F0 tornado in Thayer County, Nebraska

Brief tornado in Thayer county.

A wild night of weather struck south-central Nebraska with high winds, hail and tornadoes. Of the five tornadoes confirmed, the most damaging one occurred southeast of Hubbell. One farmstead sustained around one-half million dollars in damage, including losing several outbuildings, grain bins, and an exterior wall on the home. The other tornadoes were quite brief, but one did manage to produce minor damage on a farm in eastern Furnas county.Another area of widespread destruction occurred with straight-line winds in extreme southern Clay and northern Nuckolls counties. Winds estimated at 90 mph tore through grain bins, outbuildings, and trees. Major damage was had at a turkey farm near Lawrence. The damage extended east along State Highway 4 across northern Nuckolls county to the tune of over one million dollars. There were dozens of other reports of large hail across south-central Nebraska, which caused significant crop damage in some locations.