Nebraska tornado history

3,204 tornadoes in Nebraska from 1950 to 2025, killing 59 people. Choose a county to see every track on a map.

Custer County110 Lincoln County110 Cherry County105 Buffalo County89 Holt County80 Hall County79 Cheyenne County71 Scotts Bluff County67 Thayer County67 Sheridan County66 Hamilton County65 Kimball County60 Adams County59 Dawson County59 Gage County59 Lancaster County57 Keith County55 Morrill County54 Clay County53 Cass County52 Howard County50 York County48 Madison County47 Nuckolls County47 Saunders County47 Knox County46 Fillmore County44 Box Butte County43 Perkins County41 Red Willow County40 Dawes County39 Phelps County39 Seward County39 Brown County38 Polk County38 Webster County38 Butler County37 Frontier County37 Platte County37 Stanton County37 Antelope County36 Dundy County36 Kearney County35 Sherman County35 Valley County35 Cuming County34 Colfax County33 Dodge County33 Hitchcock County33 Otoe County33 Cedar County32 Franklin County32 Chase County31 Deuel County31 Merrick County31 Saline County31 Banner County30 Boone County30 Furnas County30 Jefferson County30 Pierce County29 Sioux County28 Dixon County27 Garden County27 Greeley County26 Harlan County26 Washington County25 Douglas County24 Nance County24 Richardson County24 Burt County23 Wayne County23 Johnson County22 Nemaha County22 Pawnee County22 Loup County21 Hayes County20 Wheeler County19 Gosper County18 Logan County18 Garfield County17 Rock County17 Grant County16 Hooker County16 Thurston County16 Keya Paha County15 McPherson County15 Sarpy County15 Thomas County12 Blaine County11 Boyd County10 Arthur County9 Dakota County9

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Deadliest tornadoes in Nebraska

Date	Rating	Path	Width	Injured	Killed
Jun 7, 1953	F4	15 mi	440 yd	0	11
May 30, 1954	F4	29.9 mi	400 yd	23	6
May 9, 1953	F3	46.9 mi	880 yd	82	5
May 5, 1964	F5	79.7 mi	880 yd	50	4
May 8, 1965	F4	125.7 mi	10 yd	53	4
May 6, 1975	F4	8 mi	267 yd	133	3
Sep 25, 1973	F3	169.7 mi	100 yd	42	3
Jun 3, 1980	F4	1.1 mi	1,700 yd	110	3
May 7, 1988	F2	16.2 mi	73 yd	1	2
Jun 27, 1955	F4	26 mi	10 yd	29	2