Tornado Warnings in Nebraska
4,177 tornado 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 tornado warnings reaches back to 1986.
Tornado Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 4,177
- Busiest year
- 2004216 tornado warnings
- Average year
- 102over 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 County238
- Lincoln County192
- Custer County130
- Buffalo County105
- Keith County102
- Holt County102
- Gage County96
- Scotts Bluff County94
- Kimball County94
- Lancaster County93
- Madison County92
- Hamilton County90
- Adams County88
- Cheyenne County88
- Morrill County88
- Cass County86
- Banner County85
- Platte County85
- Merrick County83
- Otoe County83
- Clay County82
- Hall County80
- Sioux County80
- Stanton County80
- York County80
- Howard County77
- Fillmore County76
- Phelps County76
- Dawson County75
- Thayer County75
- Saunders County74
- Kearney County73
- Hayes County72
- Dundy County70
- Dodge County69
- Frontier County69
- Nuckolls County69
- Box Butte County67
- Brown County66
- Hitchcock County66
53 more counties
- Saline County66
- Hooker County66
- Sheridan County65
- Sherman County65
- Perkins County64
- Colfax County64
- Cuming County64
- Harlan County64
- Red Willow County64
- Butler County63
- Jefferson County63
- Rock County62
- Antelope County61
- Knox County59
- Washington County58
- Nemaha County58
- Polk County57
- Webster County57
- Dawes County55
- Garden County55
- Burt County54
- Richardson County54
- Douglas County54
- Seward County54
- Pierce County53
- Nance County53
- Logan County52
- Gosper County52
- McPherson County52
- Chase County51
- Deuel County50
- Franklin County50
- Loup County49
- Grant County49
- Pawnee County49
- Wayne County48
- Cedar County47
- Furnas County47
- Greeley County47
- Johnson County47
- Blaine County46
- Valley County46
- Sarpy County45
- Keya Paha County43
- Arthur County42
- Garfield County42
- Dakota County41
- Thurston County40
- Thomas County39
- Boone County35
- Boyd County34
- Dixon County32
- Wheeler County22
The latest tornado warnings
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 15 min |
| Sep 14, 6:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 29 min |
| Sep 7, 7:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd | 20 min |
| Sep 1, 8:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar, Knox | 33 min |
| Aug 21, 9:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Kimball | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 1:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 14 min |
| Aug 17, 9:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 19 min |
| Aug 17, 8:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Valley | 28 min |
| Aug 17, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Wheeler | 40 min |
| Aug 15, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 4:21 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt, Dodge, Washington | 13 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.