Nebraska storm reports for May 18, 2025

Name: NOAA storm reports, Nebraska, May 18, 2025
Creator: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center

NOAA recorded 24 hail reports, 25 wind reports and 7 tornado reports in Nebraska on May 18, 2025.

in Nebraska; 56
Storm reports: Near 40.58, -101.03, NE; 3.25 in
Largest hail: Near 40.18, -101.29, NE; 120 mph
Highest gust: Highest rating EF3, near 40.16, -101.29, NE; 7
Tornado reports

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Sources: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center reports; radar hail estimates from NOAA MRMS; gust estimates from NOAA URMA; damage surveys from the NWS Damage Assessment Toolkit

Hail, inches

0.75
1
1.5
2
2.5
3+

Dots: reports. Shading: radar estimate.

Wind report
Estimated gusts, 50 to 90 mph
Tornado and its path
Surveyed tornado path
Surveyed wind damage

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center, final severe weather database (from NOAA's Storm Data). Report day: 12:00 UTC on May 18, 2025 to 12:00 UTC the next day. Times are Central.

Select a dot or a path for the report. NWS survey teams walked the shaded paths after the storm; each is drawn at the widest width they found, so it can look wider than the damage at any one spot. Gust lines are estimates: the highest gust of the day in NOAA's hourly 2.5 km wind analysis (URMA), which fills in between weather stations. They aren't measurements at any building.

Reports by hour

Hail24, most at 7 PM

Wind25, most at 6 PM

Tornado7, most at 7 PM

Reports per hour, Central time. Each row has its own scale.

Every report

Source: NOAA/NWS Storm Prediction Center.

Time	Rating	Where	Path
6:49 PM	EF0	Near 40.14, -101.26, NE	0.21 mi long, 50 yd wide
6:49 PM	EF3	Near 40.16, -101.29, NE	10.68 mi long, 250 yd wide
7:04 PM	Not rated	Near 40.24, -101.28, NE	0.51 mi long, 50 yd wide
7:35 PM	EF2	Near 40.51, -101.09, NE	17.79 mi long, 1000 yd wide
7:54 PM	Not rated	Near 40.12, -101.38, NE	0.13 mi long, 50 yd wide
10:09 PM	EF0	About 60 miles from Lincoln, NE	3.08 mi long, 30 yd wide
12:51 AM	Not rated	Near 41.23, -98.53, NE	0.01 mi long, 30 yd wide

Time	Size	Where
5:00 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.10, -103.31, NE
5:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.07, -103.05, NE
5:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.08, -102.97, NE
5:45 PM	2.0 in	Near 41.08, -102.97, NE
6:07 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.16, -102.97, NE
6:27 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.04, -101.69, NE
6:28 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.05, -101.53, NE
6:32 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.03, -101.63, NE
6:38 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.10, -101.43, NE
7:03 PM	2.0 in	Near 40.21, -101.27, NE
7:07 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.73, -99.63, NE
7:35 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.80, -99.86, NE

Show all 24 hail reports

Time	Size	Where
7:49 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.83, -98.91, NE
7:55 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.92, -98.85, NE
7:59 PM	1.75 in	Near 40.69, -101.12, NE
8:07 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.48, -101.03, NE
8:16 PM	1.0 in	Near 40.02, -101.66, NE
8:46 PM	3.25 in	Near 40.58, -101.03, NE
8:48 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.13, -100.81, NE
9:31 PM	0.88 in	About 56 miles from Lincoln, NE
9:35 PM	0.75 in	Near 41.10, -100.72, NE
9:38 PM	1.0 in	Near 41.13, -100.70, NE
10:25 PM	0.75 in	Near 40.18, -101.01, NE
1:39 AM	0.75 in	About 45 miles from Lincoln, NE

Time	Gust	Where
5:15 PM	70 mph	About 60 miles from Cheyenne, WY
6:05 PM	69 mph	Near 41.87, -103.66, NE
6:06 PM	69 mph	Near 41.87, -103.74, NE
6:16 PM	71 mph	Near 41.87, -103.66, NE
6:27 PM	62 mph	Near 40.22, -98.99, NE
6:39 PM	61 mph	Near 41.24, -102.44, NE
6:51 PM	120 mph	Near 40.18, -101.29, NE
6:58 PM	100 mph	Near 40.21, -101.27, NE
7:03 PM	68 mph	Near 40.63, -99.58, NE
7:10 PM	74 mph	Near 40.28, -101.27, NE
7:10 PM	120 mph	Near 40.26, -101.25, NE
8:00 PM	61 mph	Near 40.55, -101.03, NE

Show all 25 wind reports

Time	Gust	Where
8:20 PM	64 mph	Near 41.01, -98.78, NE
8:44 PM	120 mph	Near 40.12, -101.31, NE
9:29 PM	75 mph	Near 40.33, -97.88, NE
9:29 PM	70 mph	Near 40.35, -97.90, NE
9:40 PM	63 mph	Near 41.11, -100.62, NE
10:15 PM	60 mph	Near 40.97, -98.31, NE
10:31 PM	58 mph	Near 40.82, -98.61, NE
10:33 PM	61 mph	Near 40.80, -98.66, NE
10:48 PM	67 mph	Near 41.54, -99.88, NE
11:30 PM	68 mph	Near 40.97, -99.58, NE
11:37 PM	60 mph	Near 40.93, -99.39, NE
12:18 AM	60 mph	About 12 miles from Lincoln, NE
3:30 AM	60 mph	Near 41.68, -97.14, NE

Cities with reports nearby

Reports within 15 miles of the center of each city we track.

City	Largest hail	Highest gust	Tornado reports
Lincoln, NE	None	60 mph	0

Reports are what observers recorded near a location, not a complete record of every storm. They don’t describe conditions at any building.