Funnel Cloud, Clay
- When
- November 5, 4:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, 2 mi NE of Glenville
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -98.051 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, November 5, 2000
One final day of severe weather struck south-central Nebraska with a tornado, hail and several reports of funnel clouds. A strong weather system moved across the area and clashed with moist, unstable air mass in place.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 4 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
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $15,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 11
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
One final day of severe weather struck south-central Nebraska with a tornado, hail and several reports of funnel clouds. A strong weather system moved across the area and clashed with moist, unstable air mass in place. Thunderstorms erupted in the late afternoon and continued into the evening, mainly east of U.S. Highway 281. A brief tornado was sighted in southwest Adams county south west of Ayr by an off-duty National Weather Service Employee. No damage was reported. The largest hail noted was quarter-sized in the southeast portion of Hastings. Hail covered Interstate 80 in Hamilton county and may have contributed to an accident which temporarily blocked traffic.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 40 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:17 UTC.
Event by event
6 hail, 4 funnel cloud, 1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Franklin
- When
- November 5, 5:15 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Campbell
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.300, -98.733
Hail, Adams
- When
- November 5, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 2 mi S of Hastings
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.550, -98.383
Funnel Cloud, Adams
- When
- November 5, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 2 mi S of Hastings
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.525, -98.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Funnel Cloud, York
- When
- November 5, 5:45 PM CST
- Where
- York County, Bradshaw
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.873, -97.597 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Tornado, Adams
- When
- November 5, 5:48 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 8 mi SW of Ayr
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Reported by
- NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
- Coordinates
- 40.333, -98.517
Hail, Hamilton
- When
- November 5, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton County, Aurora
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.867, -98.000
Funnel Cloud, Adams
- When
- November 5, 5:53 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, 2 mi S of Hastings
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.525, -98.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail, Adams
- When
- November 5, 6:16 PM CST
- Where
- Adams County, Hastings
- Measured
- 1.25 in hail
- Property damage
- $5,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 40.583, -98.383
Hail, Clay
- When
- November 5, 6:20 PM CST
- Where
- Clay County, Clay Center
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.533, -98.050
Hail, Nuckolls
- When
- November 5, 7:45 PM CST
- Where
- Nuckolls County, 6 mi NW of Nelson
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.267, -98.150
What these are
- Funnel Cloud
- A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
- 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.
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More
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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: 5158099, 5158100, 5158101, 5158102, 5158103, 5158104, 5158105, 5158106, 5158107, 5158109, 5158108.