NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit La Vista, NE
Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of La Vista, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 133 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 12 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 133
- EF3 or stronger
- 12
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
9 deaths in all
What the records show for La Vista
The highest rating among the 133 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on April 26, 2024, came within 13 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1975, killed 3 people. Of the 133, 11 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 72 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 37. The most recent tornado was on April 17, 2025. La Vista has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 63% of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 497 times since 1956, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). La Vista has more hail reports within 10 miles than 97% of the 91 Nebraska cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of La Vista
By decade
- 2020s25(5 EF3+)
- 2010s21
- 2000s26
- 1990s19
- 1980s12(1 EF3+)
- 1970s12(2 EF3+)
- 1960s4(1 EF3+)
- 1950s14(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1975 | F4 | in town | 8 mi | 3 / 133 |
| Apr 25, 1957 | F4 | in town | 89.8 mi | 1 / 8 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF4 | 13 mi | 31.89 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F4 | 18 mi | 26.7 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Aug 28, 1979 | F3 | 23 mi | 38.3 mi | 2 / 14 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 24 mi | 40.27 mi | 1 / 3 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | EF3 | 14 mi | 8.12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 17 mi | 13.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 10 mi | 19.06 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 15, 1988 | F3 | 11 mi | 2.8 mi | 0 / 34 |
| Aug 18, 1968 | F3 | 7 mi | 21.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F3 | 18 mi | 44.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
The strongest 12 of 133, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in La Vista
The Storm Prediction Center has 497 hail reports within 10 miles of La Vista since 1956, made on 236 separate days. Of these, 341 were 1 inch across or larger, and 49 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), was reported on 2 days, most recently June 25, 2024. The most recent report is from April 24, 2025. June has the most reports, 167.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in La Vista
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Gretna 4NE, NE, 7 miles west of La Vista at 1,240 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 66°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 14°F. June is the wettest at 5.4 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 33.3 inches over 59 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 26 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 136 nights a year. Snowfall averages 36.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 33.3 inches is more than at 63 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (93%). Omaha, 5 miles north, has its own station (Omaha Eppley Airfield, NE): 32.1 inches a year, 1.2 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32 | 14 | 0.9 | 3 | 8.6 |
| Feb | 37 | 18 | 1.2 | 3 | 10.9 |
| Mar | 50 | 28 | 1.9 | 5 | 5.4 |
| Apr | 62 | 39 | 3.3 | 7 | 1.0 |
| May | 72 | 51 | 5.0 | 8 | 0.2 |
| Jun | 83 | 62 | 5.4 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 66 | 3.5 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 84 | 64 | 3.8 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 54 | 2.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 64 | 42 | 2.6 | 5 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 49 | 29 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 37 | 19 | 1.4 | 3 | 7.8 |
| Year | 61 | 40 | 33.3 | 59 | 36.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Gretna 4NE, NE (1,240 ft), from NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals. Normals describe the station; the farther a place is from it, and the bigger the difference in height, the more its weather can differ.
Floods, thunderstorm wind and lightning near La Vista
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 380 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of La Vista: 290 thunderstorm wind reports, 49 flash floods, 29 floods, 7 lightning strikes and 5 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 0, and the NWS estimated $425.0 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 104 mph, on June 16, 2017. August has had the most flash floods, 24 of 49. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 87 have had fewer than La Vista.
June 20, 2014: flash flood 2 miles from the centre of La Vista — 1 killed.
NWS: “Significant flash flooding occurred in central and eastern Sarpy County due to heavy rainfall. Slow moving thunderstorms deposited over 7 inches of rainfall during the evening and early morning hours of June 20th into the 21st.”
March 15, 2019: flood 8 miles from the centre of La Vista — $420.0 million damage.
July 5, 2003: thunderstorm wind 6 miles from the centre of La Vista — $2.0 million damage.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, events whose starting point is on record, 1996 to June 30, 2026. Damage is the NWS estimate in the dollars of the year, not insured losses, and NWS notes that some reports are unverified.
Flood insurance claims, disaster declarations and FEMA risk ratings
Flood insurance policyholders in La Vista's ZIP code 68128 have filed 30 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $196,000 for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The year with the most claims was 1984, with 18. 10% of the claims carry the name of a storm or flood event; the rest have no event name. Of the 41 Nebraska cities on this site with 10 or more claims, 15 have fewer than La Vista.
Sarpy County, which includes La Vista, has been named in 25 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 22 of them major disasters (by incident: 12 severe storms, 8 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 hurricane). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds, on May 21, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Sarpy County a Relatively Moderate rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively High for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively Moderate for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $80.3 million a year, the 3rd highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $29.3 million (37%), is from tornadoes.
Claims: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset FIMA NFIP Redacted Claims – v3, summed over ZIP codes; payments in the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. Declarations: Disaster Declarations Summaries – v2, by county. Retrieved October 25, 2026. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's OpenFEMA API, but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
Risk ratings: FEMA, National Risk Index county table, December 2025 (v1.20), retrieved October 26, 2026; ratings compare counties nationwide, are meant for planning and are no substitute for a local risk assessment. This product uses the Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index dataset API or downloadable datasets but is not endorsed by FEMA. The Federal Government or FEMA cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from the Agency's website(s).
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