Tornado, Hitchcock
- When
- May 22, 6:02 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, 5 mi SW of Trenton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- STORM CHASER
- Coordinates
- 40.130, -101.080
Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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), 100 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:03 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Hitchcock
- When
- May 22, 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock County, Culbertson
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.230, -100.830
Numerous 2 inch tree limbs broken by strong winds.
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.
- 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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Flash Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1999
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Florida, May 22, 1999
- Hail in Georgia, May 22, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 22, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1999Warnings in Nebraska, May 1999
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: 5699329, 5699330.