Thunderstorm Wind, Keith
- When
- July 6, 1:00 AM CST
- Where
- Keith County
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -101.700
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1978
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 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
- $5.0 million
- 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
4 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Grant
- When
- July 6, 2:45 AM CST
- Where
- Grant County
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -101.770
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- July 6, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 3.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.000, -96.980
Tornado, Gage
- When
- July 6, 4:57 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -96.920
Tornado, Gage
- When
- July 6, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.020, -96.770
Hail, Webster
- When
- July 6, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -98.450
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- July 6, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -98.150
Hail, Hall
- When
- July 6, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.820, -98.600
Thunderstorm Wind, Dixon
- When
- July 6, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -96.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Otoe
- When
- July 6, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Otoe County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -95.850
Hail, Webster
- When
- July 6, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.330, -98.450
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 6, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, July 6, 1978
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, July 6, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 6, 1978
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, July 6, 1978
- Hail in Colorado, July 6, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 6, 1978
- Hail in Illinois, July 6, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 6, 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: 10066272, 10066273, 10066274, 10066275, 10066276, 10066277, 10066278, 10066279, 10066280, 10066281, 10066282.