Tornado, Clay
- When
- August 17, 11:15 AM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Rating
- F0
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -98.170
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 17, 11:47 AM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -99.370
Hail, Adams
- When
- August 17, 11:58 AM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -98.380
Hail, Sherman
- When
- August 17, 12:21 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -99.070
Hail, Hall
- When
- August 17, 1:06 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -98.600
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
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, August 17, 1974
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 17, 1974
- Tornado in Virginia, August 17, 1974
- Tornado in Oklahoma, August 17, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, August 17, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Florida, August 17, 1974
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 17, 1974
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, August 17, 1974
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, August 17, 1974
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: 10066649, 10066650, 10066651, 10066652, 10066653, 10066654, 10066655, 10066656, 10066657, 10066658, 10066659, 10066660, 10066661, 10066662, 10066663, 10066664, 10066665, 10066666, 10066667, 10066668, 10066669, 10066670, 10066671, 10066672.