Tornado, Deuel
- When
- August 28, 2:53 PM MST
- Where
- Deuel County, 11 mi NW of Big Spgs
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -102.230
The weak tornado touched down for a brief time period in an open field.
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 28, 1997
15 hail, 4 tornado, 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
- $518,000
- Crop damage
- $2.2 million
- Events
- 19
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 North Platte radar (KLNX), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:50 UTC.
Event by event
15 hail, 4 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Deuel
- When
- August 28, 3:00 PM MST
- Where
- Deuel County, 10 mi N of Big Spgs
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -102.080
Hail, Garden
- When
- August 28, 3:05 PM MST
- Where
- Garden County, 6 mi SSW of Lewellen
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -102.200
Hail, Keith
- When
- August 28, 3:15 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 13 mi NW of Brule
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -102.080
Tornado, Keith
- When
- August 28, 3:25 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 11 mi W of Ogallala
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.130, -101.930
Spotters reported a brief touchdown of a weak tornado.
Hail, Keith
- When
- August 28, 4:15 PM MST
- Where
- Keith County, 3 mi SW of Ogallala
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.100, -101.750
Hail, Perkins
- When
- August 28, 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 11 mi NNW of Madrid
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.000, -101.620
Tornado, Sheridan
- When
- August 28, 4:55 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 8 mi W of Gordon
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 15 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.800, -102.350
A landspout briefly touched down in open country 8 miles west of Gordon.
Hail, Perkins
- When
- August 28, 5:05 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 2 mi ESE of Elsie
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Crop damage
- $750,000
- Coordinates
- 40.830, -101.350
Tornado, Sheridan
- When
- August 28, 5:05 PM MST
- Where
- Sheridan County, 3 mi NNE of Rushville
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.750, -102.430
A weak tornado made a brief touchdown in open country.
Hail, Perkins
- When
- August 28, 5:52 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 6 mi S of Grainton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -101.280
Hail, Hayes
- When
- August 28, 6:55 PM CST
- Where
- Hayes County, 16 mi NW of Hayes Center
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.680, -101.230
Wind-driven hail broke windows out.
Hail, Cherry
- When
- August 28, 6:05 PM MST
- Where
- Cherry County, 56 mi S of Merriman
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -101.700
Hail, Lincoln
- When
- August 28, 7:10 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln County, 10 mi SSW of Wallace
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $4,000
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 40.700, -101.230
Hail, Cherry
- When
- August 28, 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- Cherry County, 50 mi S of Irwin
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.170, -101.950
Hail, Hayes
- When
- August 28, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Hayes County, Hayes Center
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $500,000
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -101.020
Strong thunderstorm winds and hail broke tree limbs and caused severe crop damage in the Hayes Center area.
Hail, Perkins
- When
- August 28, 7:15 PM MST
- Where
- Perkins County, 6 mi S of Grainton
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.730, -101.280
Hail, Hayes
- When
- August 28, 8:20 PM CST
- Where
- Hayes County, Hayes Center
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $8,000
- Coordinates
- 40.520, -101.020
Severe thunderstorm winds and large hail broke large tree branches down in Hayes Center.
Hail, Frontier
- When
- August 28, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Frontier County, 22 mi SW of Stockville
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -100.680
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Montana, August 28 to 29, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in Nevada, August 28, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, August 28, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, August 28, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding in New Hampshire, August 28, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 28, 1997
- Lightning Strikes in Pennsylvania, August 28, 1997
- Hail in Montana, August 28, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 28, 1997
- Hail in New York, August 28, 1997
- Hail in Vermont, August 28, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1997Warnings in Nebraska, August 1997
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: 5615275, 5615276, 5615277, 5615278, 5615279, 5615280, 5615281, 5615283, 5615282, 5615284, 5615287, 5615285, 5615288, 5615286, 5615289, 5615290, 5615291, 5615292, 5615293.