Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 24, 12:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -101.000
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 1986
14 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $253,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 20
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, 4 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- July 24, 2:05 PM CST
- Where
- Valley County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -99.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Valley
- When
- July 24, 2:15 PM CST
- Where
- Valley County
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -98.930
Tornado, Hall
- When
- July 24, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -98.400
Hail, Merrick
- When
- July 24, 3:30 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -98.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- July 24, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- July 24, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -97.670
Thunderstorm Wind, Nance
- When
- July 24, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -97.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Nance
- When
- July 24, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County
- Coordinates
- 41.470, -97.730
Tornado, Platte
- When
- July 24, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -97.750
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 24, 4:45 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -97.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Stanton
- When
- July 24, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County
- Coordinates
- 41.950, -97.230
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- July 24, 4:57 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -97.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Wayne
- When
- July 24, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Wayne County
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.230, -97.000
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- July 24, 5:09 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 68 kt (78 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.980, -97.430
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- July 24, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -100.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Dixon
- When
- July 24, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -96.830
Thunderstorm Wind, Dixon
- When
- July 24, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -96.700
Hail, Scotts Bluff
- When
- July 24, 7:14 PM CST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.800, -103.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- July 24, 9:49 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.620
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 24, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Wisconsin, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Georgia, July 24, 1986
- Hail in Tennessee, July 24, 1986
- Hail in Colorado, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, July 24, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 24, 1986
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1986Warnings in Nebraska, July 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: 10080220, 10080221, 10080222, 10080223, 10080224, 10080225, 10080226, 10080227, 10080228, 10080229, 10080230, 10080231, 10080232, 10080233, 10080234, 10080235, 10080236, 10080237, 10080238, 10080239.