Thunderstorm Wind, McPherson
- When
- June 20, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- McPherson County
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -100.970
Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 1981
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- None recorded
- 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
8 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- June 20, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -100.900
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- June 20, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -100.980
Hail, Frontier
- When
- June 20, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Frontier County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -100.550
Hail, Red Willow
- When
- June 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -100.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- June 20, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -100.620
Hail, Red Willow
- When
- June 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.250, -100.300
Hail, Furnas
- When
- June 20, 8:45 PM CST
- Where
- Furnas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.280, -100.170
Hail, Harlan
- When
- June 20, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harlan County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -99.280
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- June 20, 10:06 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.030, -100.370
Hail, Furnas
- When
- June 20, 11:50 PM CST
- Where
- Furnas County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- 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 Michigan, June 20, 1981
- Tornadoes and Hail in Illinois, June 20, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Missouri, June 20, 1981
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, June 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, June 20, 1981
- Damaging Winds in New Jersey, June 20, 1981
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Carolina, June 20, 1981
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, June 20, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, June 20, 1981
- Damaging Wind in Tennessee, June 20, 1981
- Hail in North Dakota, June 20, 1981
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: 10068859, 10068860, 10068861, 10068862, 10068863, 10068864, 10068865, 10068866, 10068867, 10068868, 10068869.