Tornado, Knox
- When
- May 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 2 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Coordinates
- 42.580, -98.020
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 30, 1959
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 2
- Property damage
- $528,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 6
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
4 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Knox
- When
- May 30, 6:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 9.3 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Deaths
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Injuries
- 2 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -97.620
Tornado, Cedar
- When
- May 30, 6:25 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 17.5 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 42.820, -97.480
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 30, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -97.400
Thunderstorm Wind, Madison
- When
- May 30, 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Madison County
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.000, -97.400
Tornado, Dixon
- When
- May 30, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 33 yd
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.270, -96.850
The people who died
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado, Knox | 1959-05-30 | Direct |
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1959Every state in 1959This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1959
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10069463, 10069464, 10069465, 10069466, 10069467, 10069468.