Hail, Cherry
- When
- August 6, 4:42 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 4 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -100.550
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 6, 1986
8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
- $5.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 18
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, 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Cherry
- When
- August 6, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -100.180
Hail, Cherry
- When
- August 6, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.070, -100.180
Hail, Blaine
- When
- August 6, 6:54 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.900, -100.330
Tornado, Blaine
- When
- August 6, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 42.050, -100.200
Tornado, Thomas
- When
- August 6, 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 10 mi
- Path width
- 70 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -100.350
Hail, Blaine
- When
- August 6, 7:40 PM CST
- Where
- Blaine County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.820, -100.120
Tornado, Thomas
- When
- August 6, 7:43 PM CST
- Where
- Thomas County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.880, -100.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- August 6, 8:40 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.530, -97.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- August 6, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.680, -97.500
Hail, Custer
- When
- August 6, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -99.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Butler
- When
- August 6, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -97.130
Hail, Keya Paha
- When
- August 6, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Keya Paha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.970, -99.450
Thunderstorm Wind, Seward
- When
- August 6, 9:39 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Coordinates
- 40.770, -97.050
Hail, Holt
- When
- August 6, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -98.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- August 6, 10:16 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -96.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Clay
- When
- August 6, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -98.250
Thunderstorm Wind, Boone
- When
- August 6, 11:55 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -97.870
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
- 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 Hail in Virginia, August 6, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, August 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, August 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, August 6, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Ohio, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in South Carolina, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Vermont, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, August 6, 1986
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 6, 1986
- Hail in Kansas, August 6, 1986
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: 10080834, 10080835, 10080836, 10080837, 10080838, 10080839, 10080840, 10080841, 10080842, 10080843, 10080844, 10080845, 10080846, 10080847, 10080848, 10080849, 10080850, 10080851.