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Tornado Warnings in Nebraska, 2026

82 tornado warnings in 2026. 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 2026. Tap one for its archive.

Tornado Warnings
82
Busiest month
May39 tornado warnings
Busiest day
May 18, 202622 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 11, 6:33 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Jefferson13 min
Apr 23, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXBurt38 min
Apr 23, 2:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Saline39 min
Apr 23, 4:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson, Nemaha, Otoe52 min
Apr 23, 5:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe41 min
May 16, 5:55 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDBuffalo15 min
May 16, 8:12 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage33 min
May 16, 9:09 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage36 min
May 16, 9:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage21 min
May 16, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDNuckolls, Webster27 min
May 16, 9:28 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDFranklin, Harlan32 min
May 17, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHall, Howard, Merrick39 min
May 17, 5:07 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatGIDHoward, Merrick, Nance, Polk53 min
May 17, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Platte, Stanton25 min
May 17, 6:30 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Platte18 min
May 17, 6:41 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer37 min
May 17, 6:48 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyTornado observedCatastrophic damage threatGIDThayer13 min
May 17, 7:08 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson, Saline32 min
May 17, 7:22 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXThurston11 min
May 17, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDDakota49 min
May 17, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Jefferson, Lancaster, Saline29 min
May 17, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Douglas, Sarpy, Saunders43 min
May 17, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXWashington26 min
May 17, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXDouglas, Sarpy29 min
May 17, 8:17 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe27 min
May 17, 8:46 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass29 min
May 18, 2:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Jefferson49 min
May 18, 3:00 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOAXGage60 min
May 18, 3:07 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Jefferson38 min
May 18, 3:38 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJohnson, Pawnee50 min
May 18, 4:00 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha60 min
May 18, 4:25 PM CDTTornado Warning EmergencyOAXPawnee39 min
May 18, 4:52 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOAXRichardson53 min
May 18, 5:12 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedConsiderable damage threatOAXRichardson48 min
May 18, 5:21 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXGage, Pawnee39 min
May 18, 5:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha, Pawnee, Richardson18 min
May 18, 6:14 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha20 min
May 18, 6:32 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXNemaha, Richardson20 min
May 18, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXRichardson42 min
May 18, 7:26 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXRichardson19 min
May 21, 5:44 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSKimball26 min
May 22, 5:47 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedOAXCass43 min
May 30, 5:28 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedCYSKimball47 min
May 30, 7:38 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFLincoln18 min
Jun 1, 5:29 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux31 min
Jun 1, 5:41 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBox Butte, Morrill, Scotts Bluff, Sioux34 min
Jun 1, 7:01 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSMorrill29 min
Jun 4, 2:37 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXOtoe9 min
Jun 4, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry22 min
Jun 5, 7:36 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXJefferson, Saline39 min
Jun 9, 6:46 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHarlan, Kearney, Phelps18 min
Jun 11, 4:53 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Lancaster, Otoe17 min
Jun 11, 5:15 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass45 min
Jun 20, 4:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDHitchcock43 min
Jun 22, 6:27 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSScotts Bluff, Sioux33 min
Jun 22, 6:56 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBanner, Scotts Bluff34 min
Jun 22, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBanner, Morrill47 min
Jun 30, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHooker, McPherson24 min
Jun 30, 11:40 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFHooker, Thomas35 min
Jul 1, 12:02 AM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Hooker, Thomas28 min
Jul 1, 12:37 AM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry16 min
Jul 2, 8:38 PM CDTTornado WarningGLDDundy, Hitchcock22 min
Jul 3, 7:02 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDThayer28 min
Jul 3, 8:34 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry, Grant41 min
Jul 8, 7:34 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDHamilton26 min
Aug 12, 9:52 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFGrant23 min
Aug 12, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFCherry14 min
Aug 13, 2:41 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Madison, Platte, Stanton34 min
Aug 13, 3:02 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXColfax, Cuming, Dodge, Platte, Stanton28 min
Aug 13, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSKimball28 min
Aug 14, 4:21 AM CDTTornado WarningOAXBurt, Dodge, Washington13 min
Aug 15, 7:35 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFGarden, Grant, Sheridan25 min
Aug 17, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningLBFGarfield, Wheeler40 min
Aug 17, 8:47 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley, Valley28 min
Aug 17, 9:07 PM CDTTornado WarningGIDGreeley, Valley19 min
Aug 19, 1:57 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Otoe14 min
Aug 21, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSBanner, Cheyenne, Kimball, Morrill39 min
Aug 21, 9:19 PM CDTTornado WarningCYSCheyenne, Kimball41 min
Sep 1, 8:27 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCedar, Knox33 min
Sep 7, 7:37 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedLBFBoyd20 min
Sep 14, 6:40 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Otoe29 min
Sep 14, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningOAXCass, Otoe15 min

By county

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

21 more counties

The busiest days

Days with the most alerts issued, by UTC date.

  1. May 18, 202622tornado warnings
  2. May 17, 202611tornado warnings
  3. April 23, 20264tornado warnings
  4. July 1, 20264tornado warnings
  5. August 13, 20264tornado warnings
  6. August 18, 20263tornado warnings
  7. June 1, 20262tornado warnings
  8. June 11, 20262tornado warnings
  9. June 22, 20262tornado warnings
  10. July 4, 20262tornado warnings
  11. August 14, 20262tornado warnings
  12. August 22, 20262tornado 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.