Storms in Nebraska in 1987
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 1987, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Nebraska in 1987 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 219
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 17
- Damage
- $3.9 million
- Episodes
- 50
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.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 106 | 0 | 12 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 87 | 0 | 3 | |
| Tornado | 26 | 0 | 2 | $3.9 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1987
- Tornadoes in Nebraska, March 14, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, March 20, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, March 22, 1987
May 1987
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 17, 1987
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 19, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 25, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 26, 1987
- Tornado in Nebraska, May 29, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 30, 1987
June 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, June 1, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 6, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 16, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, June 18, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, June 22, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 23, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 24, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 27, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 28, 1987
July 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 3, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 6, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 7, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 8, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 9, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 10, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 11, 1987
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 17, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, July 20, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, July 23, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 24, 1987
August 1987
- Tornado in Nebraska, August 2, 1987
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 3, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, August 4, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, August 6, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 7, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 9, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, August 13, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 14, 1987
- Hail in Nebraska, August 15, 1987
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 17, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 19, 1987
September 1987
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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.