NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Valley, 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 Valley, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 125 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 9 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 125
- EF3 or stronger
- 9
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
6 deaths in all
What the records show for Valley
The highest rating among the 125 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 4 times; the most recent, on April 26, 2024, came within 5 miles. The deadliest, an F4 on May 6, 1975, killed 3 people. Of the 125, 4 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 56 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 42. The most recent tornado was on April 17, 2025. Valley has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 52% of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 239 times since 1956, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Valley has more hail reports within 10 miles than 80% of the 91 Nebraska cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Valley
By decade
- 2020s18(3 EF3+)
- 2010s17
- 2000s21
- 1990s12
- 1980s11(1 EF3+)
- 1970s15(1 EF3+)
- 1960s9(1 EF3+)
- 1950s22(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1975 | F4 | 17 mi | 8 mi | 3 / 133 |
| Apr 25, 1957 | F4 | 17 mi | 89.8 mi | 1 / 8 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF4 | 5 mi | 31.89 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F4 | 14 mi | 26.7 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | EF3 | 14 mi | 8.12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 23 mi | 19.06 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jul 15, 1988 | F3 | 25 mi | 2.8 mi | 0 / 34 |
| Aug 18, 1968 | F3 | 21 mi | 21.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F3 | 6 mi | 44.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 7, 1988 | F2 | 12 mi | 16.2 mi | 2 / 1 |
| May 12, 2023 | EF2 | 24 mi | 10.37 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 12, 2023 | EF2 | 20 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 125, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Valley
The Storm Prediction Center has 239 hail reports within 10 miles of Valley since 1956, made on 121 separate days. Of these, 181 were 1 inch across or larger, and 31 reached 2 inches. The largest size, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), was reported on 2 days, most recently July 28, 2023. The most recent report is from September 22, 2025. June has the most reports, 55.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Valley
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Valley NWS, NE, 2 miles west of Valley at 1,145 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 87°F and low of 68°F; January is the coolest, at 33°F and 15°F. June is the wettest at 5.3 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.9 inches; the year adds up to 33.2 inches over 57 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 25 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 136 nights a year. Snowfall averages 31.8 inches a year, most of it in February. That 33.2 inches is more than at 62 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (91%). Arlington, 10 miles north, has its own station (Fremont, NE): 30.5 inches a year, 2.7 less than here, and the same July average high, 87°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 33 | 15 | 0.9 | 2 | 7.4 |
| Feb | 38 | 19 | 1.0 | 3 | 9.5 |
| Mar | 50 | 30 | 1.8 | 4 | 5.0 |
| Apr | 62 | 41 | 3.1 | 7 | 1.4 |
| May | 73 | 53 | 4.7 | 8 | 0.1 |
| Jun | 83 | 64 | 5.3 | 8 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 87 | 68 | 4.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 84 | 65 | 4.3 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 78 | 56 | 3.0 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 65 | 43 | 2.4 | 5 | 1.0 |
| Nov | 50 | 31 | 1.4 | 2 | 1.2 |
| Dec | 37 | 20 | 1.3 | 3 | 6.2 |
| Year | 62 | 42 | 33.2 | 57 | 31.8 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Valley NWS, NE (1,145 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 Valley
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 185 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Valley: 136 thunderstorm wind reports, 30 floods, 15 flash floods and 4 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 6, and the NWS estimated $98.4 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 115 mph, on June 27, 2008. May has had the most flash floods, 7 of 15. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 72 have had fewer than Valley.
August 9, 2025: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Valley — 1 killed, 1 injured, $3.8 million damage.
August 9, 2025: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Valley — 2 injured, $2.7 million damage.
June 12, 2010: flood 4 miles from the centre of Valley — 1 injured, $2.0 million damage.
NWS: “Rainfall of at least 3 to 5 inches fell over much of the Elkhorn River basin in the week ending 7am 6/12, including 1 to 2 inch 24 hour amounts ending 7am the 12th.”
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 Valley's ZIP code 68064 have filed 389 claims with the National Flood Insurance Program since 1978, and were paid $6.2 million for buildings and contents, in the dollars of each year. The most came from March 2019 Midwest Flooding in 2019: 156 claims (40% of all) and $4.4 million, then Midwest Flooding in 1993 with 13. 46% 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, 37 have fewer than Valley.
| Event | Claims | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| March 2019 Midwest Flooding2019 | 156 | $4.4 million |
| Midwest Flooding1993 | 13 | $25,000 |
Douglas County, which includes Valley, has been named in 29 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 26 of them major disasters (by incident: 15 severe storms, 7 floods, 3 tornadoes, 2 biological emergencies). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, on October 22, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Douglas County a Relatively High rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Very High for tornadoes, hail and strong wind; Relatively High for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $233.9 million a year, the highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $88.1 million (38%), 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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Cities near Valley
- Waterloo, NE5 mi
- Elkhorn, NE6 mi
- Yutan, NE6 mi
- Bennington, NE9 mi
- Arlington, NE10 mi
- Fremont, NE11 mi
- Gretna, NE15 mi
- Omaha, NE15 mi
- Wahoo, NE17 mi
- Blair, NE18 mi
- La Vista, NE18 mi
- Ashland, NE18 mi
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