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Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 1986

91 tornado warnings in 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 in 1986. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
91
Busiest month
April27 tornado warnings
Busiest day
April 27, 19868 tornado warnings

Over time

By month

The alerts

Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 3, 4:18 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFLincoln22 min
Apr 3, 4:52 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFLincoln23 min
Apr 3, 5:34 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFCuster16 min
Apr 3, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDYork36 min
Apr 3, 6:15 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFLincoln15 min
Apr 13, 4:21 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo24 min
Apr 13, 4:38 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Hall22 min
Apr 13, 5:04 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDHall, Hamilton26 min
Apr 13, 5:30 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, Nuckolls, Thayer50 min
Apr 17, 2:01 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFKeith29 min
Apr 17, 3:40 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFArthur, Keith20 min
Apr 17, 4:25 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFFrontier, Lincoln20 min
Apr 17, 5:44 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFLincoln16 min
Apr 17, 6:09 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFLincoln23 min
Apr 23, 8:33 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDPhelps27 min
Apr 26, 4:17 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDMerrick28 min
Apr 26, 4:45 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDPolk60 min
Apr 26, 5:00 PM CSTTornado WarningLBFMadison, Stanton20 min
Apr 26, 5:43 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDHall27 min
Apr 26, 6:01 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDHall, Hamilton, Merrick9 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXDodge, Washington18 min
Apr 26, 6:42 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXBurt33 min
Apr 26, 7:00 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDThayer30 min
Apr 26, 7:04 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXJefferson, Saline26 min
Apr 26, 7:31 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXSaline29 min
Apr 26, 8:06 PM CSTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, Thayer24 min
Apr 26, 8:28 PM CSTTornado WarningOAXLancaster32 min
May 7, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Brown34 min
May 7, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFRock34 min
May 10, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo33 min
May 10, 3:35 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDKearney25 min
May 10, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman34 min
May 10, 4:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo28 min
May 10, 5:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox25 min
May 10, 6:04 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Kearney, Phelps26 min
May 12, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXSarpy34 min
Jun 6, 9:24 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Hall26 min
Jun 7, 9:37 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux23 min
Jun 7, 10:02 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux28 min
Jun 9, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFPerkins24 min
Jun 10, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Clay29 min
Jun 21, 9:26 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster24 min
Jun 28, 9:17 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox23 min
Jun 28, 9:48 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCedar, Knox32 min
Jun 29, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPolk27 min
Jun 29, 9:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler27 min
Jun 29, 9:34 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSSioux26 min
Jun 29, 9:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler25 min
Jun 29, 9:58 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSSioux32 min
Jun 30, 7:12 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSSheridan28 min
Jun 30, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSSheridan13 min
Jul 2, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHitchcock30 min
Jul 5, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore, York37 min
Jul 11, 7:57 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln18 min
Jul 11, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln14 min
Jul 18, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox26 min
Jul 18, 6:43 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFKnox27 min
Jul 24, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHall15 min
Jul 28, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDixon24 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDakota33 min
Jul 28, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDakota37 min
Jul 28, 7:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCedar19 min
Jul 29, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFAntelope64 min
Jul 29, 7:09 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFAntelope, Knox, Pierce51 min
Jul 29, 8:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFAntelope, Madison, Pierce29 min
Jul 29, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFMadison, Pierce32 min
Jul 29, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFMadison, Pierce28 min
Aug 1, 6:51 AM CDTTornado WarningCYSDawes19 min
Aug 1, 7:04 AM CDTTornado WarningCYSDawes31 min
Aug 1, 7:29 AM CDTTornado WarningCYSDawes31 min
Aug 1, 7:57 AM CDTTornado WarningCYSSheridan18 min
Aug 6, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry50 min
Aug 6, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFThomas57 min
Aug 6, 8:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster, Logan56 min
Aug 6, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster, Lincoln, Logan58 min
Aug 6, 10:08 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDDawson112 min
Aug 6, 10:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster35 min
Aug 9, 4:59 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier61 min
Aug 31, 4:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha27 min
Aug 31, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBrown, Keya Paha26 min
Sep 5, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDSherman, Valley16 min
Sep 5, 6:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman34 min
Sep 5, 7:43 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Clay, Nuckolls, Webster32 min
Sep 5, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster33 min
Sep 5, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster28 min
Sep 18, 8:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer28 min
Sep 18, 8:39 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Thayer36 min
Sep 18, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, York26 min
Sep 18, 11:30 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDClay, Hamilton30 min
Sep 18, 11:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton, Merrick21 min
Sep 19, 1:00 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick, Polk30 min

By county

Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.

11 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. April 27, 19868tornado warnings
  2. May 10, 19866tornado warnings
  3. September 19, 19866tornado warnings
  4. June 30, 19865tornado warnings
  5. August 7, 19865tornado warnings
  6. April 13, 19864tornado warnings
  7. April 17, 19864tornado warnings
  8. April 26, 19864tornado warnings
  9. July 30, 19864tornado warnings
  10. August 1, 19864tornado warnings
  11. April 3, 19863tornado warnings
  12. July 29, 19863tornado warnings

Nearby

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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.