Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- August 17, 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -97.370
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 17, 1987
11 hail, 4 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
- $2.8 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 17
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
11 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Pierce
- When
- August 17, 1:43 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.130, -97.620
Hail, Pierce
- When
- August 17, 2:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.200, -97.530
Hail, Holt
- When
- August 17, 3:39 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.370, -98.550
Hail, Antelope
- When
- August 17, 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.330, -97.970
Hail, Valley
- When
- August 17, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Valley County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -99.130
Hail, Sherman
- When
- August 17, 6:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.380, -98.980
Hail, Wheeler
- When
- August 17, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Wheeler County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -98.550
Hail, Howard
- When
- August 17, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.550
Hail, Hall
- When
- August 17, 7:05 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -98.600
Tornado, Hall
- When
- August 17, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -98.350
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- August 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -98.220
Hail, Clay
- When
- August 17, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.600, -97.850
Thunderstorm Wind, Nuckolls
- When
- August 17, 9:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nuckolls County
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -98.070
Tornado, Jefferson
- When
- August 17, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -97.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Jefferson
- When
- August 17, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Jefferson County
- Measured
- 87 kt (100 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.150, -97.170
Thunderstorm Wind, Richardson
- When
- August 17, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Richardson County
- Coordinates
- 40.070, -95.600
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 17, 1987
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Winds in New York, August 17, 1987
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Georgia, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Mississippi, August 17, 1987
- Tornado in North Dakota, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, August 17, 1987
- Hail in Minnesota, August 17, 1987
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, August 17, 1987
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1987Warnings in Nebraska, August 1987
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: 10080909, 10080910, 10080911, 10080912, 10080913, 10080914, 10080915, 10080916, 10080917, 10080918, 10080919, 10080920, 10080921, 10080922, 10080923, 10080924, 10080925.