Hail, Kimball
- When
- June 1, 4:45 PM MST to 4:50 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, Bushnell
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -103.900
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 1, 1997
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
- $32,000
- Crop damage
- $14,000
- Events
- 8
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 Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:46 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Kimball
- When
- June 1, 5:25 PM MST to 5:27 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 1 mi SW of Bushnell
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -103.920
Gustnado 1SW of Bushnell I-80 interchange
Hail, Kimball
- When
- June 1, 5:30 PM MST to 5:35 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 2 mi SW of Kimball
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Crop damage
- $4,000
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -103.700
At I-80 mile post 18
Hail, Kimball
- When
- June 1, 5:43 PM MST to 5:48 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, Kimball
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.230, -103.670
Tornado, Kimball
- When
- June 1, 5:46 PM MST to 5:47 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 5 mi SW of Kimball
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 6 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -103.730
Brief touchdown occurred 2S of I-80 mile post 18 in open country.
Tornado, Kimball
- When
- June 1, 6:04 PM MST to 6:05 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 4 mi S of Kimball
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 5 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.180, -103.670
Brief touchdown occurred 3SSE of I-80 mile post 18 in open country.
Hail, Kimball
- When
- June 1, 6:10 PM MST to 6:15 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball County, 12 mi SE of Kimball
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Crop damage
- $5,000
- Coordinates
- 41.120, -103.500
Thunderstorm Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- June 1, 6:45 PM MST to 6:48 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne County, 10 mi NW of Sidney
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -103.120
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, June 1, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Ohio, June 1, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 1 to 3, 1997
- Drought in Texas, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Idaho, June 1 to 15, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 1997
- Flooding in Ohio, June 1 to 6, 1997
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 1, 1997
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Colorado, June 1 to 2, 1997
- Cold in Georgia, June 1 to 11, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1997Warnings in Nebraska, June 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: 5608003, 5608004, 5608005, 5608006, 5608111, 5608233, 5608234, 5608235.