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Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2003
169 tornado warnings in 2003. 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 2003. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 169
- Busiest month
- June76 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 24, 200320 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 18, 4:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 37 min |
| Apr 18, 4:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 50 min |
| Apr 18, 4:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 5:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Sherman | 32 min |
| Apr 18, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Sherman | 31 min |
| Apr 18, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Valley | 46 min |
| Apr 18, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley | 49 min |
| Apr 18, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Wheeler | 33 min |
| Apr 29, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Franklin, Webster | 66 min |
| May 1, 12:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner | 16 min |
| May 1, 1:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner | 14 min |
| May 1, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Kimball | 34 min |
| May 1, 2:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Kimball | 26 min |
| May 3, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 28 min |
| May 3, 5:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 31 min |
| May 3, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 29 min |
| May 3, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 32 min |
| May 3, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill, Scotts Bluff | 40 min |
| May 3, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 51 min |
| May 3, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 46 min |
| May 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden, Grant, Sheridan | 58 min |
| May 3, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 45 min |
| May 3, 8:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant | 46 min |
| May 3, 9:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant | 50 min |
| May 4, 2:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard | 42 min |
| May 4, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams | 48 min |
| May 4, 1:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay | 59 min |
| May 4, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saunders | 32 min |
| May 4, 3:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 55 min |
| May 4, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy | 54 min |
| May 4, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass | 37 min |
| May 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 34 min |
| May 8, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 42 min |
| May 8, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 51 min |
| May 8, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage | 58 min |
| May 13, 2:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 45 min |
| May 13, 4:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Madison | 35 min |
| May 13, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Stanton | 41 min |
| May 13, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Madison | 50 min |
| May 13, 6:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 48 min |
| May 14, 1:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas | 43 min |
| May 23, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 30 min |
| May 23, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Dawes | 30 min |
| May 23, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 29 min |
| May 23, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 28 min |
| May 23, 7:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 27 min |
| May 31, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Sioux | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keya Paha | 43 min |
| Jun 9, 6:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 57 min |
| Jun 9, 6:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar, Knox | 39 min |
| Jun 9, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 52 min |
| Jun 9, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 38 min |
| Jun 9, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Valley | 51 min |
| Jun 9, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt | 60 min |
| Jun 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 59 min |
| Jun 9, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar | 44 min |
| Jun 9, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 28 min |
| Jun 9, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Knox | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Valley | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar, Knox | 17 min |
| Jun 9, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 30 min |
| Jun 9, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Keya Paha | 37 min |
| Jun 9, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dakota | 35 min |
| Jun 9, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope, Knox | 49 min |
| Jun 9, 8:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 47 min |
| Jun 9, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley | 41 min |
| Jun 9, 8:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley | 36 min |
| Jun 9, 9:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope | 42 min |
| Jun 9, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | York | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 54 min |
| Jun 11, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 8:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 8:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 9:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Loup | 49 min |
| Jun 20, 8:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 43 min |
| Jun 20, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Thayer | 39 min |
| Jun 22, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Thayer | 52 min |
| Jun 22, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick | 50 min |
| Jun 22, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | York | 54 min |
| Jun 22, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 32 min |
| Jun 22, 7:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Thayer | 62 min |
| Jun 22, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton | 44 min |
| Jun 22, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | York | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nance | 59 min |
| Jun 22, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Thayer | 64 min |
| Jun 22, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nuckolls | 40 min |
| Jun 22, 9:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 9:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar | 51 min |
| Jun 23, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope, Knox | 31 min |
| Jun 23, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 29 min |
| Jun 23, 9:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope | 24 min |
| Jun 23, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Knox | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 9:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes | 28 min |
| Jun 23, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 56 min |
| Jun 23, 10:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson | 41 min |
| Jun 23, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar | 30 min |
| Jun 23, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 35 min |
| Jun 24, 12:04 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar | 41 min |
| Jun 24, 5:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 5:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 38 min |
| Jun 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 24, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cedar | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jun 24, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine | 66 min |
| Jun 24, 6:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer, Lincoln | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 7:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 47 min |
| Jun 24, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 56 min |
| Jun 24, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine | 29 min |
| Jun 24, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dixon | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 8:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Keya Paha, Rock | 60 min |
| Jun 24, 9:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes | 25 min |
| Jun 24, 10:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Loup | 54 min |
| Jun 24, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 40 min |
| Jul 3, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 10:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Thurston | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 35 min |
| Jul 5, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Rock | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 8:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 8:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Loup | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Wayne | 45 min |
| Jul 5, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Antelope | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 10:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Thurston | 51 min |
| Jul 5, 11:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt, Cuming | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 9:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 48 min |
| Jul 8, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | McPherson | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 11:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 40 min |
| Jul 9, 12:15 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Logan | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 1:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Sherman, Valley | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 1:03 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 27 min |
| Jul 20, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Stanton | 28 min |
| Jul 20, 5:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Colfax, Stanton | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 6:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Platte | 35 min |
| Jul 20, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick, Nance, Polk | 56 min |
| Jul 20, 6:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Platte | 48 min |
| Jul 20, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, York | 64 min |
| Jul 20, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Merrick, Polk | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith, Perkins | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, McPherson | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 7:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 7:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Grant | 44 min |
| Jul 21, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 49 min |
| Jul 21, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 59 min |
| Jul 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 8:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 24 min |
| Jul 29, 12:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Kimball | 27 min |
| Jul 29, 1:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne | 41 min |
| Nov 17, 4:32 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 28 min |
| Nov 17, 4:43 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 47 min |
| Nov 17, 5:30 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass | 45 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Cherry County11
- Holt County9
- Rock County9
- Custer County8
- Morrill County7
- Cedar County7
- Grant County6
- Knox County6
- Antelope County6
- Hamilton County5
- Blaine County5
- Lincoln County5
- Valley County4
- Garden County4
- Keya Paha County4
- York County4
- Thayer County4
- Merrick County4
- Keith County4
- Arthur County4
- Sherman County3
- Greeley County3
- Kimball County3
- Howard County3
- Douglas County3
- Cass County3
- Boyd County3
- Stanton County3
- Loup County3
- Frontier County3
- Dixon County3
- Brown County3
- Dawson County2
- Banner County2
- Scotts Bluff County2
- Sarpy County2
- Madison County2
- Nuckolls County2
- Nance County2
- Hayes County2
29 more counties
- Thurston County2
- Hooker County2
- McPherson County2
- Logan County2
- Platte County2
- Polk County2
- Chase County2
- Wheeler County1
- Franklin County1
- Webster County1
- Sheridan County1
- Adams County1
- Clay County1
- Saunders County1
- Jefferson County1
- Red Willow County1
- Gage County1
- Dawes County1
- Sioux County1
- Dakota County1
- Wayne County1
- Burt County1
- Cuming County1
- Colfax County1
- Perkins County1
- Dundy County1
- Cheyenne County1
- Lancaster County1
- Otoe County1
The busiest days
Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.
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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.