Tornado Watches in Nebraska
604 tornado watches since 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 watches reaches back to 1997.
Tornado Watches by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count since 1986. Tap one for its archive.
- Tornado Watches
- 604
- Busiest year
- 200741 tornado watches
- Average year
- 20over 30 years on file
Over time
By year
Watches are counted from 1997, when the Storm Prediction Center archive begins.
By month of the year
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Gage County168
- Jefferson County164
- Otoe County162
- Lancaster County161
- Johnson County160
- Saline County160
- Nemaha County157
- Pawnee County156
- Cass County154
- Richardson County151
- Saunders County151
- Seward County149
- Butler County148
- Sarpy County148
- Thayer County148
- Nuckolls County146
- York County145
- Fillmore County144
- Hamilton County143
- Clay County142
- Dodge County142
- Douglas County142
- Merrick County142
- Polk County142
- Adams County139
- Franklin County139
- Colfax County138
- Hall County138
- Thurston County138
- Kearney County136
- Washington County136
- Webster County136
- Cuming County135
- Platte County135
- Burt County134
- Nance County134
- Stanton County134
- Howard County132
- Harlan County130
- Red Willow County128
53 more counties
- Wayne County128
- Dawson County127
- Buffalo County126
- Madison County126
- Phelps County126
- Pierce County126
- Furnas County125
- Gosper County125
- Greeley County124
- Sherman County124
- Boone County123
- Custer County123
- Lincoln County123
- Dakota County122
- Frontier County122
- Antelope County121
- Dixon County121
- Hitchcock County119
- Hayes County116
- Valley County116
- Dundy County115
- Cedar County112
- Wheeler County112
- Knox County111
- Loup County109
- Chase County108
- Perkins County108
- Holt County107
- Garfield County103
- Keith County102
- Logan County102
- Rock County102
- Blaine County101
- Brown County94
- Thomas County94
- Deuel County91
- Boyd County89
- Morrill County89
- Cheyenne County87
- McPherson County87
- Keya Paha County86
- Arthur County85
- Garden County85
- Cherry County84
- Banner County83
- Kimball County82
- Scotts Bluff County80
- Hooker County79
- Box Butte County78
- Grant County77
- Sioux County72
- Dawes County71
- Sheridan County67
The latest tornado watches
The most recent on file, newest first.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 4:51 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Butler, Cass, Dodge, Douglas, Gage, Jefferson and 10 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 27, 4:05 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Cherry, Sheridan | 11 hr |
| Jun 24, 4:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banner, Box Butte, Cheyenne, Dawes, Kimball, Morrill and 2 more | 8 hr |
| Jun 20, 2:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Banner, Chase, Cheyenne, Deuel, Dundy, Frontier and 6 more | 7 hr |
| Jun 10, 2:12 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Richardson | 9 hr |
| Jun 9, 8:36 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Antelope, Boone, Burt, Butler, Cedar, Colfax and 14 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 9, 5:46 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Arthur, Blaine, Boyd, Brown, Buffalo and 36 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:32 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Dundy | 6 hr |
| Jun 8, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Franklin, Furnas, Gosper, Harlan, Hitchcock, Kearney and 4 more | 7 hr |
| May 30, 4:59 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Arthur, Blaine, Chase, Cherry, Custer, Deuel and 15 more | 6 hr |
| May 18, 12:50 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Gage, Jefferson, Johnson, Nemaha, Otoe, Pawnee and 1 more | 7 hr |
| May 17, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Adams, Boone, Buffalo, Butler, Cass, Clay and 33 more | 8 hr |
Nearby
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.