Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1995

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1995
Start: 1995-05-21T14:40
End: 1995-05-21T21:00
Location: Nebraska

May 21, 1995 · 21 events in 5 counties and zones

19 hail, 2 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 20 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

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $350,000
Crop damage: $150,000
Events: 21

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.

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:31 UTC.

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Event by event

19 hail, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dundy

When: May 21, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Dundy County, Parks 1 W
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Dundy

When: May 21, 2:40 PM CST
Where: Dundy County, Parks
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Dundy

When: May 21, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Dundy County, Max 2 N
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Dundy

When: May 21, 3:20 PM CST
Where: Dundy County, Max
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Keith

When: May 21, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Keith County, Roscoe
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 41.199, -101.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Keith

When: May 21, 3:30 PM CST
Where: Keith County, Roscoe
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Coordinates: 41.199, -101.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hitchcock

When: May 21, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Hitchcock County, Palisade 5 S
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Keith

When: May 21, 3:50 PM CST
Where: Keith County, Palisade
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 41.199, -101.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Keith

When: May 21, 4:00 PM CST
Where: Keith County, Roscoe
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.199, -101.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Perkins

When: May 21, 4:30 PM CST
Where: Perkins County, Madrid
Measured: 2.75 in hail
Crop damage: $150,000
Coordinates: 40.851, -101.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Total crop loss in area due to large hail.

Tornado, Perkins

When: May 21, 4:33 PM CST
Where: Perkins County, To to Madrid
Rating: F2
Path length: 5 mi
Path width: 1,000 yd
Property damage: $350,000
Coordinates: 40.870, -101.520

A tornado touched down just to the northeast of Madrid and moved to the southeast at 15 miles an hour. The tornado was on the ground for approximately 15 minutes and caused damage to six pivot irrigation systems. A dozen light poles were taken out leaving Elsie without power for 12 hours. A barn, granaries, and other buildings were also severely damaged.

Tornado, Perkins

When: May 21, 5:23 PM CST
Where: Perkins County, Elsie
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 10 yd
Coordinates: 40.851, -101.650 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A small tornado touched down for two to four minutes in open country.

Hail, Hayes

When: May 21, 5:30 PM CST
Where: Hayes County, Wallace
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.525, -101.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hayes

When: May 21, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hayes County, To 2 N Hayes
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.525, -101.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hayes

When: May 21, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Hayes County, Hayes Center
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.525, -101.062 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hitchcock

When: May 21, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Hitchcock County, Trenton
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Keith

When: May 21, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Keith County, Trenton
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Coordinates: 41.199, -101.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hitchcock

When: May 21, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Hitchcock County, Trenton 15 Se
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Keith

When: May 21, 8:15 PM CST
Where: Keith County, Trenton
Measured: 1 in hail
Coordinates: 41.199, -101.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Hitchcock

When: May 21, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Hitchcock County, Culbertson 14 S
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Keith

When: May 21, 9:00 PM CST
Where: Keith County, Culbertson
Measured: 1.5 in hail
Coordinates: 41.199, -101.661 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 1995 Every state in 1995 This day in weather history The tornado archive for Nebraska, 1995 Warnings in Nebraska, May 1995

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: 10334111, 10334112, 10334113, 10334114, 10334231, 10334232, 10333882, 10334233, 10334234, 10333488, 10333489, 10333490, 10333869, 10333870, 10333871, 10333883, 10334235, 10333884, 10334236, 10333885, 10334237.