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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Nebraska City, NE

Every tropical system within 75 miles since 1851 and every tornado within 25 miles since 1950.

No tropical storm or hurricane has passed within 75 miles of Nebraska City, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 124 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
124

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
6

3 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Nebraska City

By decade

  • 2020s10
  • 2010s13
  • 2000s30
  • 1990s27(1 EF3+)
  • 1980s10
  • 1970s8(1 EF3+)
  • 1960s13(4 EF3+)
  • 1950s13
Strongest tornadoes near Nebraska City, Nebraska
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
Jun 22, 1964F422 mi11.9 mi0 / 0
Aug 28, 1979F317 mi38.3 mi2 / 14
Apr 28, 1963F315 mi4.9 mi1 / 8
Apr 26, 1991F323 mi14 mi0 / 2
Jul 1, 1965F316 mi12.8 mi0 / 1
Jun 22, 1964F315 mi8 mi0 / 0
Dec 15, 2021EF214 mi3.3 mi0 / 0
Dec 15, 2021EF218 mi2.6 mi0 / 0
Dec 15, 2021EF214 mi3.59 mi0 / 0
Jun 28, 2017EF217 mi3.7 mi0 / 0
May 9, 2016EF213 mi3.27 mi0 / 0
Apr 14, 2012EF27 mi12.23 mi0 / 4

The strongest 12 of 124, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.

How to read this page

A storm is listed when the centre of its track passed within 75 miles of Nebraska City while it was at least a tropical storm, which is the reach of damaging wind and rain for a typical hurricane. Being on the list does not mean the city took a direct hit; the "closest" column says how near the centre came. Tornadoes are counted when any part of the path came within 25 miles.

Tornado records before the 1990s are thinner, because weak tornadoes in open country often went unreported before Doppler radar and mobile phones. A rise in the decade counts is mostly better reporting, not a change in the weather.

Tracks come from the National Hurricane Center's HURDAT2 database, tornadoes from the Storm Prediction Center's database. Both are the official federal records and both are revised as old storms are re-analysed.

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