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Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2008
180 tornado warnings in 2008. 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 2008. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Warnings
- 180
- Busiest month
- June111 tornado warnings
- Busiest day
- June 5, 200833 tornado warnings
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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 23, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Custer | 32 min |
| Apr 23, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 26 min |
| Apr 23, 7:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 29 min |
| Apr 23, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 29 min |
| Apr 25, 12:34 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson | 26 min |
| Apr 25, 12:41 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha | 34 min |
| May 6, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 46 min |
| May 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 29 min |
| May 6, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 45 min |
| May 6, 6:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 49 min |
| May 6, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 28 min |
| May 6, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 45 min |
| May 9, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 34 min |
| May 9, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 30 min |
| May 22, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 16 min |
| May 22, 4:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 55 min |
| May 22, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 47 min |
| May 22, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes, Perkins | 45 min |
| May 22, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 50 min |
| May 22, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 62 min |
| May 22, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 48 min |
| May 22, 7:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 48 min |
| May 22, 8:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 39 min |
| May 22, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Harlan | 51 min |
| May 22, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Furnas, Harlan | 47 min |
| May 23, 3:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 27 min |
| May 23, 7:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Kimball | 28 min |
| May 29, 3:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 51 min |
| May 29, 3:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 27 min |
| May 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 52 min |
| May 29, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 31 min |
| May 29, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps | 33 min |
| May 29, 5:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps | 51 min |
| May 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 28 min |
| May 29, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Hall, Kearney | 46 min |
| May 29, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Hall | 38 min |
| May 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Kearney | 17 min |
| May 29, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick | 40 min |
| May 29, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Clay, Hamilton, Polk, York | 40 min |
| May 29, 7:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Platte | 34 min |
| May 29, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Polk, York | 25 min |
| May 29, 7:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 51 min |
| May 29, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt, Washington | 27 min |
| May 29, 8:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Webster | 28 min |
| May 29, 9:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Thayer | 50 min |
| May 29, 10:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 43 min |
| May 29, 10:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Saline | 38 min |
| May 31, 7:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 25 min |
| Jun 1, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 38 min |
| Jun 1, 5:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 63 min |
| Jun 1, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Morrill | 23 min |
| Jun 1, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 28 min |
| Jun 1, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garden | 52 min |
| Jun 1, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Cheyenne, Morrill | 20 min |
| Jun 1, 7:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 24 min |
| Jun 1, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel | 46 min |
| Jun 3, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 51 min |
| Jun 3, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry, Hooker, Thomas | 40 min |
| Jun 3, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hooker, Thomas | 43 min |
| Jun 3, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Thomas | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson | 45 min |
| Jun 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 24 min |
| Jun 4, 4:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Howard, Nance | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 5:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Sherman | 52 min |
| Jun 4, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman | 26 min |
| Jun 4, 5:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Greeley, Nance | 33 min |
| Jun 4, 5:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 18 min |
| Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Dawson, Gosper | 49 min |
| Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Howard, Sherman | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 5:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Hall, Howard, Sherman | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hamilton, Merrick, Polk, York | 51 min |
| Jun 4, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Hall, Hamilton, Howard, Merrick | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 6:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 6:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase | 14 min |
| Jun 4, 6:50 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 6:52 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 7:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 25 min |
| Jun 4, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler, Seward | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy, Hitchcock | 63 min |
| Jun 4, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes, Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Butler, Saunders, Seward | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster, Seward | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 8:24 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 8:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Lincoln | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 9:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Hayes | 29 min |
| Jun 4, 9:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 61 min |
| Jun 4, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Jefferson | 32 min |
| Jun 4, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Gosper, Phelps | 20 min |
| Jun 4, 11:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Gosper, Phelps | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 11:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Buffalo, Dawson, Kearney, Phelps | 24 min |
| Jun 5, 12:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Adams, Buffalo, Kearney, Phelps | 25 min |
| Jun 5, 6:59 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Chase, Hayes | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 1:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Jun 5, 2:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes, Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 2:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 3:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 3:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 17 min |
| Jun 5, 3:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown, Rock | 39 min |
| Jun 5, 3:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt, Rock | 46 min |
| Jun 5, 3:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 14 min |
| Jun 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Boyd, Holt, Keya Paha, Rock | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 4:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 44 min |
| Jun 5, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Johnson, Pawnee | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Pawnee | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 6:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 7:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Richardson | 39 min |
| Jun 7, 9:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Nuckolls, Webster | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 11:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 35 min |
| Jun 8, 2:26 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Sarpy, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Saunders | 49 min |
| Jun 11, 6:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Burt | 37 min |
| Jun 11, 6:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Dodge, Douglas, Saunders, Washington | 63 min |
| Jun 11, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline, Seward | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Douglas, Washington | 30 min |
| Jun 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Sarpy, Saunders | 34 min |
| Jun 11, 7:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GID | Thayer | 21 min |
| Jun 11, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Lancaster, Otoe | 44 min |
| Jun 11, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline | 41 min |
| Jun 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Douglas, Sarpy | 62 min |
| Jun 11, 8:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Lancaster, Otoe, Saline | 47 min |
| Jun 11, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Otoe | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 9:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Cass, Otoe | 61 min |
| Jun 11, 10:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee | 52 min |
| Jun 11, 10:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Nemaha | 20 min |
| Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Jun 17, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 41 min |
| Jun 17, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Dawes | 32 min |
| Jun 17, 7:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Garfield, Holt | 46 min |
| Jun 17, 8:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 47 min |
| Jun 17, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Blaine, Brown | 49 min |
| Jun 18, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 59 min |
| Jun 18, 4:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Frontier, Hayes | 37 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 4:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Dundy | 61 min |
| Jun 18, 4:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Hitchcock, Red Willow | 55 min |
| Jun 18, 6:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | GLD | Red Willow | 23 min |
| Jun 20, 5:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Custer | 26 min |
| Jun 23, 8:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 9:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 47 min |
| Jun 23, 11:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker | 34 min |
| Jun 24, 12:12 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 33 min |
| Jun 24, 12:22 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Grant, Hooker, McPherson | 23 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 3:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 33 min |
| Jul 5, 4:12 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 19 min |
| Jul 5, 4:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 28 min |
| Jul 6, 4:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Dakota, Dixon | 34 min |
| Jul 8, 5:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | OAX | Lancaster | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 4:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Perkins | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 4:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Keith | 43 min |
| Jul 15, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Holt | 47 min |
| Jul 15, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Grant | 41 min |
| Jul 22, 10:07 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Banner | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 5:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 5:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 35 min |
| Jul 24, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Cherry | 31 min |
| Jul 24, 9:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 39 min |
| Jul 24, 9:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Lincoln | 21 min |
| Aug 11, 7:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Brown | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 7:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Deuel, Garden | 31 min |
| Sep 1, 6:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | CYS | Box Butte | 27 min |
| Oct 21, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | LBF | Arthur, Keith, McPherson | 24 min |
| Nov 5, 6:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | OAX | Otoe | 30 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Frontier County19
- Hayes County15
- Cherry County15
- Buffalo County14
- Lincoln County13
- Dawson County10
- Phelps County9
- Dundy County8
- Chase County8
- Cass County8
- Lancaster County8
- Otoe County8
- Johnson County7
- Brown County7
- Red Willow County7
- Gosper County7
- Howard County7
- Morrill County6
- Hitchcock County6
- Kearney County6
- Hall County6
- Jefferson County6
- Hooker County6
- Saunders County6
- Custer County5
- Nemaha County5
- Hamilton County5
- Seward County5
- Gage County5
- Sarpy County5
- Holt County5
- Douglas County5
- Grant County5
- Rock County4
- Perkins County4
- Merrick County4
- Washington County4
- Saline County4
- Thomas County4
- Sherman County4
33 more counties
- Blaine County3
- Harlan County3
- Adams County3
- Polk County3
- York County3
- Butler County3
- Garden County3
- Deuel County3
- Greeley County3
- Pawnee County3
- McPherson County3
- Arthur County3
- Furnas County2
- Burt County2
- Webster County2
- Thayer County2
- Cheyenne County2
- Nance County2
- Keith County2
- Kimball County1
- Clay County1
- Platte County1
- Boyd County1
- Keya Paha County1
- Richardson County1
- Nuckolls County1
- Dodge County1
- Dawes County1
- Garfield County1
- Dakota County1
- Dixon County1
- Banner County1
- Box Butte 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.