Tornado, Antelope
- When
- October 17, 2:24 PM CST
- Where
- Antelope County, Neligh
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 10 yd
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -98.030
A brief tornado downed trees and powerlines.
Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, October 17, 1994
8 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $270,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 10
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
8 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Tornado, Phelps
- When
- October 17, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County, Funknown
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -99.270
Tornado, Phelps
- When
- October 17, 2:55 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County, Funknown
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -99.270
Tornado, Phelps
- When
- October 17, 2:55 PM CST to 3:03 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County, Holdrege to to Holdrege
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 4 mi
- Path width
- 75 yd
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Coordinates
- 40.470, -99.270
A tornado moved across the western and northern parts of Holdrege. The roof of one business was removed. One residence was destroyed and three others were damaged. At the golf course, the clubhouse roof was damaged while the maintenance building and two golf cart sheds were destroyed. Sixty golf carts were damaged. Other brief tornado touchdowns were reported in Phelps County.
Tornado, Phelps
- When
- October 17, 3:01 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County, Holdrege
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.2 mi
- Path width
- 25 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.511, -99.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado moved across the western and northern parts of Holdrege. The roof of one business was removed. One residence was destroyed and three others were damaged. At the golf course, the clubhouse roof was damaged while the maintenance building and two golf cart sheds were destroyed. Sixty golf carts were damaged. Other brief tornado touchdowns were reported in Phelps County.
Tornado, Buffalo
- When
- October 17, 3:48 PM CST to 3:50 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, Kearney to to Kearney
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 1 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 40.850, -98.880
A tornado touched down briefly in open country northeast of Kearney.
Tornado, Howard
- When
- October 17, 4:43 PM CST to 4:51 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County, Saint Paul to to Saint Paul
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 3 mi
- Path width
- 50 yd
- Coordinates
- 41.250, -98.520
Thunderstorm Wind, Howard
- When
- October 17, 4:58 PM CST
- Where
- Howard County to Wolbach
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -98.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A tornado destroyed a barn and a grain bin and damaged two other buildings on a farm near Saint Paul. Thunderstorm winds inflicted structural damage and broke windows on a farm near Wolbach in Howard County. Power lines were also downed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Lancaster
- When
- October 17, 5:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County, Lincoln
- Coordinates
- 40.784, -96.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A Cessna 172 was moved 35 feet as winds gusted to 46 mph. Landing gear and pilot's wing were badly damaged.
Tornado, Stanton
- When
- October 17, 7:50 PM CST
- Where
- Stanton County, Stanton
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.3 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 41.780, -97.020
A small tornado was on the ground less than one half a mile, hitting two farms damaging outbuildings.
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 1994Every state in 1994This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1994Warnings in Nebraska, October 1994
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: 10333746, 10333538, 10333539, 10333540, 10333541, 10333911, 10334044, 10334045, 10333427, 10333516.