Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- June 18, 12:28 AM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -98.320
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 18, 1975
11 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 1
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $838,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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 tornado, 7 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- June 18, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -97.100
Tornado, Saline
- When
- June 18, 3:30 AM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -97.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Nemaha
- When
- June 18, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -95.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Richardson
- When
- June 18, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Richardson County
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -95.530
Thunderstorm Wind, Richardson
- When
- June 18, 4:45 AM CST
- Where
- Richardson County
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -95.720
Tornado, Nemaha
- When
- June 18, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 18.2 mi
- Path width
- 200 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -95.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- June 18, 5:45 AM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -97.120
Tornado, Red Willow
- When
- June 18, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 9.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.050, -100.420
Tornado, Red Willow
- When
- June 18, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12.6 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.420
Tornado, Frontier
- When
- June 18, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Frontier County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 15 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -100.370
Tornado, Frontier
- When
- June 18, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Frontier County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 21.9 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -100.350
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- June 18, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 21.8 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.720, -100.230
Tornado, Dawson
- When
- June 18, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 9.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -100.180
Tornado, Custer
- When
- June 18, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 23 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -100.170
Tornado, Logan
- When
- June 18, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Logan County
- Rating
- F3
- Path length
- 5.4 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -100.320
Tornado, Custer
- When
- June 18, 8:15 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 15.2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -100.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Cherry
- When
- June 18, 10:04 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 67 kt (77 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.850, -100.550
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Logan | 1975-06-18 | Direct |
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.
- 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 Illinois, June 18, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, June 18, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 18, 1975
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 18, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, June 18, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 18, 1975
- Tornado and Hail in Wyoming, June 18, 1975
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, June 18, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, June 18, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Virginia, June 18, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 18, 1975
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, June 18, 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: 10069238, 10069239, 10069240, 10069241, 10069242, 10069243, 10069244, 10069245, 10069246, 10069247, 10069248, 10069249, 10069250, 10069251, 10069252, 10069253, 10069254, 10069255.