Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Nebraska
32,659 severe thunderstorm warnings since 1986. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 32,659
- Busiest year
- 20081,338 severe thunderstorm warnings
- Average year
- 797over 41 years on file
Over time
By year
Before October 2007 these were issued for whole counties, and a storm crossing three counties was often three warnings; since then one polygon follows the storm. The count changed with the practice, not only with the weather.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherry County2,072
- Lincoln County1,573
- Custer County1,267
- Sheridan County1,100
- Lancaster County965
- Holt County942
- Garden County924
- Buffalo County922
- Saunders County900
- Sioux County896
- Keith County891
- Morrill County875
- Otoe County788
- Cass County783
- Gage County779
- Dawson County775
- Adams County768
- Dundy County767
- Hamilton County745
- Hall County743
- Franklin County737
- Brown County735
- Dawes County724
- Clay County718
- Webster County717
- Cheyenne County709
- Kearney County708
- Box Butte County702
- Phelps County696
- Harlan County692
- Rock County692
- Merrick County685
- Hitchcock County680
- Dodge County678
- Nuckolls County672
- Perkins County671
- Knox County670
- Platte County656
- Howard County650
- Saline County642
53 more counties
- Scotts Bluff County641
- McPherson County640
- York County630
- Washington County620
- Butler County619
- Kimball County618
- Antelope County616
- Fillmore County615
- Furnas County613
- Douglas County608
- Seward County598
- Frontier County594
- Gosper County592
- Sherman County592
- Banner County585
- Madison County584
- Red Willow County580
- Arthur County579
- Blaine County574
- Grant County570
- Jefferson County569
- Hooker County564
- Sarpy County564
- Colfax County559
- Thayer County559
- Burt County558
- Pierce County549
- Chase County546
- Thomas County546
- Logan County541
- Cuming County535
- Hayes County525
- Cedar County507
- Boone County502
- Johnson County500
- Nemaha County493
- Stanton County491
- Loup County487
- Keya Paha County478
- Valley County475
- Greeley County471
- Polk County458
- Richardson County455
- Wayne County444
- Nance County441
- Garfield County431
- Pawnee County412
- Deuel County406
- Thurston County391
- Boyd County383
- Wheeler County355
- Dixon County352
- Dakota County272
The latest severe thunderstorm warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 29 min |
| Sep 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 49 min |
| Sep 20, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Chase | 56 min |
| Sep 19, 5:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 43 min |
| Sep 19, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Sheridan | 56 min |
| Sep 19, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes | 45 min |
| Sep 18, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Dawes, Sioux | 53 min |
| Sep 18, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Banner, Scotts Bluff, Sioux | 49 min |
| Sep 18, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | CYS | Sioux | 48 min |
| Sep 18, 7:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 46 min |
| Sep 17, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | LBF | Arthur, Garden, Grant | 53 min |
Nearby
Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Rebuilt daily.