Hail, Cheyenne
- When
- June 21, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cheyenne County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -102.650
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 21, 1978
9 hail, 3 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
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 14
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
9 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cherry
- When
- June 21, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -100.550
Hail, Cherry
- When
- June 21, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.280, -101.380
Hail, Holt
- When
- June 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -98.970
Hail, Brown
- When
- June 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -99.700
Thunderstorm Wind, Holt
- When
- June 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -98.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Brown
- When
- June 21, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -99.880
Tornado, Brown
- When
- June 21, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -99.980
Hail, Keya Paha
- When
- June 21, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Keya Paha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -100.080
Tornado, Valley
- When
- June 21, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Valley County
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -99.000
Hail, Hall
- When
- June 21, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -96.380
Hail, Sherman
- When
- June 21, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -98.870
Hail, Adams
- When
- June 21, 11:41 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -98.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Adams
- When
- June 21, 11:41 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County
- Coordinates
- 40.580, -98.380
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.
- 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
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: 10065133, 10065134, 10065135, 10065136, 10065137, 10065138, 10065139, 10065140, 10065141, 10065142, 10065143, 10065144, 10065145, 10065146.