Tornado, Kearney
- When
- June 12, 6:04 PM CST
- Where
- Kearney County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 12 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.400, -99.120
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1990
15 hail, 7 tornado, 4 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $128,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 26
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
15 hail, 7 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Kearney
- When
- June 12, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Kearney County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.650, -98.830
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- June 12, 6:27 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -98.850
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- June 12, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 6 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.750, -98.830
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- June 12, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.780, -98.730
Hail, Hall
- When
- June 12, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 2.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.900, -98.650
Hail, Howard
- When
- June 12, 7:15 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -98.450
Tornado, Nance
- When
- June 12, 7:49 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.480, -98.070
Hail, Platte
- When
- June 12, 7:58 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.670, -97.780
Hail, Howard
- When
- June 12, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -98.630
Hail, Howard
- When
- June 12, 8:37 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -98.580
Tornado, Dawson
- When
- June 12, 8:38 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -99.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Buffalo
- When
- June 12, 8:50 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.930, -99.380
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- June 12, 8:55 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.980, -99.100
Hail, Sherman
- When
- June 12, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 2.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -99.150
Hail, Boone
- When
- June 12, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Boone County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -98.150
Hail, Sherman
- When
- June 12, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.850
Hail, Howard
- When
- June 12, 9:39 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -98.630
Tornado, Howard
- When
- June 12, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -98.470
Thunderstorm Wind, Colfax
- When
- June 12, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Colfax County
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -97.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Merrick
- When
- June 12, 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.070
Tornado, Platte
- When
- June 12, 10:20 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.520, -97.730
Tornado, Merrick
- When
- June 12, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.200, -97.900
Hail, Colfax
- When
- June 12, 10:35 PM CST
- Where
- Colfax County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.700, -97.230
Tornado, Platte
- When
- June 12, 10:40 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 41.570, -97.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Burt
- When
- June 12, 11:52 PM CST
- Where
- Burt County
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -96.230
What these are
- 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.
- 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.
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: 10078905, 10078906, 10078907, 10078908, 10078909, 10078910, 10078911, 10078912, 10078913, 10078914, 10078915, 10079767, 10079768, 10079980, 10079981, 10079982, 10079983, 10079984, 10079985, 10079986, 10079987, 10079988, 10079989, 10079990, 10079991, 10079992.