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Tornadoes in Nebraska

Nebraska has recorded 3,203 tornadoes from 1950 through 2025, about 50.5 per year over the last 30 years. They killed 56 people and injured 1,220. June is the most active month.

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Tornadoes per year

96: 60966097: 31973198: 65986599: 1029910200: 60006001: 62016202: 27022703: 81038104: 1110411105: 40054006: 21062107: 47074708: 58085809: 38093810: 38103811: 55115512: 43124313: 50135014: 63146315: 23152316: 45164517: 32173218: 31183119: 34193420: 22202221: 44214422: 26222623: 63236324: 99249925: 432543
Nebraska tornadoes per year, 1996–2025
50s: 29750s29760s: 29060s29070s: 37970s37980s: 34680s34690s: 63590s63500s: 54500s54510s: 41410s41420s: 29720s297
Tornadoes per decade (the 2020s are partial)

When tornadoes happen in Nebraska

Jan: 6Jan6Feb: 2Feb2Mar: 67Mar67Apr: 299Apr299May: 951May951Jun: 1,066Jun1,066Jul: 418Jul418Aug: 198Aug198Sep: 62Sep62Oct: 95Oct95Nov: 6Nov6Dec: 33Dec33
Tornadoes by month, 1950–2025
EF0: 1,661EF01,661EF1: 963EF1963EF2: 332EF2332EF3: 98EF398EF4: 32EF432EF5: 1EF51
Tornadoes by (E)F rating

Ratings before February 2007 use the original Fujita (F) scale; later tornadoes use the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale. How the EF scale works.

Deadliest tornadoes in Nebraska

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
June 7, 1953F4Sherman County15 mi440 yd110
May 30, 1954F4Platte County29.9 mi400 yd623
May 9, 1953F3Thayer County46.9 mi880 yd582
May 5, 1964F5Adams County79.7 mi880 yd450
May 8, 1965F4Hall County125.7 mi10 yd453
May 6, 1975F4Sarpy County8 mi267 yd3133
June 3, 1980F4Hall County1.1 mi1,700 yd3110
June 27, 1955F4Scotts Bluff County26 mi10 yd229
May 7, 1988F2Saunders County16.2 mi73 yd21
April 25, 1957F4Fillmore County89.8 mi333 yd18

Strongest tornadoes in Nebraska

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
May 5, 1964F5Adams County79.7 mi880 yd450
June 7, 1953F4Sherman County15 mi440 yd110
May 30, 1954F4Platte County29.9 mi400 yd623
May 8, 1965F4Hall County125.7 mi10 yd453
May 6, 1975F4Sarpy County8 mi267 yd3133
June 3, 1980F4Hall County1.1 mi1,700 yd3110
June 27, 1955F4Scotts Bluff County26 mi10 yd229
April 25, 1957F4Fillmore County89.8 mi333 yd18
May 22, 2004F4Jefferson County54 mi4,400 yd138
June 16, 2014EF4Stanton County23.9 mi500 yd120

Most recent tornadoes

DateRatingCountyPath lengthWidthDeathsInjuries
August 10, 2025EF0Otoe County2.4 mi10 yd00
August 3, 2025?McPherson County0 mi10 yd00
July 27, 2025?Cherry County0 mi10 yd00
July 23, 2025?Custer County0 mi10 yd00
July 23, 2025?Custer County0 mi10 yd00
July 20, 2025?Cherry County0 mi10 yd00
July 18, 2025?Brown County0 mi10 yd00
July 18, 2025?Brown County0 mi10 yd00
July 18, 2025?Brown County0 mi10 yd00
July 15, 2025EF0Cherry County0.8 mi20 yd00

Counties with the most tornadoes

CountyTornadoes since 1950Per 1,000 sq mi
Custer County111111646601.9
Lincoln County110111115444.6
Cherry County10545629194.6
Buffalo County89238130165.3
Holt County8186977611.9
Hall County79374058500.9
Cheyenne County73158085284.3
Scotts Bluff County69241500000
Hamilton County67320166051.7
Sheridan County6670057377
Kimball County61165955882.4
Thayer County61275243902.4
Adams County59271420959.1
Dawson County59150700197.2
Lancaster County58179260143.2
Gage County55167391304.3
Morrill County55100035112.4
Keith County55134133710
Clay County53239982517.5
Howard County50227592267.1

About this data

Tornado records come from the NOAA Storm Prediction Center database of confirmed tornadoes, 1950–2025. Tornadoes that crossed state lines are counted in the state where they began. Counts in the early decades are lower partly because many weak tornadoes went unreported before Doppler radar and storm spotter networks.