Nebraska Significant Tornadoes
1970 - 2007
Nebraska
Significant Tornadoes
1970 - 2007
|
Date & Time |
Nebraska
Counties Damage Path Location (City & Towns Affected) |
PL | PW | Inj. | Fat. |
|
4/20/06 |
Frontier/Lincoln
EF3 4 SE Moorefield - 10 NE Moorefield |
11 |
400y |
2 |
0 |
| 5/22/04 730pm CDT |
Jefferson/Saline/Gage/Lancaster/Otoe
F4 3 W Daykin - 1 W-SW Palmyra (Wilber and Hallam) Widest tornado on record for the state of Nebraska and almost the widest tornado ever...damage path over 2 miles wide from north of Clatonia (Gage Co.) to just southwest of Hallam (Lancaster Co.) |
54 | 2800y | 38 | 1 |
| 6/23/03 943pm CDT |
Cedar
F4 6 W Coleridge - 7 E-NE Coleridge (Coleridge) |
13 | 1200y | 0 | 1 |
| 6/22/03 643pm CDT |
Thayer
F3* 1 SE Deshler - 3 W-NW Deshler (Deshler) |
3 | 200y | 7 | 1 |
| 6/9/03 730pm CDT |
Holt
F3 4 N Emmet - 2 N Page |
23 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 10/9/01 535pm CDT |
Hamilton/Polk
F3 2 S Marquette - 7 NW Osceola |
27 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 9/22/01 742pm CDT |
Clay/Fillmore
F3 5 N Edgar - 3 NE Ong This large tornado nearly claimed my life....always a truly unforgettable experience for this veteran storm chaser !! |
9 | 1200y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/13/01 745pm CDT |
Seward
F4 4 S Seward - 1 SW Garland |
8 | 400y | 2 | 0 |
| 10/31/00 630pm CST |
Dawson/Custer
F3* 3 NE Darr - 2 N Oconto (Oconto) |
23 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/17/00 515pm CDT |
Lincoln
F3 6 S Brady - 4 SW Maxwell |
12 | 800y | 2 | 0 |
| 6/3/99 1120pm CDT |
Valley
F3 4 NE Comstock - 7 N Ord |
14 | 1000y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/23/98 848pm CDT |
Colfax
F3* 10 N Schuyler - 12 N-NE Schuyler |
3 | 1200y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/23/98 725pm CDT |
Platte/Colfax
F3* 5 NE Columbus - 7 N-NE Richland |
9 | 1500y | 17 | 0 |
| 6/19/96 228pm CDT |
Holt
F3* 8 NW O'Neill - 5 NW O'Neill |
3 | 300y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/8/96 844pm CDT |
Gage
F3* 5 W-NW Beatrice - 3 E-SE Beatrice (Beatrice) |
10 | 800y | 15 | 0 |
| 5/21/95 433pm MDT |
Perkins
F3 1 NE Madrid - 4 E-SE Madrid |
5 | 1000y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/4/94 605pm MDT |
SheridanF3 12 SW Hay Springs - 14 SE Hay Springs |
12 | 500y | 0 | 0 |
| 7/26/93 304pm MDT |
Scotts
Bluff F3 2 W Scottsbluff - 2 N Scottsbluff (N.Scottsbluff) |
4 | 100y | 12 | 0 |
| 7/24/93 1000pm CDT |
Cass
F3 4 NE Union - 5 NE Union |
1 | 100y | 1 | 0 |
| 7/24/93 735pm CDT |
Jefferson/Saline
F3 4 W Plymouth - N. DeWitt (DeWitt) |
9 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/6/93 945pm CDT |
Dawson/Buffalo
F3 2 S Riverdale - 1 W St.Libory |
35 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/6/93 853pm CDT |
Dawson/Buffalo
F3* 5 W Elm Creek - 1 SW Amherst |
10 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/6/93 825pm CDT |
Phelps/Dawson/Buffalo/Howard/Sherman
F3 1 N Bertrand - 1 W Cushing (Amherst and Ravenna) Wedge tornado was stationary for nearly 45 minutes near Amherst (Buffalo Co.)...this tornado was produced by an unusually large parent mesocyclone and the wide tornado damage path was not continuous across sextions of Buffalo and Howard Counties |
60 | 1500y | 2 | 0 |
| 5/7/93 750pm CDT |
Webster/Adams/Clay/Hamilton/Polk
F3 4 S Blue Hill - 3 NE Hordville (Ayr and Pauline) |
60 | 1000y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/5/93 708pm MDT |
Sheridan
F3 12 S Hay Springs - 1 NE Hay Springs (Hay Springs) |
13 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/15/92 855pm CDT |
Seward
F3 2 SW Pleasant Dale - 2 NE Garland |
14 | 500y | 1 | 0 |
| 6/15/92 855pm CDT |
Saline/Seward
F3 4 N Tobias - 6 N Dorchester |
22 | 500y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/9/91 440pm MDT |
Scotts
Bluff F3 1 W Minatare - 3 NE Minatare (Minatare) |
4 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/29/91 1245am CDT |
Burt
F3 3 N Oakland - 8 NE Oakland |
5 | 1500y | 2 | 0 |
| 5/3/91 600pm CDT |
Perkins
F3 8 SW Grant - 2 NE Grant (Grant) |
13 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/26/91 515pm CDT |
Otoe
F3 2 NW Douglas - 7 NE Palmyra |
14 | 300y | 2 | 0 |
| 4/26/91 350pm CDT |
Gage
F3 3 SE Hollenberg KS - 2 SE Beatrice (Lanham) Moved into Nebraska from Washington Co. KS |
19 (24) |
200y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/15/90 700pm CDT |
Hitchcock/Red
Willow F4 1 NW Stratton - 5 NE McCook Damage path up to 1.5 miles wide near the small town of Culbertson (Hitchcock Co.); this was a very violent tornado (approaching if not actually attaining F5 intensity from NE Hitchcock Co. into NW Red Willow Co. according to a storm chaser damage survey by Dean Cosgrove) |
28 | 1500y | 1 | 0 |
| 6/1/90 800pm CDT |
Custer
F3 12 SW Broken Bow - 9 NE Sargent |
25 | 300y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/1/90 630pm MDT |
Chase
F3* 7 SW Imperial - 15 NE Imperial |
15 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 3/13/90 745pm CST |
Thayer
F3 N.Chester - 5 E Hebron (Chester) |
13 | 100y | 7 | 0 |
| 3/13/90 745pm CST |
Merrick/Nance
F3 2 NW Palmer - 5 SW Belgrade |
13 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 3/13/90 623pm CST |
Hall/Howard/Merrick
F3 1 N Alda - 3 SE Palmer |
25 | 200y | 0 | 0/0 |
| 3/13/90 505pm CST |
Webster/Nuckolls/Clay/Fillmore/York/ Seward/Butler/Colfax F4 3 S Red Cloud - 3 E Schuyler (Lawrence and Sutton) Likely a family of strong/violent tornadoes, but the official NWS documentation has this as a single long-tracked violent tornado track across 8 Nebraska counties; this is the longest tornado damage track on record for the state of Nebraska |
124 | 400y | 9 | 0 |
| 3/13/90 500pm CST |
Kearney/Buffalo/Hall
F3 3 NW Minden - 2 S Cairo |
36 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/25/89 820pm CDT |
Lincoln
F3 1 N North Platte - 6 N North Platte |
7 | 600y | 2 | 0 |
| 9/18/86 815pm CDT |
Nuckolls
F3 7 W Republic KS - 1 NE Hardy (Hardy) Moved into Nebraska from Republic Co. KS |
1 (9) |
500y | 7 | 0 |
| 7/28/86 630pm CDT |
Dixon/Dakota
F4 6 NW Newcastle - 3 SE Sloan IA Moved into Woodbury Co. IA |
33 (45) |
100y | 1 | 0 |
| 5/27/85 408pm MDT |
Scotts
Bluff/Banner/Cheyenne F3 10 S Scottsbluff - 5 NW Sidney |
48 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/10/85 930pm CDT |
Buffalo
F3 5 NE Kearney - 7 N Shelton |
17 | 500y | 2 | 0 |
| 5/10/85 700pm CDT |
Franklin/Webster
F4 3 SW Agra KS - 2 N Blue Hill Moved into Nebraska from Smith Co. KS |
30 (56) |
400y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/20/85 610pm CST |
Knox
F3 2 SW Verdigre - 7 W-SW South Yankton |
35 | 400y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/12/84 720pm CDT |
Cass
F3* 2 W Avoca -6 N Nehawka |
11 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/12/84 703pm CDT |
Lancaster
F3* 3 S Raymond - Near Waverly |
20 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/12/84 557pm CDT |
Thayer
F3 3 S Davenport - 2 S Bruning |
13 | 200y | 5 | 0 |
| 6/11/84 920pm CDT |
Hall/Howard
F3 2 SE Cairo - 1 NE St. Libory (St. Libory) |
14 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/25/84 722pm CDT |
Howard
F3 1 SW St. Paul - 6 N-NE St. Paul (St. Paul) |
8 | 400y | 18 | 0 |
| 8/24/81 930pm CDT |
Logan
F3
12 E Stapleton - 13 E Stapleton |
1 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/3/80 1100pm CDT |
Hall/Hamilton
F3
3 S Grand Island - 1 S Phillips |
7 | 1200y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/3/80 1025pm CDT |
Hall
F3 2 SE Grand Island - 6 SE Grand Island |
6 | 600y | 18 | 0 |
| 6/3/80 1016pm CDT |
Hall
F4 SE Grand Island - 2 E Grand Island (SE/E Grand Island) Violent tornado moved northwest...north along Locust St. ..and then east along Bismark Rd. causing severe damage over a large section of SE/E Grand Island |
6 | 1000y | 110 | 4 |
| 6/3/80 905pm CDT |
Hall
F3 N. Grand Island (Severe damage within northern city limits of Grand Island) |
4 | 500y | 40 | 0 |
| 6/3/80 845pm CDT |
Hall
F3 4 N Ovina - 4 NW Grand Island |
7 | 700y | 25 | 1 |
| 6/25/78 230pm MDT |
Sheridan
F3* 6 NW Gordon - N. Gordon (Gordon) |
10 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/7/78 945pm CST |
Hamilton/Polk
F3* 5 E-SE Grand Island - 3 NE Polk |
20 | 70y | 1 | 0 |
| 7/10/77 600pm MDT |
Cherry
F3 5 E Merriman - 9 S Harrington SD Moved into Bennett Co. SD |
16 (20) |
400y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/14/77 640pm MDT |
Scotts
Bluff F3 4 SE Minatare - 2 E McGrew |
4 | 70y | 0 | 0 |
| 5/4/77 420pm CDT |
Colfax
F3 8 S Clarkson - 1 S Clarkson |
7 | 200y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/14/76 505pm CST |
Thayer
F3 1 SE Mankato - 4 NE Chester Moved into Nebraska from Republic Co. KS |
4 (40) |
200y | 1 | 0 |
| 6/18/75 915pm CDT |
Custer/Logan
F4 2 SW Arnold - 3 N Logan |
15 | 800y | 2 | 1 |
| 6/18/75 845pm CDT |
Dawson/Custer/Lincoln/Logan
F3 7 N Gothenburg - 9 W Arnold Second widest tornado in Nebraska recorded history...damage path was up to 2 miles wide west of Arnold...this tornado remained over rural areas of WC Nebraska as it moved north-northwest |
29 | 1500y | 2 | 0 |
| 6/18/75 850pm CDT |
Dawson/Lincoln
F3 2 NW Gothenburg - 4 NE Brady |
10 | 400y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/18/75 815pm CDT |
Dawson/Lincoln/Custer
F3 3 SW Gothenburg - 10 NE Brady |
21 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/18/75 730pm CDT |
Frontier/Lincoln
F3 2 W Farnham - 4 NW Gothenburg |
17 | 400y | 0 | 0 |
| 6/18/75 700pm CDT |
Frontier
F3 3 SW Stockville - 2 W Moorefield |
14 | 400y | 1 | 0 |
| 5/6/75 433pm CDT |
Sarpy/Douglas
F4 4 S Ralston - N. Omaha (W/N Omaha) The sixth costliest tornado disaster on record for the U.S.; severe tornado damage across the western sections of the city of Omaha |
10 | 500y | 133 | 3 |
| 5/6/75 245pm CDT |
Stanton/Wayne
F3 2 SE Stanton - 2 NE Carroll |
25 | 100y | 1 | 0 |
| 5/6/75 205pm CDT |
Pierce/Cedar
F4 3 E Pierce - 6 N Magnet (Magnet) |
19 | 300y | 1 | 0 |
| 4/26/74 900pm CST |
Custer
F3 2 S Mason City - 5 W-NW Litchfield |
6 | 200y | 4 | 0 |
| 4/24/74 455pm CST |
Dawson
F3 Damage path info n/a |
20 | 300y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/24/74 422pm CST |
Dawson
F3 Damage path info n/a |
27 | 800y | 0 | 0 |
| 4/24/74 405pm CST |
Custer/Sherman/Valley
F3 11 N Miller - 3 W Ord (Arcadia) |
30 | 200y | 3 | 0 |
| 4/24/74 350pm CST |
Dawson
F3 Damage path info n/a |
15 | 800y | 3 | 0 |
| 4/24/74 300pm CST |
Dawson
F3 Damage path info n/a |
22 | 800y | 3 | 0 |
| 9/25/73 420pm CDT |
Gage
F4 Bennington KS - 7 NE Beatrice Moved into Nebraska from Washington Co. KS |
28 (100) |
200y | 8 | 0 |
| 7/27/72 728pm CDT |
Lincoln
F3 Damage path info n/a |
2 | 100y | 0 | 0 |
| Year | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total | Strong/Violent Tornado Dates |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | April 20 |
| 2006 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 2005 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 2004 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | May 22 |
| 2003 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | June 9, June 22, June 23 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 2001 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | June 13, September 22, October 9 |
| 2000 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | May 17, October 31 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | June 3 |
| 1998 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | June 23 |
| 1997 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1996 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | May 8, June 19 |
| 1995 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | May 21 |
| 1994 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | June 4 |
| 1993 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | May 5, May 7, June 6, July 24, July 26 |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | June 15 |
| 1991 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | April 26, May 3, May 29, June 9 |
| 1990 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | March 13, June 1, June 15 |
| 1989 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | June 25 |
| 1988 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1987 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1986 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | July 28, September 18 |
| 1985 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | April 20, May 10, May 27 |
| 1984 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | April 25, June 11, June 12 |
| 1983 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1982 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1981 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | August 24 |
| 1980 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | June 3 |
| 1979 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1978 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | April 7, June 25 |
| 1977 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | May 4, June 14, July 10 |
| 1976 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | April 14 |
| 1975 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 9 | May 6, June 18 |
| 1974 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | April 24, April 26 |
| 1973 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | September 25 |
| 1972 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | July 27 |
| 1971 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| 1970 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | None |
| Total | 69 | 12 | 0 | 81 | Nebraska Strong/Violent Tornadoes 1970-2007 |
| Nebraska 1970-2007 | County Seat | F3 | F4 | F5 | Total |
| Dawson Co. (C) | Lexington | 11 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| Hall Co. (C) | Grand Island | 7 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Lincoln Co. (W) | North Platte | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| Custer Co. (C) | Broken Bow | 6 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Buffalo Co. (C) | Kearney | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Seward Co. (E) | Seward | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Gage Co. (E) | Beatrice | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Colfax Co. (E) | Schuyler | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Hamilton Co. (C) | Aurora | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Thayer Co. (C) | Hebron | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Howard Co. (C) | St.Paul | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Scotts Bluff Co. (W) | Gering | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Webster Co. (C) | Red Cloud | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| Clay Co. (C) | Clay Center | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Saline Co. (E) | Wilber | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Logan Co. (W) | Stapleton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Polk Co. (C) | Osceola | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Sheridan Co. (W) | Rushville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Frontier Co. (W) | Stockville | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Nebraska Towns/Cities
Impacted by
Strong/Violent Tornadoes 1970-2007
| Nebraska Town/City/Community | County | Intensity | Fatalities | Date |
| Hallam | Lancaster | F4 | 1 | 5/22/04 |
| Wilber | Saline | F4 | 0 | 5/22/04 |
| Coleridge | Cedar | F4 | 0 | 6/23/03 |
| Deshler | Thayer | F3 | 1 | 6/22/03 |
| Oconto | Custer | F3 | 0 | 10/31/00 |
| Beatrice | Gage | F3 | 0 | 5/8/96 |
| Scottsbluff (N) | Scotts Bluff | F3 | 0 | 7/26/93 |
| DeWitt | Saline | F3 | 0 | 7/24/93 |
| Amherst | Buffalo | F3 | 0 | 6/6/93 |
| Ravenna | Buffalo | F3 | 0 | 6/6/93 |
| Ayr | Adams | F3 | 0 | 5/7/93 |
| Pauline | Adams | F3 | 0 | 5/7/93 |
| Hay Springs | Sheridan | F3 | 0 | 5/5/93 |
| Minatare | Scotts Bluff | F3 | 0 | 6/9/91 |
| Grant | Perkins | F3 | 0 | 5/3/91 |
| Lanham | Gage | F3 | 0 | 4/26/91 |
| Chester | Thayer | F3 | 0 | 3/13/90 |
| Sutton | Clay | F4 | 0 | 3/13/90 |
| Lawrence | Nuckolls | F4 | 0 | 3/13/90 |
| Hardy | Nuckolls | F3 | 0 | 9/18/86 |
| St.Libory | Howard | F3 | 0 | 6/11/84 |
| St.Paul | Howard | F3 | 0 | 4/25/84 |
| Grand Island (SE-E) | Hall | F4 | 4 | 6/3/80 |
| Grand Island (N) | Hall | F3 | 0 | 6/3/80 |
| Gordon | Sheridan | F3 | 0 | 6/25/78 |