Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- May 27, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -98.250
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 27, 1978
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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
5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Keith
- When
- May 27, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Keith County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -101.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Deuel
- When
- May 27, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Deuel County
- Measured
- 72 kt (83 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -102.200
Tornado, Keith
- When
- May 27, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Keith County
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.050, -101.600
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 27, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -100.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Gosper
- When
- May 27, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gosper County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -99.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Gosper
- When
- May 27, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gosper County
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -99.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Furnas
- When
- May 27, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Furnas County
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -100.170
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 Hail in Oklahoma, May 27, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 27, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 27, 1978
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 27, 1978
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 27, 1978
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 27, 1978
- Tornado in Wyoming, May 27, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 27, 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: 10068601, 10068602, 10068603, 10068604, 10068605, 10068606, 10068607, 10068608.