NHC HURDAT2 · SPC Tornado Database
Hurricanes and Tornadoes That Hit Yutan, 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 Yutan, Nebraska since records began in 1851. Since 1950, 132 tornadoes have touched down within 25 miles, 8 of them rated EF3 or stronger.
- Hurricanes
- 0
- Tropical storms
- 0
- Tornadoes
- 132
- EF3 or stronger
- 8
within 75 mi, since 1851
below hurricane strength
within 25 mi, since 1950
6 deaths in all
What the records show for Yutan
The highest rating among the 132 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 132, 7 had paths within 5 miles of the city centre, and 64 have come since 2000. May has had the most tornadoes, 43. The most recent tornado was on April 17, 2025. Yutan has more tornadoes within 25 miles than 62% of the 91 Nebraska cities on this site. Hail has been reported within 10 miles 175 times since 1955, with stones up to 4.5 inches (grapefruit size). Yutan has more hail reports within 10 miles than 67% of the 91 Nebraska cities.
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Tornadoes within 25 miles of Yutan
By decade
- 2020s20(3 EF3+)
- 2010s19
- 2000s25
- 1990s15
- 1980s8
- 1970s12(1 EF3+)
- 1960s10(1 EF3+)
- 1950s23(3 EF3+)
| Date | Rating | Distance | Path | Killed / injured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 6, 1975 | F4 | 18 mi | 8 mi | 3 / 133 |
| Apr 25, 1957 | F4 | 13 mi | 89.8 mi | 1 / 8 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF4 | 5 mi | 31.89 mi | 0 / 4 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F4 | 8 mi | 26.7 mi | 0 / 20 |
| Apr 17, 2025 | EF3 | 19 mi | 8.12 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Apr 26, 2024 | EF3 | 24 mi | 5.25 mi | 0 / 3 |
| Aug 18, 1968 | F3 | 24 mi | 21.3 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Aug 13, 1952 | F3 | in town | 44.4 mi | 0 / 1 |
| May 7, 1988 | F2 | 8 mi | 16.2 mi | 2 / 1 |
| May 12, 2023 | EF2 | 21 mi | 5.5 mi | 0 / 0 |
| Jun 8, 2008 | EF2 | 10 mi | 10.82 mi | 0 / 3 |
| May 7, 1988 | F2 | 24 mi | 7.2 mi | 0 / 0 |
The strongest 12 of 132, by rating and then by deaths. Ratings before February 2007 are on the original Fujita scale.
Hail in Yutan
The Storm Prediction Center has 175 hail reports within 10 miles of Yutan since 1955, made on 113 separate days. Of these, 122 were 1 inch across or larger, and 19 reached 2 inches. The largest, 4.5 inches (grapefruit size), fell on May 4, 2003. The most recent report is from April 21, 2025. June has the most reports, 47.
Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center severe weather reports, data through 2025.
Weather by month in Yutan
The nearest NOAA station with 1991–2020 climate normals is Valley NWS, NE, 5 miles north of Yutan 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%). Gretna, 12 miles southeast, has its own station (Gretna 4NE, NE): 33.3 inches a year, 0.1 more than here, and a July average high of 86°F against 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 Yutan
Since 1996, the National Weather Service has logged 150 flood, rain, thunderstorm wind and lightning events that began within 10 miles of Yutan: 109 thunderstorm wind reports, 22 floods, 15 flash floods and 4 heavy rain events. They killed 1 person and injured 2, and the NWS estimated $145.8 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, 6 of 15. Of the 89 Nebraska cities on this site with a flash flood on record, 72 have had fewer than Yutan.
August 9, 2025: thunderstorm wind 4 miles from the centre of Yutan — 1 killed, 1 injured, $3.8 million damage.
July 14, 2010: thunderstorm wind 10 miles from the centre of Yutan — 1 injured.
June 27, 2008: thunderstorm wind 9 miles from the centre of Yutan — $53.0 million damage.
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 Yutan, 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 Yutan
- Waterloo, NE5 mi
- Valley, NE6 mi
- Elkhorn, NE8 mi
- Gretna, NE12 mi
- Wahoo, NE12 mi
- Ashland, NE13 mi
- Fremont, NE14 mi
- Bennington, NE14 mi
- Arlington, NE16 mi
- Springfield, NE18 mi
- Omaha, NE18 mi
- Ceresco, NE18 mi
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