Hail, Nuckolls
- When
- May 19, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nuckolls County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.080, -98.220
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 19, 1977
6 tornado, 3 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
- $278,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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
6 tornado, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 19, 2:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -98.680
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 19, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 20.8 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -98.600
Tornado, Adams
- When
- May 19, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -98.550
Hail, Knox
- When
- May 19, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -99.030
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 19, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -98.350
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -98.430
Tornado, Hall
- When
- May 19, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -98.370
Hail, Boone
- When
- May 19, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -98.000
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 19, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Indiana, May 19, 1977
- Hail in Texas, May 19, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, May 19, 1977
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 19, 1977
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, May 19, 1977
- Hail in Idaho, May 19, 1977
- Tornado in North Dakota, May 19, 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: 10066194, 10066195, 10066196, 10066197, 10066198, 10066199, 10066200, 10066201, 10066202.