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1984 tornadoes in Nebraska

50 tornadoes touched down in Nebraska in 1984, 19 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1983 1985 The whole country in 1984

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 1984

April 25 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 25	8:19 PM CST	F3	Howard	8.0	40	18	$5 million to $50 million
April 25	8:21 PM CST	F1	Greeley	0.2	10		under $50
April 25	9:03 PM CST	F2	Madison	0.5	10	1	$5,000 to $50,000
April 25	9:10 PM CST	F1	Lincoln	0.2	10		$500 to $5,000

May 18 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	4:45 PM CDT	F1	Hamilton	0.1	10			$5,000 to $50,000

May 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 21	9:06 PM CDT	F1	Howard	0.3	20			$500 to $5,000
May 21	9:50 PM CDT	F1	Adams	1.0	60			$5,000 to $50,000

May 31 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 31	6:05 PM CDT	F0	Hitchcock	0.1	20
May 31	6:35 PM CDT	F0	Red Willow	0.1	20
May 31	8:45 PM CDT	F1	Lincoln	5.0	40	$5,000 to $50,000

June 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	5:17 PM MDT	F0	Morrill	0.2	30			$5,000 to $50,000

June 4 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 4	7:03 PM CDT	F1	Clay	0.1	10
June 4	8:11 PM CDT	F0	Hall	0.1	10
June 4	8:11 PM CDT	F0	Adams	0.1	10

June 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	6:28 PM CDT	F0	Holt	0.1	17

June 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 7	7:00 PM CDT	F1	Pawnee	0.3	50			$500 to $5,000

June 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	2:00 AM CDT	F1	Webster	0.1	10			$500 to $5,000

June 11 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 11	2:30 PM MDT	F2	Dundy	1.0	30	$50,000 to $500,000
June 11	2:55 PM MDT	F2	Chase	2.0	30	$5,000 to $50,000
June 11	4:12 PM MDT	F0	Chase	0.1	20
June 11	6:10 PM CDT	F0	Dawson	0.1	10
June 11	7:00 PM CDT	F1	Cedar	19.0	30	$5,000 to $50,000
June 11	7:48 PM CDT	F1	Buffalo	0.5	30	$5,000 to $50,000
June 11	8:30 PM CDT	F1	Dawson	0.3	20	$50,000 to $500,000
June 11	9:20 PM CDT	F3	Hall	14.0	200	$500,000 to $5 million
June 11	9:20 PM CDT	F2	Buffalo	0.5	20	$5,000 to $50,000
June 11	8:50 PM MDT	F1	Perkins	14.0	20	$500 to $5,000
June 11	10:40 PM CDT	F1	Lincoln	1.0	30	$500 to $5,000
June 11	11:04 PM CDT	F0	Lincoln	0.1	20

June 12 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 12	5:57 PM CDT	F3	Thayer	13.0	200	5	$500,000 to $5 million
June 12	7:03 PM CDT	F2	Lancaster	20.0	150		$500,000 to $5 million
June 12	7:20 PM CDT	F2	Cass	11.0	100		$500,000 to $5 million
June 12	7:30 PM CDT	F2	Cass	0.5	50		$500 to $5,000
June 12	8:10 PM CDT	F0	Adams	0.1	30

June 15 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 15	3:55 PM MDT	F0	Banner	0.1	30
June 15	9:45 PM CDT	F0	Lincoln	0.1	30

June 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	7:00 PM MDT	F0	Keith	0.1	20

June 17 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 17	4:45 PM CDT	F0	Antelope	0.1	40
June 17	4:45 PM CDT	F0	Howard	0.1	20
June 17	5:10 PM CDT	F0	Platte	0.1	30
June 17	5:30 PM CDT	F2	Stanton	1.0	50	$50,000 to $500,000
June 17	6:00 PM CDT	F1	Cuming	7.0	40	$500,000 to $5 million
June 17	6:20 PM CDT	F1	Cuming	0.3	40	$5,000 to $50,000
June 17	6:55 PM CDT	F1	Burt	6.0	20	$5,000 to $50,000
June 17	7:14 PM CDT	F1	Burt to IA	14.0	30	$50,000 to $500,000

June 22 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 22	9:00 PM CDT	F0	Knox	1.0	20

July 5 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 5	5:45 PM CDT	F1	Boone	1.0	100			$50,000 to $500,000
July 5	8:30 PM CDT	F1	Gage	0.8	40			$50,000 to $500,000

July 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 9	11:30 PM CDT	F1	Brown	0.3	100			$50,000 to $500,000

July 16 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 16	4:43 PM MDT	F0	Keith	0.1	17

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.