Hail, Polk
- When
- April 14, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -97.800
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 14, 1976
10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 19
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
10 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Thayer
- When
- April 14, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Thayer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -97.630
Hail, Hall
- When
- April 14, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -98.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 14, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -97.280
Hail, Washington
- When
- April 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.580, -96.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- April 14, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -97.170
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 14, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -97.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- April 14, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -99.980
Hail, Thayer
- When
- April 14, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Thayer County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -97.380
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- April 14, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 6.5 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.120, -97.220
Hail, Gage
- When
- April 14, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -96.830
Hail, Saline
- When
- April 14, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Saline County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -96.950
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 14, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -97.600
Hail, Lancaster
- When
- April 14, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -96.650
Hail, Platte
- When
- April 14, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- April 14, 8:42 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- April 14, 9:05 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -96.120
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- April 14, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Sarpy
- When
- April 14, 9:27 PM CST
- Where
- Sarpy County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -95.920
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 14, 1976
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, April 14, 1976
- Tornadoes in Minnesota, April 14, 1976
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, April 14, 1976
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, April 14, 1976
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, April 14, 1976
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: 10067005, 10067006, 10067007, 10067008, 10067009, 10067010, 10067011, 10067012, 10067013, 10067014, 10067015, 10067016, 10067017, 10067018, 10067019, 10067020, 10067021, 10067022, 10067023.