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1975 tornadoes in Nebraska

78 tornadoes touched down in Nebraska in 1975, 85 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 4 people and injured 141. 3 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

1974 1976 The whole country in 1975

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The Fujita scale rates the damage rather than measuring the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

F040 to 72 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F173 to 112 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2113 to 157 mph
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3158 to 206 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4207 to 260 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5261 to 318 mph
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.

Every tornado in Nebraska in 1975

March 27 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 27	5:00 PM CDT	F1	Polk	0.7	60			$500 to $5,000
March 27	5:45 PM CDT	F2	Douglas	0.5	300		4	$50,000 to $500,000

April 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 8	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Greeley	0.1	10			$50 to $500

April 22 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 22	7:00 PM CDT	F1	Gosper	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000
April 22	7:00 PM CDT	F2	Dawson	1.1	20			$50,000 to $500,000

April 27 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
April 27	10:30 AM CDT	F2	Thayer	0.3	20	$500 to $5,000
April 27	12:00 PM CDT	F1	Saline	32.3	40	$50,000 to $500,000
April 27	12:25 PM CDT	F0	Lancaster	0.6	10	$5,000 to $50,000
April 27	5:15 PM CDT	F1	Kearney	0.4	10	$50 to $500
April 27	6:30 PM MDT	F1	Dawes	0.5	10	$500 to $5,000
April 27	7:15 PM MDT	F0	Cherry	0.9	10	$500 to $5,000
April 27	7:30 PM MDT	F0	Cherry	0.8	10	$50 to $500

May 6 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 6	2:05 PM CDT	F4	Pierce	4.1	300
May 6	2:15 PM CDT	F3	Pierce	44.8	90
May 6	2:30 PM CDT	F0	Knox	5.4	30			$5,000 to $50,000
May 6	2:45 PM CDT	F3	Stanton	15.9	167		1	$50,000 to $500,000
May 6	4:00 PM CDT	F0	Saunders	3.4	17			$500 to $5,000
May 6	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Dixon	3.0	80			$5,000 to $50,000
May 6	4:33 PM CDT	F4	Sarpy	8.0	267	3	133	$50,000 to $500,000

May 10 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 10	1:10 PM MDT	F0	Grant	0.2	10
May 10	5:40 PM MDT	F0	Cherry	0.2	10
May 10	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Polk	0.2	10	$500 to $5,000

May 22 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 22	2:15 PM CDT	F0	Sherman	0.2	17	$50,000 to $500,000
May 22	3:05 PM CDT	F0	Boone	0.2	17
May 22	3:13 PM CDT	F0	Wheeler	0.2	17	$500 to $5,000
May 22	3:40 PM CDT	F0	Madison	0.2	17
May 22	4:55 PM CDT	F0	Cass	0.2	17

May 25 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 25	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Saline	0.2	17
May 25	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Thurston	0.2	10	$50 to $500
May 25	8:00 PM CDT	F0	Thurston	0.3	10	$50 to $500
May 25	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Jefferson	0.2	10

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	4:30 PM CDT	F0	Lincoln	0.2	10

May 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 28	3:30 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.2	10

May 31 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 31	2:45 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.2	10

June 2 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 2	2:32 PM CDT	F0	Sherman	0.2	10	$50 to $500
June 2	3:45 PM CDT	F0	Seward	0.1	200
June 2	4:11 PM CDT	F2	Adams	35.5	300	$50,000 to $500,000
June 2	6:10 PM CDT	F2	Gage	0.2	27	$50,000 to $500,000

June 15 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	10:30 PM CDT	F3	Nance	63.2	200			$50,000 to $500,000

June 17 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 17	12:00 AM CDT	F1	Hitchcock	5.9	200			$5,000 to $50,000
June 17	12:00 AM CDT	F1	Furnas	4.9	200			$500 to $5,000

June 18 10 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 18	4:30 AM CDT	F1	Saline	1.3	50			$5,000 to $50,000
June 18	6:30 AM CDT	F1	Nemaha	18.2	200			$50,000 to $500,000
June 18	6:00 PM CDT	F1	Red Willow	9.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
June 18	6:30 PM CDT	F1	Red Willow	12.6	10			$500 to $5,000
June 18	7:00 PM CDT	F3	Frontier	15.0	10			$500 to $5,000
June 18	7:30 PM CDT	F3	Frontier	21.9	10			$500 to $5,000
June 18	8:00 PM CDT	F2	Lincoln	21.8	10			$5,000 to $50,000
June 18	8:30 PM CDT	F3	Dawson	9.4	10			$500 to $5,000
June 18	9:00 PM CDT	F3	Lincoln	28.4	10	1	3	$50,000 to $500,000
June 18	9:15 PM CDT	F4	Logan	15.2	10			$500 to $5,000

June 19 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 19	3:30 PM CDT	F1	Buffalo	44.2	200	$50,000 to $500,000
June 19	7:00 PM CDT	F1	Holt	6.2	83	$5,000 to $50,000
June 19	7:10 PM CDT	F0	Gosper	14.8	200
June 19	8:50 PM CDT	F0	Antelope	1.0	67	$500 to $5,000
June 19	9:00 PM CDT	F1	Holt	1.0	67	$500 to $5,000

June 20 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 20	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Blaine	2.3	100
June 20	8:15 PM CDT	F1	Loup	17.6	150	$5,000 to $50,000
June 20	10:05 PM CDT	F1	Boyd	0.1	100	$5,000 to $50,000
June 20	12:30 AM CDT	F0	Boone	0.3	50	$5,000 to $50,000

June 21 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 21	2:00 PM CDT	F0	Red Willow	0.5	300	$5,000 to $50,000
June 21	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Howard	8.8	50
June 21	7:30 PM CDT	F2	Knox	0.5	50	$500 to $5,000

June 25 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 25	8:00 PM MDT	F1	Deuel	0.3	23	$5,000 to $50,000
June 25	8:00 PM MDT	F2	Box Butte	16.2	30	$50,000 to $500,000
June 25	9:15 PM MDT	F1	Box Butte	68.0	20	$5,000 to $50,000
June 25	9:35 PM MDT	F1	Deuel	9.1	40	$5,000 to $50,000

June 30 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 30	9:35 PM MDT	F0	Cheyenne	0.1	10

July 19 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 19	3:30 PM MDT	F2	Cherry	20.9	10	$500,000 to $5 million
July 19	8:30 PM CDT	F0	Valley	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
July 19	9:45 PM CDT	F0	Buffalo	0.1	10

July 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 21	5:30 AM CDT	F0	Dawson	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000
July 21	4:55 PM CDT	F2	Furnas	5.7	10			$5,000 to $50,000

August 11 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 11	5:00 AM CDT	F0	Cedar	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

August 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 20	8:00 PM MDT	F1	Cherry	0.1	70			$5,000 to $50,000

September 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 4	2:15 AM CDT	F0	Richardson	0.1	10			$50,000 to $500,000

December 13 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
December 13	9:30 PM CST	F2	Thayer	8.0	60			$50,000 to $500,000
December 13	11:40 PM CST	F2	Pawnee	1.0	50			$5,000 to $50,000

Nearby

Every tornado in Nebraska since 1950 Warnings in force in Nebraska The live radar over Nebraska

What this means

Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.

Sources

NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.