Nebraska, 1995

Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 16, 1995

May 16, 1995 · 12 events in 7 counties and zones

9 hail, 3 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 9 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Floods
  • Wind
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  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$20 million
Crop damage
$4,000
Events
12

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.

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Event by event

9 hail, 3 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Seward

When
May 16, 10:00 AM CST
Where
Seward County, Staplehurst
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
40.872, -97.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Sarpy and Douglas

When
May 16, 10:20 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
Where
Sarpy and Douglas County, Bellevue to La Vista
Measured
3 in hail
Property damage
$20 million
Coordinates
41.113, -96.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A lunchtime hailstorm pounded parts of the Omaha metropolitan area, resulting in at least 12,000 damage claims. One to three inch hail produced damage estimates to homes and cars close to $20 million.

Hail, Cass

When
May 16, 10:50 AM CST
Where
Cass County, Ashland
Measured
1 in hail
Coordinates
40.910, -96.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Thayer

When
May 16, 3:10 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, .5 S Bruning
Measured
1 in hail
Crop damage
$2,000
Coordinates
40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Thayer

When
May 16, 3:25 PM CST
Where
Thayer County, Ohiowa
Measured
0.75 in hail
Crop damage
$1,000
Coordinates
40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Fillmore

When
May 16, 3:25 PM CST
Where
Fillmore County, Ohiowa
Measured
0.75 in hail
Crop damage
$1,000
Coordinates
40.525, -97.596 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Jefferson

When
May 16, 3:40 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Daykin
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$1,000
Coordinates
40.176, -97.143 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Tornado, Jefferson

When
May 16, 3:40 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Northern Daykin
Rating
F0
Path length
2 mi
Path width
100 yd
Property damage
$10,000
Coordinates
40.320, -97.280

A tornado did damage to a center pivot west of Alexandria, uprooted trees near Alexandria and did wind damage to a barn and took large tree limbs about three miles east and southeast of Daykin.

Hail, Jefferson

When
May 16, 4:00 PM CST
Where
Jefferson County, Plymouth
Measured
1.75 in hail
Coordinates
40.176, -97.143 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Gage

When
May 16, 4:25 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)

Two inches of heavy rain fell in 15 minutes.

Tornado, Gage

When
May 16, 4:25 PM CST
Where
Gage County, Beatrice
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Property damage
$5,000
Coordinates
40.270, -96.850

An off duty police officer had truck thrown off the road into a ditch. The liner was ripped out of his vehicle.

Tornado, Gage

When
May 16, 4:30 PM CST
Where
Gage County, S Wymore
Rating
F0
Path length
0.1 mi
Path width
10 yd
Coordinates
40.130, -96.670

Two inches of heavy rain fell in 15 minutes.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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

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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: 10333598, 10333621, 10334011, 10333532, 10333533, 10334174, 10334131, 10334132, 10334451, 10334259, 10334260, 10334261.