Tornado, Pierce
- When
- May 16, 12:45 PM CST
- Where
- Pierce County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 13 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.350, -97.600
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 16, 1991
12 tornado, 7 hail, 5 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
- $275,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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
12 tornado, 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- May 16, 1:05 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -101.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Phelps
- When
- May 16, 2:30 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -99.370
Tornado, Lincoln
- When
- May 16, 2:58 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -101.130
Hail, Nuckolls
- When
- May 16, 3:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nuckolls County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.030, -98.070
Tornado, Chase
- When
- May 16, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Chase County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.500, -101.880
Tornado, Perkins
- When
- May 16, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Perkins County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -101.850
Tornado, Perkins
- When
- May 16, 3:10 PM CST
- Where
- Perkins County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.880, -101.720
Tornado, Gosper
- When
- May 16, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Gosper County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -99.980
Hail, Fillmore
- When
- May 16, 3:15 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.630, -97.700
Tornado, Gosper
- When
- May 16, 3:25 PM CST
- Where
- Gosper County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -99.670
Tornado, Gosper
- When
- May 16, 3:35 PM CST
- Where
- Gosper County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -99.900
Hail, Buffalo
- When
- May 16, 3:40 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -99.250
Tornado, Keith
- When
- May 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Keith County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 23 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.070, -101.720
Tornado, Buffalo
- When
- May 16, 4:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.7 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -98.970
Tornado, Buffalo
- When
- May 16, 4:05 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.970, -99.100
Tornado, Seward
- When
- May 16, 4:43 PM CST
- Where
- Seward County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 11 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -97.220
Thunderstorm Wind, Saunders
- When
- May 16, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Saunders County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -96.830
Hail, Nemaha
- When
- May 16, 6:13 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.420, -96.000
Hail, Nemaha
- When
- May 16, 6:28 PM CST
- Where
- Nemaha County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.480, -95.950
Thunderstorm Wind, Dodge
- When
- May 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dodge County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -96.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- May 16, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -96.270
Hail, Otoe
- When
- May 16, 6:39 PM CST
- Where
- Otoe County
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -96.020
Thunderstorm Wind, Douglas
- When
- May 16, 7:26 PM CST
- Where
- Douglas County
- Measured
- 63 kt (72 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.320, -95.930
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, May 16, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Oklahoma, May 16, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, May 16, 1991
- Tornado in Montana, May 16, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, May 16, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Florida, May 16, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 16, 1991
- Hail in Missouri, May 16, 1991
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, May 16, 1991
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 16, 1991
- Hail in Mississippi, May 16, 1991
- Hail in Arkansas, May 16, 1991
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: 10081173, 10081174, 10081175, 10081176, 10081177, 10081178, 10081179, 10081180, 10081181, 10081182, 10081183, 10081184, 10081185, 10082036, 10082247, 10082248, 10082249, 10082250, 10082251, 10082252, 10082253, 10082254, 10082255, 10082256.