Tornado, Keya Paha
- When
- May 28, 11:50 AM CST
- Where
- Keya Paha County
- Path length
- 4.9 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -99.670
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 28, 1978
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
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 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Keya Paha
- When
- May 28, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Keya Paha County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.880, -99.670
Tornado, Loup
- When
- May 28, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Loup County
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -99.380
Tornado, Rock
- When
- May 28, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Rock County
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.080, -99.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Cuming
- When
- May 28, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Cuming County
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -96.720
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- May 28, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -96.000
Tornado, Thurston
- When
- May 28, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Thurston County
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.120, -96.700
What these are
- 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.
- 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
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Missouri, May 28, 1978
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1978
- Hail in Illinois, May 28, 1978
- Damaging Wind in South Carolina, May 28, 1978
- Tornado in Minnesota, May 28, 1978
- Tornado in Florida, May 28, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, May 28, 1978
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, May 28, 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: 10068609, 10068610, 10068611, 10068612, 10068613, 10068614, 10068615.