Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- May 14, 2:47 PM CST
- Where
- Red Willow County, McCook
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Thunderstorm outflow winds gusted to 58 mph, but caused no damage.
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 1993
3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
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
3 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Gage
- When
- May 14, 6:38 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County, Dewitt
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.370, -96.870
A small tornado briefly touched down.
Tornado, Gage
- When
- May 14, 6:40 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County, Hoag
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.270, -96.900
A small tornado briefly touched down.
Hail, Gage
- When
- May 14, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County, Beatrice
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.262, -96.689 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Gage
- When
- May 14, 7:00 PM CST to 7:20 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County, Odell
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.262, -96.689 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail began small then increased to golf ball-size. Hail covered the ground in drifts, and drifts were still present the following morning. As the hail ended, a funnel cloud was sighted.
Hail, Gage
- When
- May 14, 7:30 PM CST
- Where
- Gage County, Odell
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.262, -96.689 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
- 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
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1993Every state in 1993This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1993Warnings in Nebraska, May 1993
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: 10333580, 10334248, 10334249, 10334250, 10334251, 10334252.