NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Nebraska Hurricane and Tornado History
Every city, with the storms and tornadoes that came near it.
Data: NOAA NHC HURDAT2 and NOAA SPC tornado and hail reports, through 2025 · Updated
Nebraska has 3,203 tornadoes on record since 1950, 131 of them EF3 or stronger, with 56 deaths. No hurricane has passed within 75 miles of any city in the state; the most tornado-prone is Grand Island (227).
- Cities
- 91
- Tornadoes in state
- 3,203
- EF3 or stronger
- 131
- Tornado deaths
- 56
since 1950
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Nebraska cities
| City | Hurricanes | Tropical storms | Tornadoes | EF3+ | Last storm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Omaha | 0 | 0 | 133 | 11 | — |
| Lincoln | 0 | 0 | 141 | 14 | — |
| Bellevue | 0 | 0 | 130 | 12 | — |
| Grand Island | 0 | 0 | 227 | 20 | — |
| Papillion | 0 | 0 | 133 | 12 | — |
| Kearney | 0 | 0 | 155 | 10 | — |
| Elkhorn | 0 | 0 | 136 | 9 | — |
| Fremont | 0 | 0 | 118 | 5 | — |
| Norfolk | 0 | 0 | 122 | 12 | — |
| Columbus | 0 | 0 | 124 | 9 | — |
| North Platte | 0 | 0 | 97 | 6 | — |
| Hastings | 0 | 0 | 209 | 17 | — |
| La Vista | 0 | 0 | 133 | 12 | — |
| Bennington | 0 | 0 | 126 | 11 | — |
| Gretna | 0 | 0 | 146 | 11 | — |
| Scottsbluff | 0 | 0 | 117 | 4 | — |
| South Sioux City | 0 | 0 | 112 | 8 | — |
| Beatrice | 0 | 0 | 113 | 6 | — |
| Plattsmouth | 0 | 0 | 136 | 10 | — |
| Blair | 0 | 0 | 121 | 12 | — |
| Lexington | 0 | 0 | 102 | 6 | — |
| Gering | 0 | 0 | 119 | 4 | — |
| York | 0 | 0 | 174 | 18 | — |
| Alliance | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | — |
| Crete | 0 | 0 | 124 | 15 | — |
| Mc Cook | 0 | 0 | 90 | 2 | — |
| Seward | 0 | 0 | 130 | 13 | — |
| Nebraska City | 0 | 0 | 128 | 6 | — |
| Schuyler | 0 | 0 | 129 | 6 | — |
| Sidney | 0 | 0 | 101 | 3 | — |
| Wayne | 0 | 0 | 100 | 14 | — |
| Holdrege | 0 | 0 | 133 | 5 | — |
| Chadron | 0 | 0 | 49 | 2 | — |
| Ogallala | 0 | 0 | 103 | 1 | — |
| Wahoo | 0 | 0 | 123 | 6 | — |
| Aurora | 0 | 0 | 202 | 15 | — |
| Cozad | 0 | 0 | 88 | 8 | — |
| Ashland | 0 | 0 | 134 | 8 | — |
| Fairbury | 0 | 0 | 133 | 14 | — |
| Falls City | 0 | 0 | 102 | 5 | — |
| Waverly | 0 | 0 | 137 | 10 | — |
| Broken Bow | 0 | 0 | 88 | 8 | — |
| Oneill | 0 | 0 | 79 | 4 | — |
| West Point | 0 | 0 | 109 | 8 | — |
| Auburn | 0 | 0 | 103 | 1 | — |
| Gothenburg | 0 | 0 | 93 | 7 | — |
| Hickman | 0 | 0 | 137 | 11 | — |
| Valentine | 0 | 0 | 42 | 2 | — |
| Central City | 0 | 0 | 183 | 18 | — |
| Minden | 0 | 0 | 164 | 6 | — |
| Valley | 0 | 0 | 125 | 9 | — |
| David City | 0 | 0 | 119 | 9 | — |
| Saint Paul | 0 | 0 | 153 | 15 | — |
| Dakota City | 0 | 0 | 109 | 9 | — |
| Mitchell | 0 | 0 | 114 | 4 | — |
| Milford | 0 | 0 | 115 | 13 | — |
| Pierce | 0 | 0 | 102 | 12 | — |
| Springfield | 0 | 0 | 144 | 13 | — |
| Tecumseh | 0 | 0 | 103 | 5 | — |
| Waterloo | 0 | 0 | 137 | 9 | — |
| Ord | 0 | 0 | 100 | 11 | — |
| Albion | 0 | 0 | 96 | 7 | — |
| Syracuse | 0 | 0 | 138 | 6 | — |
| Hartington | 0 | 0 | 100 | 8 | — |
| Yutan | 0 | 0 | 132 | 8 | — |
| Fort Calhoun | 0 | 0 | 128 | 15 | — |
| Madison | 0 | 0 | 127 | 9 | — |
| Wilber | 0 | 0 | 112 | 15 | — |
| Imperial | 0 | 0 | 86 | 3 | — |
| Gibbon | 0 | 0 | 176 | 14 | — |
| Kimball | 0 | 0 | 121 | 2 | — |
| Wood River | 0 | 0 | 216 | 17 | — |
| Gordon | 0 | 0 | 49 | 1 | — |
| Louisville | 0 | 0 | 163 | 13 | — |
| Atkinson | 0 | 0 | 67 | 3 | — |
| Geneva | 0 | 0 | 150 | 15 | — |
| Arlington | 0 | 0 | 121 | 6 | — |
| Stanton | 0 | 0 | 125 | 11 | — |
| Superior | 0 | 0 | 147 | 11 | — |
| Bayard | 0 | 0 | 117 | 4 | — |
| Minatare | 0 | 0 | 111 | 4 | — |
| Juniata | 0 | 0 | 196 | 16 | — |
| Tekamah | 0 | 0 | 93 | 8 | — |
| Ceresco | 0 | 0 | 135 | 7 | — |
| Eagle | 0 | 0 | 135 | 7 | — |
| Oakland | 0 | 0 | 102 | 4 | — |
| Ravenna | 0 | 0 | 163 | 17 | — |
| Crofton | 0 | 0 | 103 | 13 | — |
| Burwell | 0 | 0 | 89 | 10 | — |
| Doniphan | 0 | 0 | 218 | 17 | — |
| Ainsworth | 0 | 0 | 57 | 3 | — |
Hail in Nebraska
Tornado season brings hail too. Radar-estimated hail days for Nebraska since 2019, with sizes and a map of each storm's swath.