Nebraska tornado and storm history
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Nebraska between 1950 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see the storms that came closest to it.
3,400
Tornado reports
64,003
Storm events
182
Deaths, all storms
Every tornado track in Nebraska
3,377 county track segments since 1950, coloured by rating. Zoom in and each path widens to its surveyed width. Tap one for the storm.
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Tornadoes by decade in Nebraska
All tornado reports against only the strong ones (F2 and above). Averages are per year over the years the federal record covers completely — 1952, 1976 and 1993 are each missing whole months in NOAA’s own files and are left out.
| Decade | All reports | Strong (F2+) | All per year | Strong per year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 308 | 84 | 34 | 9 |
| 1960s | 302 | 96 | 30 | 10 |
| 1970s | 379 | 67 | 42 | 7 |
| 1980s | 377 | 68 | 38 | 7 |
| 1990s | 591 | 77 | 66 | 9 |
| 2000s | 583 | 44 | 58 | 4 |
| 2010s | 445 | 59 | 44 | 6 |
The 2020s are left out because the decade is not finished. Reports are counted per county, so one tornado crossing a county line can appear more than once.
Significant recent events in Nebraska
Events with deaths, several injuries, $1M+ property damage, or tornadoes rated EF3 and up.
Thunderstorm wind gusts between 80 and 90 MPH occurred near Kingsley Dam. Several campers were overturned at Beach Area 5 Campground. Eight minor injuries were reported with none hospitalized. The strong winds led to severe beach erosion between Beach Area 5 and Beach Area 12 Cam…
Delayed report. VFD reports multiple pivots overturned in the area. Significant building damage from apparent straight line winds. Time estimated from radar. Emergency management and print media reports damage to homes, vehicles and severe damage to crops.
Fire initiated shortly after midnight MDT of March 26th approximately 2 miles north of Ashby. Aided by strong northerly winds, the fire raced to the south consuming approximately 34,748 acres in Grant County. Ashby and Hyannis were evacuated the night of the 26th. Four primary st…
Fire initiated during the early afternoon hours of March 12th east of Angora in Morrill County. Aided by 50 MPH west-northwest winds, the fire entered Garden County. By the time the fire was contained on March 28th, approximately 496,565 acres of rangeland was consumed in the fir…
Fire initiated during the early afternoon hours of March 12th east of Angora in Morrill County. Aided by 50 MPH winds, the fire tracked east of Garden County and spread across southwestern Arthur County. By the time the fire was contained on March 28th, approximately 64,590 acres…
Fire initiated during the late afternoon hours of March 12th. Aided by strong west-northwest winds, the fire pushed quickly to the southeast. By the time the fire was contained on March 27th, a total of 106,194 acres was consumed in Lincoln County. The fire led to approximately, …
Dense fog developed during the early morning hours, reducing visibility to near zero across portions of Dodge County. The Dodge County Sheriff's Office reported that these conditions contributed to a two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Highway 30 and County Road 4 west of…
Dense fog reduced visibility to near 0 across portions of Platte County. The Platte County Sheriff's Office and Nebraska State Patrol reported fog was present at a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident along Highway 81 west of Columbus at approximately 6:30 AM CST on December 24th. A n…
A damaging wind event impacted Nemaha County, Nebraska, on the morning of August 10th, 2025, primarily affecting the northwest to north-central portion of the county. The severity of the storm was characterized by a single, significant damage report 4 miles southeast of Julian, w…
A strong line of severe thunderstorms swept across Saline County, Nebraska, on the morning of August 9th, 2025, producing a swath of damaging straight-line winds, particularly impactful across the northern portion of the county. The damage swath extended from the area around Frie…
A damaging wind event tracked across Seward County, Nebraska, on the morning of August 9th, 2025, impacting areas from the southwest to the eastern portion of the county. The storm produced a number of strong, measured wind gusts, with the highest recorded being 82 miles per hour…
A severe thunderstorm moved through the northwest portion of Lancaster County, Nebraska, generating a swath of very strong winds on the morning of August 9th, 2025. The most intense wind report was an estimated gust of 100 mph from an emergency manager in Malcolm at 03:58 CST, wh…
A severe thunderstorm moved across the southeast portion of Saunders County, Nebraska, generating a swath of damaging straight-line winds on the morning of August 9th, 2025. The strongest reported wind was an estimated gust of 95 mph from an emergency manager in Ithaca at 04:40 C…
A highly damaging swath of severe thunderstorm winds moved across Douglas County, Nebraska, predominantly impacting the western and northern parts of the county, including the Omaha metropolitan area on the morning on August 9th, 2025. The storm produced damaging wind gusts, with…
Counties and zones
Each county’s full storm history, with its event count. Some entries are National Weather Service forecast zones rather than civil counties.
Adams (1,053)
Antelope (649)
Arthur (411)
Banner (388)
Blaine (461)
Boone (537)
Box Butte (723)
Boyd (418)
Brown (618)
Brown and Rock (2)
Buffalo (1,053)
Burt (492)
Butler (564)
Cass (781)
Cedar (608)
Chase (756)
Cherry (1,496)
Cheyenne (1,087)
Clay (844)
Colfax (445)
Cuming (512)
Custer (1,526)
Dakota (511)
Dawes (772)
Dawson (994)
Deuel (506)
Dixon (657)
Dodge (834)
Douglas (1,272)
Dundy (774)
Eastern Cherry (174)
Fillmore (664)
Franklin (548)
Frontier (689)
Furnas (807)
Gage (799)
Garden (672)
Garfield (449)
Gosper (496)
Grant (418)
Greeley (455)
Hall (974)
Hamilton (713)
Harlan (542)
Hayes (515)
Hitchcock (771)
Holt (1,061)
Hooker (470)
Howard (621)
Jefferson (711)
Johnson (377)
Kearney (614)
Keith (968)
Keya Paha (412)
Kimball (650)
Knox (776)
Lancaster (1,227)
Lincoln (2,085)
Logan (457)
Loup (385)
Madison (753)
Mcpherson (427)
Merrick (574)
Morrill (609)
Nance (442)
Nemaha (523)
North Sioux (146)
Nuckolls (605)
Otoe (644)
Pawnee (349)
Perkins (662)
Phelps (695)
Pierce (486)
Platte (739)
Polk (524)
Red Willow (845)
Richardson (513)
Rock (517)
Saline (737)
Sarpy (742)
Sarpy and Douglas (1)
Saunders (843)
Scotts Bluff (1,105)
Seward (611)
Sheridan (1,010)
Sherman (539)
Sioux (370)
South Sioux (78)
Stanton (487)
Thayer (802)
Thomas (429)
Thurston (433)
Valley (615)
Washington (562)
Wayne (416)
Webster (569)
Western Cherry (155)
Wheeler (353)
York (730)
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