NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Wahoo, 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 Wahoo, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 123 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 6 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 123
- EF3 or stronger
- 6
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
3 deaths in all
What the records show for Wahoo
The highest rating among the 123 tornadoes within 25 miles is F4 or EF4, reached 3 times; the most recent, on April 26, 2024, came within 15 miles. The deadliest, an F2 on May 7, 1988, killed 2 people. Of the 123, 6 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 54 have come since 2000. June has had the most tornadoes, 44. The most recent tornado was on May 19, 2025. Wahoo has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 49% of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 126 times since 1955, with stones up to 4 inches (softball size). Of the 91 Nebraska cities, 67% have more hail reports within 10 miles than Wahoo.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Wahoo
By decade
- 2020s20(2 EF3+)
- 2010s11
- 2000s23
- 1990s17(1 EF3+)
- 1980s10
- 1970s12
- 1960s8
- 1950s22(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 25, 1957 | F4 | 15 mi | 89.8 mi | 1 / 8 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF4 | 15 mi | 31.89 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F4 | 3 mi | 26.7 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 20 mi | 5.25 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jun 15, 1992 | F3 | 23 mi | 14 mi | 0 / 1 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F3 | 7 mi | 44.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 7, 1988 | F2 | 10 mi | 16.2 mi | 2 / 1 |
| May 12, 2023 | EF2 | 17 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Dec 15, 2021 | EF2 | 23 mi | 23.74 mi | 0 / 0 |
| May 11, 2014 | EF2 | 16 mi | 2.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 2008 | EF2 | 19 mi | 10.82 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Jun 12, 1984 | F2 | 21 mi | 20 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 123, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Wahoo
The Storm Prediction Center has 126 hail reports within 10 miles of Wahoo since 1955, made on 84 separate days. Of these, 86 were 1 inch across or larger, and 19 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4 inches (softball size), fell on June 14, 1980. The most recent report is from September 16, 2025. June has the most reports, 36.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Wahoo
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Weston 3NW, NE, 8 miles west of Wahoo at 1,365 feet. July is the warmest, with an average high of 86°F and low of 64°F; January is the coolest, at 32°F and 13°F. May is the wettest at 4.9 inches of precipitation on average and January the driest at 0.8 inches; the year adds up to 31.5 inches over 56 days with at least a tenth of an inch. Highs reach 90°F on about 26 days a year, almost all from May to September. Lows fall below freezing on about 147 nights a year. Snowfall averages 34.4 inches a year, most of it in February. That 31.5 inches is more than at 53 of the 68 Nebraska stations used on this site (78%). Ceresco, 9 miles south, has its own station (Raymond 2E, NE): 31.0 inches a year, 0.5 less than here, and the same July average high, 86°F.
| Month | High °F | Low °F | Precip. in | Days ≥ 0.1" | Snow in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32 | 13 | 0.8 | 2 | 7.2 |
| Feb | 37 | 17 | 0.9 | 2 | 9.1 |
| Mar | 50 | 27 | 1.8 | 4 | 5.4 |
| Apr | 62 | 38 | 3.2 | 6 | 1.5 |
| May | 73 | 50 | 4.9 | 7 | 0.3 |
| Jun | 83 | 61 | 4.8 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Jul | 86 | 64 | 3.5 | 6 | 0.0 |
| Aug | 84 | 62 | 4.2 | 7 | 0.0 |
| Sep | 77 | 52 | 2.9 | 5 | 0.0 |
| Oct | 64 | 40 | 2.2 | 5 | 1.2 |
| Nov | 49 | 28 | 1.2 | 2 | 2.8 |
| Dec | 36 | 18 | 1.1 | 3 | 6.9 |
| Year | 61 | 39 | 31.5 | 56 | 34.4 |
Averages for 1991–2020 at Weston 3NW, NE (1,365 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 Wahoo
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 112 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Wahoo: 80 thunderstorm wind reports, 19 floods, 9 flash floods, 3 heavy rain events and 1 lightning strike. They killed 0 people and injured 1, and the NWS estimated $2.7 million in property and crop damage. The strongest thunderstorm gust on record here was 99 mph, on December 15, 2021. May has had the most flash floods, 8 of 9. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 50 have had fewer than Wahoo.
April 8, 1999: thunderstorm wind 1 mile from the centre of Wahoo — 1 injured, $20,000 damage.
NWS: “A thunderstorm downburst destroyed the roof of a garage in Wahoo and caused other damage to houses and trees in town. A man broke his arm when a storm door blew open and pushed him off his porch.”
August 9, 2025: thunderstorm wind 8 miles from the centre of Wahoo — $1.2 million damage.
September 13, 2010: thunderstorm wind 7 miles from the centre of Wahoo — $500,000 damage.
NWS: “Thunderstorm winds and hail up to 2 inches in diameter caused substantial damage to the University of Nebraska agricultural research center. Winds were estimated to have gusted between 70 and 80 mph.”
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
Saunders County, which includes Wahoo, has been named in 30 federal disaster or emergency declarations since 1967, 28 of them major disasters (by incident: 16 severe storms, 7 floods, 2 biological emergencies, 2 tornadoes). The latest major disaster declaration was Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding, on October 22, 2025. FEMA's National Risk Index gives Saunders County a Very Low rating for natural hazard risk overall; by hazard: Relatively Moderate for hail and strong wind; Relatively Low for tornadoes; Very Low for inland flooding, lightning and heat waves. It models the county's expected loss from all 18 hazards it covers at $15.7 million a year, the 18th highest of 93 Nebraska counties; of the hazards above, the largest share, $6.2 million (40%), 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 Wahoo
- Ceresco, NE9 mi
- Yutan, NE12 mi
- Ashland, NE15 mi
- Waterloo, NE17 mi
- Valley, NE17 mi
- Fremont, NE18 mi
- Waverly, NE20 mi
- Gretna, NE20 mi
- Elkhorn, NE20 mi
- Arlington, NE24 mi
- Springfield, NE26 mi
- Bennington, NE26 mi
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