Hail, Webster
- When
- July 5, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.320, -98.580
Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 5, 1978
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
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- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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
8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Buffalo
- When
- July 5, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -99.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- July 5, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 54 kt (62 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -98.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- July 5, 5:59 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -98.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Buffalo
- When
- July 5, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -99.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- July 5, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 41.350, -97.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuming
- When
- July 5, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cuming County
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -96.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Colfax
- When
- July 5, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Colfax County
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -97.070
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- July 5, 8:27 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -96.500
Hail, Scotts Bluff
- When
- July 5, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.920, -103.920
Hail, Kimball
- When
- July 5, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kimball County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -103.900
What these are
- 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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 5, 1978
- Tornado in Ohio, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, July 5, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 5, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 5, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, July 5, 1978
- Tornado in New Mexico, July 5, 1978
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: 10066261, 10066262, 10066263, 10066264, 10066265, 10066266, 10066267, 10066268, 10066269, 10066270, 10066271.