Tornado, Holt
- When
- April 20, 4:36 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -98.730
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 20, 1985
8 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- $2.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 12
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, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Knox
- When
- April 20, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -98.070
Tornado, Knox
- When
- April 20, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 35 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -98.070
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 20, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.600, -98.030
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 20, 5:40 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.730, -97.730
Hail, Cass
- When
- April 20, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -95.900
Hail, Knox
- When
- April 20, 6:05 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 43.030, -97.650
Hail, Sarpy
- When
- April 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sarpy County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -95.900
Thunderstorm Wind, Sarpy
- When
- April 20, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Sarpy County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -95.900
Hail, Pierce
- When
- April 20, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -97.580
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 20, 9:26 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -97.430
Hail, Dakota
- When
- April 20, 10:05 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -96.420
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
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1985Every state in 1985This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1985
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: 10067916, 10067917, 10067918, 10067919, 10067920, 10067921, 10067922, 10067923, 10067924, 10067925, 10067926, 10067927.