Tornado, Thurston
- When
- July 7, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Thurston County
- Path length
- 22.6 mi
- Path width
- 77 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.150, -96.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1977
3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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
3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Burt
- When
- July 7, 3:10 AM CST
- Where
- Burt County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -96.280
Hail, Chase
- When
- July 7, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -101.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- July 7, 3:20 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.580
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 7, 4:39 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -99.650
Hail, Custer
- When
- July 7, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -99.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- July 7, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 41.750, -98.000
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 and Damaging Wind in Indiana, July 7, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 7, 1977
- Tornado and Hail in Pennsylvania, July 7, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Virginia, July 7, 1977
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, July 7, 1977
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 7, 1977
- Hail in Minnesota, July 7, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, July 7, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Maryland, July 7, 1977
- Tornado in Florida, July 7, 1977
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 7, 1977
- Hail in Maine, July 7, 1977
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1977Every state in 1977This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1977
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: 10067351, 10067352, 10067353, 10067354, 10067355, 10067356, 10067357.