2026-05-31 Severe Storm Recap
On 2026-05-31, severe weather across CO, SD, NE, MO, KS, MT produced 6 tornado reports, 39 large-hail reports, 5 damaging-wind reports, with hail up to 3.5". See affected counties and a full event breakdown.
Affected counties
- Phillips, CO
- Yuma, CO
- Mccook, SD
- Lincoln, NE
- Kimball, NE
- Pemiscot, MO
- Sedgwick, KS
- Harvey, KS
- Miner, SD
- Lyon, KS
- Reno, KS
- Edmunds, SD
- Hanson, SD
- Mcpherson, SD
- Seward, NE
Event breakdown
- Tornado — Phillips, CO
- Tornado — Yuma, CO
- Tornado — Yuma, CO
- Tornado — Mccook, SD
- Tornado — Lincoln, NE
- Tornado — Phillips, CO
- Hail 3.50in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 3.00in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 2.75in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 2.50in — Kimball, NE
- Hail 2.25in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 1.75in — Pemiscot, MO
- Hail 1.75in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 1.50in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 1.50in — Sedgwick, KS
- Hail 1.50in — Sedgwick, KS
- Hail 1.25in — Sedgwick, KS
- Hail 1.25in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 1.25in — Harvey, KS
- Hail 1.25in — Miner, SD
- Hail 1.25in — Lyon, KS
- Hail 1.25in — Sedgwick, KS
- Hail 1.00in — Harvey, KS
- Hail 1.00in — Reno, KS
- Hail 1.00in — Sedgwick, KS
- Hail 1.00in — Sedgwick, KS
- Hail 1.00in — Edmunds, SD
- Hail 1.00in — Hanson, SD
- Hail 1.00in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 1.00in — Reno, KS
- Hail 1.00in — Mcpherson, SD
- Hail 1.00in — Seward, NE
- Hail 1.00in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 1.00in — Mississippi, MO
- Hail 1.00in — Ripley, MO
- Hail 1.00in — Lincoln, NE
- Hail 1.00in — Phillips, CO
- Hail 1.00in — Ellsworth, KS
- Hail 1.00in — Stoddard, MO
- Hail 1.00in — Mcpherson, SD
Contractors used StormSwathPro to map this event's hail swath and find damaged neighborhoods first.
Data sources: NOAA National Weather Service Local Storm Reports, the NOAA Storm Events Database, and the NOAA Storm Prediction Center. Last updated 2026-06-12.