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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Nebraska Hurricane and Tornado History

Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.

Nebraska has 3,155 tornadoes on record since 1950, 130 of them EF3 or stronger, with 60 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Grand Island (224).

Cities
91
Tornadoes in state
3,155

since 1950

EF3 or stronger
130
Tornado deaths
60
Nebraska cities by storm history
CityHurricanesTropical stormsTornadoesEF3+Last storm
Omaha0013110
Lincoln0013814
Bellevue0012711
Grand Island0022420
Papillion0012911
Kearney0015410
Elkhorn001348
Fremont001164
Norfolk0012212
Columbus001249
North Platte00956
Hastings0020817
La Vista0013011
Bennington0012510
Gretna0014310
Scottsbluff001164
South Sioux City001138
Beatrice001126
Plattsmouth0013110
Blair0011911
Lexington001026
Gering001194
York0017418
Alliance00501
Crete0012315
Mc Cook00902
Seward0013013
Nebraska City001246
Schuyler001286
Sidney00973
Wayne0010014
Holdrege001335
Chadron00492
Ogallala001031
Wahoo001216
Aurora0020115
Cozad00888
Ashland001318
Fairbury0013314
Falls City00995
Waverly0013210
Broken Bow00888
Oneill00794
West Point001098
Auburn001001
Gothenburg00937
Hickman0013411
Valentine00382
Central City0018218
Minden001636
Valley001248
David City001189
Saint Paul0015115
Dakota City001109
Mitchell001154
Milford0011613
Pierce0010212
Springfield0014012
Tecumseh001015
Waterloo001358
Ord009811
Albion00967
Syracuse001336
Hartington00988
Yutan001307
Fort Calhoun0012614
Madison001279
Wilber0011115
Imperial00863
Gibbon0017514
Kimball001162
Wood River0021517
Gordon00491
Louisville0015913
Atkinson00673
Geneva0014915
Arlington001205
Stanton0012511
Superior0014711
Bayard001164
Minatare001104
Juniata0019516
Tekamah00928
Ceresco001317
Eagle001307
Oakland001014
Ravenna0016117
Crofton0010213
Burwell008810
Doniphan0021717
Ainsworth00543