Thunderstorm Wind, Cherry
- When
- March 20, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Cherry County
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.870, -100.550
Tornado and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, March 20, 1987
8 thunderstorm wind, 1 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 9
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 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Chase
- When
- March 20, 5:05 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -101.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- March 20, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -100.300
Thunderstorm Wind, Furnas
- When
- March 20, 5:10 PM CST
- Where
- Furnas County
- Measured
- 66 kt (76 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -100.170
Tornado, Franklin
- When
- March 20, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -99.150
Thunderstorm Wind, Dawson
- When
- March 20, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -99.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- March 20, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -98.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- March 20, 8:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -96.770
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- March 20, 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Coordinates
- 42.470, -97.880
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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1987Every state in 1987This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1987Warnings in Nebraska, March 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: 10082023, 10082024, 10082025, 10082026, 10082027, 10082028, 10082029, 10082030, 10082031.