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NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database

Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit York, 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 York, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 174 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 18 of them rated EF3 or stronger.

Hurricanes
0

within 75 mi, since 1851

Tropical storms
0

below hurricane strength

Tornadoes
174

within 25 mi, since 1950

EF3 or stronger
18

5 deaths in all

Tornadoes within 25 miles of York

By decade

  • 2020s16
  • 2010s29(3 EF3+)
  • 2000s25(1 EF3+)
  • 1990s25(4 EF3+)
  • 1980s17
  • 1970s22(4 EF3+)
  • 1960s22(3 EF3+)
  • 1950s18(3 EF3+)
Strongest tornadoes near York, Nebraska
DateRatingDistancePathKilled / injured
May 5, 1964F513 mi79.7 mi4 / 50
Apr 25, 1957F418 mi89.8 mi1 / 8
Mar 13, 1990F42 mi131 mi0 / 8
Apr 7, 1978F419 mi31.2 mi0 / 1
Apr 7, 1978F423 mi8 mi0 / 0
May 11, 2014EF314 mi19.14 mi0 / 0
May 11, 2014EF318 mi20.21 mi0 / 0
Jun 20, 2011EF316 mi9.49 mi0 / 0
Oct 9, 2001F320 mi18 mi0 / 0
May 7, 1993F319 mi75 mi0 / 0
Jun 15, 1992F325 mi21 mi0 / 0
Mar 13, 1990F320 mi25 mi0 / 0

The strongest 12 of 174, 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 York 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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