Tornado, Hall
- When
- October 16, 1:30 AM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -98.300
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 16, 1980
14 thunderstorm wind, 6 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
- $5.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 21
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
14 thunderstorm wind, 6 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Hamilton
- When
- October 16, 1:35 AM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -98.270
Hail, Fillmore
- When
- October 16, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.530, -97.580
Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- October 16, 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Webster County
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -98.330
Thunderstorm Wind, Greeley
- When
- October 16, 11:20 AM CST
- Where
- Greeley County
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -98.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield
- When
- October 16, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Garfield County
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -99.100
Thunderstorm Wind, Wheeler
- When
- October 16, 11:30 AM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -98.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Holt
- When
- October 16, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -98.750
Tornado, Antelope
- When
- October 16, 12:30 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 60 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -98.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- October 16, 12:34 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -97.430
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- October 16, 12:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -96.670
Tornado, Antelope
- When
- October 16, 12:40 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1.1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -98.230
Tornado, Knox
- When
- October 16, 12:42 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -98.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- October 16, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -98.030
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- October 16, 12:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -96.500
Tornado, Knox
- When
- October 16, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -97.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- October 16, 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 56 kt (64 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- October 16, 1:10 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -97.880
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- October 16, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -97.630
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- October 16, 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -96.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Sherman
- When
- October 16, 4:50 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.850
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 Kansas, October 16, 1980
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Texas, October 16, 1980
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, October 16, 1980
- Tornadoes in Iowa, October 16, 1980
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, October 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, October 16, 1980
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, October 16, 1980
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: 10067633, 10067634, 10067635, 10067636, 10067637, 10067638, 10067639, 10067640, 10067641, 10067642, 10067643, 10067644, 10067645, 10067646, 10067647, 10067648, 10067649, 10067650, 10067651, 10067652, 10067653.