Thomas County Storm Activity
Wind, hail, and tornado activity from official NOAA sources (NWS & SPC) · Last 180 days · Updated Sep 11, 2026
Has it hailed in Thomas County, Nebraska recently? Official National Weather Service (NWS) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) records say yes: 28 hail reports with hail up to 1", among 40 severe weather events logged here in the last 180 days, together with 12 high-wind reports with gusts up to 76 mph. The most recent recorded storm activity was in September 2026. This page updates daily: every event comes straight from official NOAA data — no estimates, no modeling, just the record.
What the radar showed
Last 30 days in Thomas County
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Events older than 30 days, as recorded by the National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center. Excerpts are quoted directly from official warnings and verified reports.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 747 PM CDT/647 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles north of Tryon, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Ringgold. This includes the following highways...”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, August 10, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 1032 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Halsey, or 15 miles west of Brewster, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Brewster around 1055 PM CDT.”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, August 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 629 AM CDT/529 AM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles west of Mullen, moving east at 25 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Mullen around 545 AM MDT. Other locations impacted by this storm include Hecla and Kelso. This includes the following highways...”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, August 3, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 939 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Halsey, or 11 miles southeast of Thedford, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. This strong thunderstorm will be near... Halsey around 945 PM CDT. This includes Highway 2 between mile markers 219 and 240.”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, August 2, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — hail up to 1"
- Hail 1" Thedford SPC verified report
Thursday, July 30, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 445 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along a line extending from near Valentine National Wildlife Refuge to 11 miles northwest of Brownlee to 19 miles south of Merritt Reservoir. Movement was southeast at 35 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects.”
“At 438 PM CDT/338 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Tryon, moving east at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Tryon. This includes the following highways...”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Thursday, July 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 820 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles northeast of Seneca, or 15 miles northwest of Thedford, moving southeast at 15 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Norway.”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, July 4, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report · 1 NWS warning — hail up to 1"
“At 555 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12 miles southwest of Halsey, or 14 miles southeast of Thedford, moving southeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“Nickels to quarters. Time estimated from radar. (LBF)”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 1" Purdum SPC verified report
Friday, July 3, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 1013 PM CDT/913 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Mullen, moving east at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Mullen, Seneca, Norway, Highway 97 crossing the Dismal River, and Kelso.”
- Hail 0.75" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — wind gusts up to 76 mph
- Wind 76 mph 1 SSE Thedford SPC verified report
Sunday, June 21, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 721 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles south of Brownlee, or 11 miles north of Thedford, moving south at 20 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Purdum.”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 20, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 855 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Dunning, or 17 miles southwest of Brewster, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 1138 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Dunning, or 18 miles southwest of Brewster, moving east at 35 mph. Hazard: Penny size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Brewster, Dunning, Milburn, Milburn Diversion Dam State Wildlife Management Area, and Linscott. This includes Highway 2 between mile markers 236 and 250.”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.75" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Saturday, June 13, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.88"
“At 517 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7 miles south of Halsey, or 20 miles southeast of Thedford, moving northeast at 25 mph. Hazard: Nickel size hail. Impact: Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Brewster, Dunning, Halsey, Linscott, and Hawley Flats. This includes Highway 2 between mile markers 227 and 247.”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Tuesday, June 9, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 734 PM CDT/634 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 9 miles east of Whitman, or 17 miles west of Mullen, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Monday, June 8, 2026
1 SPC verified storm report — wind gusts up to 60 mph
- Wind 60 mph Halsey SPC verified report
Saturday, May 30, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.75"
“At 928 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles southeast of Brownlee, or 13 miles north of Thedford, moving north at 45 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.75" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Sunday, May 17, 2026
2 NWS warnings — hail up to 0.88"
“At 612 PM CDT/512 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10 miles northwest of Tryon, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
“At 610 PM CDT/510 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9 miles south of Mullen, moving northeast at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
- Hail 0.88" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, May 8, 2026
1 NWS warning — wind gusts up to 50 mph
“At 448 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking an area of showers 10 miles south of Brownlee, or 11 miles north of Thedford, moving southeast at 30 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Thedford, Dunning, Halsey, Purdum, Highway 83 crossing The Dismal River, and Natwick.”
- Wind 50 mph Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Friday, April 24, 2026
1 NWS warning — hail up to 0.5"
“At 829 PM CDT/729 PM MDT/, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 16 miles south of Mullen, moving east at 40 mph. Hazard: Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail. Impact: Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include...”
- Hail 0.5" Thomas County NWS severe weather mention
Today's severe weather outlook
Common questions
When was the last severe storm in Thomas County, NE?
The most recent recorded event was in September 2026. Official NWS and SPC records show 40 severe weather events in Thomas County over the last 180 days. Exact dates and locations for recent storms are available in the app with a free account.
Has there been hail in Thomas County recently?
Yes — 28 hail reports in the last 180 days, with hail up to 1" recorded.
How do I check whether a specific address was affected?
Create a free IDOLCheck account and run an address check. It shows verified storm reports and official NWS warning boundaries around any specific property — county-level pages like this one only tell part of the story.