Tornado, Burt
- When
- May 28, 12:30 AM CST
- Where
- Burt County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 440 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 41.930, -96.400
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 28, 1991
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail, 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
- 2
- Property damage
- $500,000
- 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
19 thunderstorm wind, 4 tornado, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- May 28, 6:35 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -101.130
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- May 28, 6:48 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 62 kt (71 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.280, -100.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Lincoln
- When
- May 28, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -100.780
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- May 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Coordinates
- 41.620, -99.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- May 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Coordinates
- 41.300, -99.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- May 28, 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County
- Coordinates
- 41.400, -99.650
Tornado, Buffalo
- When
- May 28, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -98.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- May 28, 9:15 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -97.370
Hail, Cuming
- When
- May 28, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Cuming County
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.020, -96.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Holt
- When
- May 28, 9:20 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -98.970
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- May 28, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -98.350
Tornado, Sherman
- When
- May 28, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 30 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -98.800
Thunderstorm Wind, Holt
- When
- May 28, 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Coordinates
- 42.550, -98.820
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- May 28, 9:48 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.150, -98.550
Thunderstorm Wind, Hall
- When
- May 28, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hall County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.950, -98.350
Thunderstorm Wind, Holt
- When
- May 28, 9:55 PM CST
- Where
- Holt County
- Coordinates
- 42.620, -98.420
Tornado, Merrick
- When
- May 28, 10:18 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 40 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -98.180
Thunderstorm Wind, Nance
- When
- May 28, 10:30 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.370, -97.980
Thunderstorm Wind, Nance
- When
- May 28, 10:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nance County
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.450, -97.730
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 28, 11:05 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Coordinates
- 42.030, -97.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Platte
- When
- May 28, 11:30 PM CST
- Where
- Platte County
- Coordinates
- 41.430, -97.370
Thunderstorm Wind, Dixon
- When
- May 28, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County
- Coordinates
- 42.650, -96.870
Thunderstorm Wind, Dixon
- When
- May 28, 11:40 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -96.700
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, May 28, 1991
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 28, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, May 28, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, May 28, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, May 28, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 28, 1991
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, May 28, 1991
- Tornadoes and Hail in Texas, May 28, 1991
- Hail in New Mexico, May 28, 1991
- Hail in Mississippi, May 28, 1991
- Hail in Wyoming, May 28, 1991
- Hail in Louisiana, May 28, 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: 10082265, 10082266, 10082267, 10082268, 10082269, 10082270, 10082271, 10082272, 10082273, 10082274, 10082275, 10082276, 10082277, 10082278, 10082279, 10082280, 10082281, 10082282, 10082283, 10082284, 10082285, 10082286, 10082287, 10082288.