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1991 tornadoes in Nebraska

64 tornadoes touched down in Nebraska in 1991, 52 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1990 1992 The whole country in 1991

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 1991

April 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 11	7:25 PM CDT	F2	Webster	21.0	73			$50,000 to $500,000
April 11	8:35 PM CDT	F0	Nuckolls	1.0	50			$5,000 to $50,000

April 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 12	5:22 PM CDT	F0	Clay	0.5	23

April 26 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
April 26	3:40 PM CDT	F1	Fillmore	1.0	50		$5,000 to $50,000
April 26	5:00 PM CDT	F2	Gage	4.0	150		$50,000 to $500,000
April 26	5:15 PM CDT	F3	Otoe	14.0	350	2	$500,000 to $5 million
April 26	6:15 PM CDT	F0	Pierce	0.1	20

April 29 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 29	1:15 PM CDT	F0	Douglas	0.1	33			$500 to $5,000

May 2 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 2	6:00 PM MDT	F3	Perkins	13.0	173			$500,000 to $5 million
May 2	7:20 PM CDT	F0	Hayes	0.1	23

May 16 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 16	1:45 PM CDT	F0	Pierce	0.1	13
May 16	3:58 PM CDT	F0	Lincoln	0.2	23
May 16	3:10 PM MDT	F0	Chase	1.5	50
May 16	3:10 PM MDT	F0	Perkins	0.2	23
May 16	3:10 PM MDT	F0	Perkins	0.2	23
May 16	4:15 PM CDT	F0	Gosper	0.5	50
May 16	4:25 PM CDT	F0	Gosper	0.5	40
May 16	4:35 PM CDT	F0	Gosper	0.5	30	$5,000 to $50,000
May 16	4:00 PM MDT	F0	Keith	0.2	23
May 16	5:00 PM CDT	F0	Buffalo	0.7	50
May 16	5:05 PM CDT	F0	Buffalo	1.0	40
May 16	5:43 PM CDT	F2	Seward	11.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000

May 27 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 27	12:45 AM CDT	F3	Burt	6.0	1,760		2	$500,000 to $5 million

May 28 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 28	1:30 AM CDT	F2	Burt	1.0	440		$50,000 to $500,000
May 28	10:10 PM CDT	F1	Buffalo	1.0	50	2	$50,000 to $500,000
May 28	10:45 PM CDT	F0	Sherman	0.5	30
May 28	11:18 PM CDT	F0	Merrick	0.5	40

May 29 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 29	8:36 PM MDT	F0	Perkins	0.2	23
May 29	10:19 PM CDT	F0	Lincoln	0.2	23
May 29	10:30 PM CDT	F0	Buffalo	0.5	30
May 29	10:35 PM CDT	F0	Polk	1.0	40	$500 to $5,000
May 29	10:42 PM CDT	F0	Hall	0.2	30

May 30 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 30	11:50 AM CDT	F0	Custer	0.2	23
May 30	7:50 PM CDT	F2	Harlan	1.0	50	$50,000 to $500,000
May 30	8:20 PM CDT	F0	Harlan	0.5	30
May 30	10:45 PM CDT	F0	Loup	0.1	13
May 30	10:45 PM CDT	F0	Garfield	0.1	13

June 1 7 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 1	6:00 AM MDT	F1	Chase	4.0	50	$5,000 to $50,000
June 1	6:30 AM MDT	F1	Perkins	2.0	23	$5,000 to $50,000
June 1	12:05 PM CDT	F0	Phelps	0.5	30
June 1	1:00 PM CDT	F1	Webster	1.0	40	$5,000 to $50,000
June 1	1:10 PM CDT	F0	Clay	0.5	30	$5,000 to $50,000
June 1	1:45 PM CDT	F0	Webster	1.0	30	$500 to $5,000
June 1	2:20 PM CDT	F0	Clay	1.0	30	$5,000 to $50,000

June 3 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 3	3:52 PM MDT	F0	Dundy	0.1	23

June 4 8 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 4	3:15 PM CDT	F0	Madison	0.1	10
June 4	3:45 PM CDT	F2	Madison	3.0	100	$50,000 to $500,000
June 4	4:36 PM CDT	F0	Stanton	0.1	10
June 4	5:00 PM CDT	F1	Stanton	0.1	20
June 4	5:30 PM CDT	F1	Stanton	2.5	73	$500 to $5,000
June 4	6:00 PM CDT	F0	Colfax	0.1	10	$500 to $5,000
June 4	6:15 PM CDT	F1	Cuming	0.6	10	$50 to $500
June 4	7:00 PM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.5	10	$500 to $5,000

June 9 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 9	3:54 PM MDT	F1	Scotts Bluff	1.0	50
June 9	6:40 PM MDT	F3	Scotts Bluff	3.5	150			$500,000 to $5 million

June 17 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 17	4:00 PM MDT	F1	Keith	0.1	23	$500 to $5,000
June 17	4:00 PM MDT	F0	Hooker	0.1	10
June 17	5:30 PM CDT	F0	McPherson	0.1	23

June 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 18	6:13 PM MDT	F0	Cheyenne	0.1	10
June 18	6:16 PM MDT	F1	Arthur	0.1	20			$50 to $500

June 21 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 21	1:00 PM CDT	F1	Clay	1.0	40			$50,000 to $500,000

June 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 28	12:25 AM MDT	F1	Box Butte	0.3	30			$500,000 to $5 million

July 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 9	11:52 AM MDT	F0	Box Butte	0.1	10

September 12 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 12	7:45 AM CDT	F1	Garfield	0.5	50			$5,000 to $50,000

Crossed into Nebraska

Tornadoes that touched down in a neighboring state and ran into Nebraska. They are counted under the state they began in.

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
April 26	3:50 PM CDT	F3	Washington, KS to NE	24.0	200			$50,000 to $500,000

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.