Hail, Saunders
- When
- May 7, 5:55 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -96.620
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 7, 1988
9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- 2
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $7.5 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 13
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
9 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dodge
- When
- May 7, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Washington
- When
- May 7, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -96.370
Hail, Burt
- When
- May 7, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Burt County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.830, -96.530
Hail, Washington
- When
- May 7, 6:45 PM CST
- Where
- Washington County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.550, -96.150
Hail, Lancaster
- When
- May 7, 8:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -96.670
Hail, Platte
- When
- May 7, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -97.300
Tornado, Saunders
- When
- May 7, 9:25 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 7 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -96.470
Tornado, Sarpy
- When
- May 7, 9:39 PM CST
- Where
- Sarpy County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 6.7 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Deaths
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -96.330
Tornado, Douglas
- When
- May 7, 9:52 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 2.5 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $2.5 million
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -96.170
Hail, Douglas
- When
- May 7, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 3 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -96.130
Hail, Butler
- When
- May 7, 10:04 PM CST
- Where
- Butler County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -97.280
Hail, Colfax
- When
- May 7, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Colfax County
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -97.220
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
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: 10080967, 10080968, 10080969, 10080970, 10080971, 10080972, 10080973, 10081822, 10082037, 10082038, 10082039, 10082040, 10082041.