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Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2023

117 tornado warnings in 2023. 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 2023. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
117
Busiest month
May65 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 12, 202347 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 19, 7:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPawnee, Richardson25 min
Apr 19, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPawnee, Richardson6 min
Apr 19, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Otoe43 min
May 5, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHayes45 min
May 5, 9:12 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFFrontier, Hayes33 min
May 5, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDDawson, Gosper14 min
May 6, 5:05 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFFrontier, Hayes40 min
May 6, 5:41 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFFrontier28 min
May 6, 5:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDGosper32 min
May 9, 9:46 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan11 min
May 9, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBanner, Kimball24 min
May 9, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBanner, Kimball11 min
May 9, 10:00 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBanner30 min
May 11, 2:22 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock23 min
May 11, 2:23 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy22 min
May 11, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock15 min
May 11, 5:22 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGLDHitchcock, Red Willow14 min
May 12, 12:37 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster, Logan38 min
May 12, 12:49 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Custer41 min
May 12, 1:19 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLogan, McPherson, Thomas41 min
May 12, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker36 min
May 12, 2:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDGreeley17 min
May 12, 2:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFGarfield, Wheeler45 min
May 12, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick, Nance27 min
May 12, 2:33 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFGarfield, Loup42 min
May 12, 2:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXAntelope, Boone32 min
May 12, 2:54 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick, Polk36 min
May 12, 3:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPlatte41 min
May 12, 3:17 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNance28 min
May 12, 3:25 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFGarfield, Wheeler50 min
May 12, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDMerrick, Nance, Polk34 min
May 12, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Platte23 min
May 12, 3:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXBoone, Madison, Platte46 min
May 12, 3:41 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXBoone, Madison, Platte49 min
May 12, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCuster, Logan34 min
May 12, 3:58 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXAntelope, Boone, Madison47 min
May 12, 4:01 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler44 min
May 12, 4:18 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPlatte42 min
May 12, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMadison, Platte40 min
May 12, 4:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Platte51 min
May 12, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee49 min
May 12, 4:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFGarfield, Holt, Wheeler47 min
May 12, 4:44 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMadison, Pierce28 min
May 12, 4:50 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Pawnee, Richardson40 min
May 12, 5:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXStanton45 min
May 12, 5:02 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDodge, Saunders43 min
May 12, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Platte, Stanton38 min
May 12, 5:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler, Colfax, Dodge15 min
May 12, 5:11 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXMadison, Pierce11 min
May 12, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha, Pawnee, Richardson38 min
May 12, 5:24 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDodge, Saunders51 min
May 12, 5:25 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHolt50 min
May 12, 5:26 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOAXDodge49 min
May 12, 5:31 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOAXColfax, Platte, Stanton30 min
May 12, 5:42 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson48 min
May 12, 5:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCuming, Stanton, Wayne44 min
May 12, 5:54 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOAXBurt, Cuming, Dodge66 min
May 12, 6:01 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDodge, Saunders, Washington45 min
May 12, 6:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXKnox36 min
May 12, 6:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCedar, Wayne39 min
May 12, 6:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDixon35 min
May 12, 6:29 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha12 min
May 12, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha24 min
May 12, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXBurt, Dodge, Thurston, Washington36 min
May 12, 7:04 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOAXRichardson41 min
May 12, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXBurt37 min
May 12, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDakota35 min
May 27, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBanner, Kimball43 min
Jun 2, 4:11 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDHamilton34 min
Jun 2, 4:24 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDYork23 min
Jun 2, 4:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDHamilton, Merrick30 min
Jun 21, 2:24 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSCheyenne36 min
Jun 23, 7:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatCYSScotts Bluff32 min
Jun 23, 7:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatCYSScotts Bluff32 min
Jun 23, 8:21 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatCYSScotts Bluff24 min
Jun 23, 8:31 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatCYSMorrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux29 min
Jun 23, 8:56 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatCYSScotts Bluff34 min
Jun 23, 9:15 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux30 min
Jun 23, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux24 min
Jun 23, 10:26 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBox Butte, Morrill17 min
Jun 23, 10:41 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSMorrill11 min
Jun 26, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSKimball32 min
Jun 26, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBanner30 min
Jun 26, 8:36 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSKimball24 min
Jun 26, 8:59 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSKimball31 min
Jun 26, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSCheyenne, Kimball23 min
Jun 26, 9:42 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSCheyenne, Kimball33 min
Jun 28, 7:14 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCYSKimball31 min
Jun 28, 7:43 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatCYSKimball32 min
Jun 28, 7:58 PM CDTTornado Warning Considerable damage threatCYSCheyenne, Kimball32 min
Jul 4, 4:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXPlatte24 min
Jul 8, 4:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy35 min
Jul 12, 5:21 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXBurt, Cuming, Thurston24 min
Jul 25, 9:04 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFBlaine, Brown, Loup, Rock41 min
Jul 25, 9:37 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFGarfield, Loup38 min
Jul 29, 7:20 AM CDTTornado WarningGIDFillmore25 min
Jul 29, 7:31 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson, Saline29 min
Aug 5, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXBurt, Washington35 min
Aug 10, 7:26 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDAdams, Clay, Webster34 min
Aug 10, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley, Valley32 min
Sep 21, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHarlan, Kearney, Phelps23 min
Sep 21, 4:26 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDHitchcock34 min
Sep 21, 4:51 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln39 min
Sep 21, 5:01 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDHitchcock, Red Willow29 min
Sep 21, 5:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDRed Willow32 min
Sep 21, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGosper27 min
Sep 21, 9:50 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan25 min
Oct 3, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Sherman31 min
Oct 3, 4:37 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFurnas23 min
Oct 3, 4:40 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Kearney20 min
Oct 3, 5:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDPhelps23 min
Oct 3, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXButler, Saunders13 min
Oct 12, 2:18 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo, Dawson, Phelps27 min
Oct 12, 2:52 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHarlan, Phelps23 min
Oct 12, 3:44 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Kearney31 min
Oct 12, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDAdams, Franklin, Kearney, Webster24 min
Oct 12, 4:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedGIDAdams, Hall13 min

By county

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

34 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 12, 202347tornado warnings
  2. June 24, 20239tornado warnings
  3. May 6, 20236tornado warnings
  4. June 27, 20236tornado warnings
  5. September 21, 20235tornado warnings
  6. October 12, 20235tornado warnings
  7. May 11, 20234tornado warnings
  8. October 3, 20234tornado warnings
  9. April 20, 20233tornado warnings
  10. May 10, 20233tornado warnings
  11. May 13, 20233tornado warnings
  12. June 2, 20233tornado warnings

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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.