Tornadoes · United States · Nebraska

1992 tornadoes in Nebraska

75 tornadoes touched down in Nebraska in 1992, 78 percent above the average of the record for the state. None of them killed anybody.

1991 1993 The whole country in 1992

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 1992

January 7 6 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
January 7	4:55 PM CST	F1	Merrick	1.5	20	$5,000 to $50,000
January 7	5:15 PM CST	F1	Sherman	0.1	30
January 7	5:15 PM CST	F1	Merrick	0.1	30
January 7	5:30 PM CST	F2	Sherman	0.1	30	$5,000 to $50,000
January 7	5:45 PM CST	F1	Merrick	0.1	20	$5,000 to $50,000
January 7	6:15 PM CST	F1	Nance	0.1	20	$50 to $500

March 8 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
March 8	3:30 PM MST	F0	Dundy	0.5	23			$50 to $500

May 15 15 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 15	5:45 PM CDT	F0	Butler	0.2	50
May 15	5:46 PM CDT	F2	Holt	1.0	50	$5,000 to $50,000
May 15	6:00 PM CDT	F0	Butler	0.2	50	$500 to $5,000
May 15	6:05 PM CDT	F2	Holt	1.0	50	$50,000 to $500,000
May 15	6:15 PM CDT	F2	Holt	0.5	50	$50,000 to $500,000
May 15	6:21 PM CDT	F2	Holt	1.0	50	$50,000 to $500,000
May 15	6:28 PM CDT	F0	Holt	0.5	23
May 15	6:28 PM CDT	F0	Holt	0.5	23
May 15	6:45 PM CDT	F0	Custer	21.0	23
May 15	7:30 PM CDT	F0	Holt	0.2	20
May 15	8:35 PM CDT	F1	Knox	0.5	50	$5,000 to $50,000
May 15	8:42 PM CDT	F1	Knox	1.0	80	$50,000 to $500,000
May 15	8:55 PM CDT	F1	Knox	1.0	80	$50,000 to $500,000
May 15	9:00 PM CDT	F1	Knox	0.5	50	$5,000 to $50,000
May 15	9:25 PM CDT	F0	Howard	0.2	10

May 16 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
May 16	2:10 AM CDT	F0	Howard	0.2	10
May 16	6:30 PM CDT	F2	Dixon	10.0	100	$500,000 to $5 million
May 16	6:48 PM CDT	F0	Wayne	0.2	20

June 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	4:12 PM CDT	F1	Nance	0.1	20			$50,000 to $500,000

June 7 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 7	6:28 PM MDT	F0	Scotts Bluff	0.1	20

June 15 14 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
June 15	7:20 PM CDT	F1	Hall	0.1	30		$5,000 to $50,000
June 15	7:45 PM CDT	F2	Polk	2.0	150		$50,000 to $500,000
June 15	7:55 PM CDT	F2	Hamilton	0.1	30		$500,000 to $5 million
June 15	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Colfax	0.1	30
June 15	8:15 PM CDT	F0	Colfax	0.1	30
June 15	8:55 PM CDT	F3	Saline	21.0	500		$500,000 to $5 million
June 15	9:50 PM CDT	F1	Cuming	0.5	30		$500 to $5,000
June 15	9:55 PM CDT	F1	Cuming	0.5	30	4	$50,000 to $500,000
June 15	10:00 PM CDT	F1	Cuming	4.0	80		$50,000 to $500,000
June 15	10:15 PM CDT	F3	Seward	14.0	500	1	$5 million to $50 million
June 15	10:20 PM CDT	F1	Cuming	0.5	40		$5,000 to $50,000
June 15	11:58 PM CDT	F1	Johnson	1.5	150		$50,000 to $500,000
June 15	12:12 AM CDT	F1	Johnson	1.2	100		$5,000 to $50,000
June 15	12:30 AM CDT	F1	Otoe	1.5	20		$50 to $500

June 16 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 16	3:20 PM MDT	F0	Box Butte	0.1	20
June 16	3:51 PM MDT	F0	Box Butte	0.1	30
June 16	5:15 PM CDT	F1	Brown	4.0	150	$5,000 to $50,000
June 16	6:15 PM CDT	F1	Rock	1.0	80	$50,000 to $500,000
June 16	6:17 PM CDT	F1	Custer	0.5	50	$5,000 to $50,000
June 16	6:23 PM CDT	F0	Custer	0.2	23
June 16	6:35 PM CDT	F1	Custer	0.4	23	under $50
June 16	6:38 PM CDT	F1	Boyd	1.5	80	$50,000 to $500,000
June 16	6:50 PM CDT	F1	Boyd	10.0	80	$50,000 to $500,000
June 16	8:47 PM CDT	F1	Cedar	0.1	10	$5,000 to $50,000
June 16	11:00 PM CDT	F2	Burt	4.0	150	$5,000 to $50,000
June 16	11:05 PM CDT	F0	Saline	0.1	73
June 16	11:23 PM CDT	F0	Lancaster	0.1	73

June 30 5 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 30	1:42 PM MDT	F0	Sheridan	0.1	30
June 30	2:30 PM MDT	F0	Dawes	0.1	20
June 30	3:42 PM MDT	F0	Sheridan	0.1	20
June 30	3:42 PM MDT	F0	Sheridan	0.1	20
June 30	3:48 PM MDT	F0	Dawes	0.5	20

July 2 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 2	2:23 AM CDT	F0	Franklin	0.1	20

July 6 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 6	8:15 PM MDT	F0	Sheridan	0.1	20

July 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 9	5:43 PM CDT	F0	Antelope	0.1	30

July 11 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 11	5:38 PM MDT	F0	Box Butte	0.1	30
July 11	6:44 PM MDT	F0	Cheyenne	0.1	20

July 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 18	5:37 PM CDT	F0	Custer	0.1	23
July 18	9:50 PM CDT	F0	Seward	0.1	50

July 21 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 21	7:01 PM MDT	F0	Garden	0.1	30			$500 to $5,000
July 21	7:33 PM MDT	F0	Garden	0.1	30

July 28 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 28	5:13 PM MDT	F0	Box Butte	0.1	30

July 29 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
July 29	8:05 PM CDT	F2	Lincoln	0.4	50	$5,000 to $50,000
July 29	11:58 PM CDT	F0	Pawnee	0.1	23	$500 to $5,000
July 29	12:12 AM CDT	F0	Pawnee	0.1	23	$500 to $5,000
July 29	12:56 AM CDT	F0	Johnson	0.1	23	$500 to $5,000

August 4 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
August 4	4:50 PM MDT	F0	Cherry	0.5	10

September 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 5	4:55 PM CDT	F0	Cass	0.1	10

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.