Tornado, Thayer
- When
- April 27, 9:30 AM CST
- Where
- Thayer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -97.570
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 27, 1975
7 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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
- $283,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 16
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
7 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Seward
- When
- April 27, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -97.270
Tornado, Saline
- When
- April 27, 11:00 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 32.3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -97.000
Tornado, Lancaster
- When
- April 27, 11:25 AM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.6 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -96.670
Hail, Douglas
- When
- April 27, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -95.950
Tornado, Kearney
- When
- April 27, 4:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kearney County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.4 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -98.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 27, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -97.280
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 27, 5:20 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 40.220, -96.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Kimball
- When
- April 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kimball County
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -103.670
Tornado, Dawes
- When
- April 27, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dawes County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -103.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Burt
- When
- April 27, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Burt County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -96.230
Tornado, Cherry
- When
- April 27, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.9 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.180, -100.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Dawes
- When
- April 27, 7:22 PM CST
- Where
- Dawes County
- Measured
- 85 kt (98 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -103.000
Tornado, Cherry
- When
- April 27, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.8 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -101.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Dawes
- When
- April 27, 9:41 PM CST
- Where
- Dawes County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.830, -103.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Box Butte
- When
- April 27, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Box Butte County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -102.880
What these are
- 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.
- 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 Georgia, April 27, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 27, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 27, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 27, 1975
- Hail in Iowa, April 27, 1975
- Hail in North Dakota, April 27, 1975
- Tornado in Florida, April 27, 1975
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, April 27, 1975
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: 10068060, 10068061, 10068062, 10068063, 10068064, 10068065, 10068066, 10068067, 10068068, 10068069, 10068070, 10068071, 10068072, 10068073, 10068074, 10068075.