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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Ravenna, 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 Ravenna, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 161 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 17 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
161

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
17

5 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of Ravenna

By decade

  • 2020s9(1 EF3+)
  • 2010s10(1 EF3+)
  • 2000s24
  • 1990s41(5 EF3+)
  • 1980s19(3 EF3+)
  • 1970s23(2 EF3+)
  • 1960s21(3 EF3+)
  • 1950s14(2 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near Ravenna, Nebraska
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 8, 1965F418 mi125.7 mi4 / 53
May 8, 1965F419 mi78.9 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 1956F412 mi2 mi0 / 0
Apr 26, 2024EF319 mi9.31 mi0 / 0
Jun 20, 2011EF322 mi10 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 1993F324 mi10 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 1993F38 mi50 mi0 / 0
Jun 6, 1993F31 mi60 mi0 / 2
Mar 13, 1990F314 mi32 mi0 / 0
Mar 13, 1990F323 mi27 mi0 / 0
May 10, 1985F311 mi17 mi0 / 2
Jun 11, 1984F316 mi14 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 161, 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 Ravenna 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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