NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Plattsmouth, 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 Plattsmouth, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 136 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 10 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 136
- EF3 or stronger
- 10
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
8 deaths in all
What the records show for Plattsmouth
The highest rating among the 136 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on May 6, 1975, came within 14 miles. Of the 136, 5 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 73 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 37. The most recent tornado was on April 17, 2025. Plattsmouth has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 72% of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 211 times since 1957, with stones up to 3 inches (tea cup size). Plattsmouth has more hail reports within 10 miles than 75% of the 91 Nebraska cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Plattsmouth
By decade
- 2020s24(2 EF3+)
- 2010s20
- 2000s29
- 1990s20(1 EF3+)
- 1980s14(1 EF3+)
- 1970s12(2 EF3+)
- 1960s3(2 EF3+)
- 1950s14(2 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1975 | F4 | 14 mi | 8 mi | 3 / 133 |
| Apr 25, 1957 | F4 | 14 mi | 89.8 mi | 1 / 8 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F4 | 17 mi | 26.7 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Aug 28, 1979 | F3 | 9 mi | 38.3 mi | 2 / 14 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 16 mi | 13.31 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 18 mi | 19.06 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 1991 | F3 | 24 mi | 14 mi | 0 / 2 |
| Jul 15, 1988 | F3 | 19 mi | 2.8 mi | 0 / 34 |
| Aug 18, 1968 | F3 | 17 mi | 21.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 22, 1964 | F3 | 24 mi | 8 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 7, 1988 | F2 | 18 mi | 16.2 mi | 2 / 1 |
| Dec 15, 2021 | EF2 | 23 mi | 2.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 136, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Plattsmouth
The Storm Prediction Center has 211 hail reports within 10 miles of Plattsmouth since 1957, made on 150 separate days. Of these, 131 were 1 inch across or larger, and 11 reached 2 inches. The largest, 3 inches (tea cup size), fell on May 4, 2003. The most recent report is from April 17, 2025. April has the most reports, 52.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Plattsmouth
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Glenwood 3SW, IA, 8 miles east of Plattsmouth at 980 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 65°F; January is the coolest, at 33°F and 12°F. June is the wettest at 6.0 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.7 inches; the year adds up to 34.8 inches over 59 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 34 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 146 nights a year. Snowfall averages 23.7 inches a year, most of it in January. That 34.8 inches is more than at 67 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (99%). Bellevue, 10 miles north, has its own station (Omaha Eppley Airfield, NE): 32.1 inches a year, 2.7 less than here, and a July average high of 88°F against 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 12 | 0.7 | 2 | 8.2 |
| Feb | 38 | 16 | 1.0 | 3 | 7.0 |
| Mar | 52 | 28 | 2.0 | 4 | 3.4 |
| Apr | 64 | 38 | 3.7 | 7 | 0.4 |
| May | 74 | 50 | 5.2 | 9 | 0.0 |
| Jun | 83 | 61 | 6.0 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 65 | 4.3 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 85 | 62 | 3.8 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 79 | 53 | 3.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 67 | 40 | 2.3 | 4 | 0.0 |
| Nov | 51 | 28 | 1.3 | 3 | 1.3 |
| Dec | 38 | 18 | 1.2 | 3 | 3.4 |
| Year | 63 | 39 | 34.8 | 59 | 23.7 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Glenwood 3SW, IA (980 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 Plattsmouth
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 230 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Plattsmouth: 158 thunderstorm wind reports, 53 floods, 10 flash floods, 8 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 3, and the NWS estimated $575.9 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 86 mph, on June 16, 2017. August has had the most flash floods, 4 of 10. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 58 have had fewer than Plattsmouth.
June 16, 2017: thunderstorm wind 2 miles from the centre of Plattsmouth — 3 injured.
NWS: “Substantial wind damage was reported in Plattsmouth. Trees down on most roads.”
March 15, 2019: flood 8 miles from the centre of Plattsmouth — $420.0 million damage.
April 1, 2019: flood 6 miles from the centre of Plattsmouth — $100.0 million damage.
NWS: “Flooding continued on the Missouri River due to snow melt in the Dakotas and over the Northern Rockies, a few episodes of rain, and increased discharges from dams on the Missouri River over the Dakotas. In addition flooding continued due to levee breaks on the river.”
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 Plattsmouth's ZIP code 68048 have filed 93 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $4.7 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from March 2019 Midwest Flooding in 2019: 45 claims (48% of all) and $3.8 million, then Midwest Flooding in 1993 with 14 and Late spring storms in 2011 with 10. 74% 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, 29 have fewer than Plattsmouth.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| March 2019 Midwest Flooding2019 | 45 | $3.8 million |
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 14 | $181,000 |
| Late spring storms2011 | 10 | $541,000 |
Cass County, which includes Plattsmouth, has been named in 27 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 23 of them major disasters (by incident: 13 severe storms, 8 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 1 fire). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds, on May 21, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Cass County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail; Relatively Low for tornadoes, inland flooding, strong wind and heat waves; Very Low for lightning. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $15.4 million a year, the 19th highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.6 million (43%), is from inland flooding.
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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