Hail, Holt
- When
- April 26, 3:05 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -98.880
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 26, 1986
15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 27
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
15 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Holt
- When
- April 26, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -98.650
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- April 26, 4:03 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -97.900
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- April 26, 4:24 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -97.870
Hail, York
- When
- April 26, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- York County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -97.620
Hail, Clay
- When
- April 26, 4:25 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -98.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- April 26, 4:30 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -97.850
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 26, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -97.550
Hail, Polk
- When
- April 26, 4:34 PM CST
- Where
- Polk County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -97.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- April 26, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 53 kt (61 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -97.430
Hail, Madison
- When
- April 26, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -97.470
Hail, Pierce
- When
- April 26, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -97.530
Hail, Stanton
- When
- April 26, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -97.220
Hail, Stanton
- When
- April 26, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -97.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- April 26, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -97.200
Hail, Nemaha
- When
- April 26, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.430, -97.080
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- April 26, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -97.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- April 26, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Coordinates
- 42.400, -96.620
Thunderstorm Wind, Burt
- When
- April 26, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Burt County
- Coordinates
- 41.970, -96.300
Tornado, Thayer
- When
- April 26, 7:08 PM CST
- Where
- Thayer County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.170, -97.570
Hail, Colfax
- When
- April 26, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Colfax County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -97.070
Hail, Lancaster
- When
- April 26, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -96.880
Tornado, Seward
- When
- April 26, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -96.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- April 26, 8:12 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -97.050
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- April 26, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -96.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 26, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -96.380
Thunderstorm Wind, Cass
- When
- April 26, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cass County
- Coordinates
- 41.020, -95.900
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Minnesota, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, April 26, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, April 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, April 26, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, April 26, 1986
- Hail in South Carolina, April 26, 1986
- Hail in Texas, April 26, 1986
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1986Warnings in Nebraska, April 1986
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: 10078531, 10078532, 10078533, 10078534, 10078535, 10078536, 10078537, 10078538, 10078539, 10078540, 10078541, 10078542, 10078543, 10078544, 10078545, 10078546, 10078547, 10078548, 10078549, 10078550, 10078551, 10078552, 10078553, 10078554, 10078555, 10078556, 10078557.