Tornadoes · United States · Nebraska

2014 tornadoes in Nebraska

63 tornadoes touched down in Nebraska in 2014, 49 percent above the average of the record for the state. They killed 2 people and injured 21. 4 were rated F4 or EF4 and above.

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The rating scale

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

EF065 to 85 mph
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
EF186 to 110 mph
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
EF2111 to 135 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.
EF3136 to 165 mph
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
EF4166 to 200 mph
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
EF5over 200 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 2014

April 27 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
April 27	2:26 PM CDT	EF0	Franklin	0.1	35
April 27	4:40 PM CDT	EF0	York	0.1	45
April 27	5:17 PM CDT	EF0	Polk	0.4	45

May 11 18 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Injuries	Damage
May 11	3:26 PM CDT	EF0	Clay	0.1	150
May 11	3:50 PM CDT	EF3	Clay	20.2	1,300		$14 million
May 11	4:25 PM CDT	EF0	Fillmore	0.0	100
May 11	4:25 PM CDT	EF2	Fillmore	9.4	750		$3.5 million
May 11	4:40 PM CDT	EF1	Fillmore	6.1	150		$150,000
May 11	4:57 PM CDT	EF3	Fillmore	19.1	2,640		$11 million
May 11	5:04 PM CDT	EF0	York	0.6	25
May 11	5:13 PM CDT	EF0	Seward	1.7	100
May 11	5:23 PM CDT	EF2	Seward	8.0	500
May 11	5:53 PM CDT	EF2	Seward	4.7	330
May 11	5:58 PM CDT	EF1	York	5.5	700		$60,000
May 11	6:07 PM CDT	EF1	Lancaster	3.0	400
May 11	6:11 PM CDT	EF2	Lancaster	2.5	300
May 11	6:20 PM CDT	EF1	Lancaster	5.3	280
May 11	6:42 PM CDT	EF0	Saunders	1.8	200
May 11	6:55 PM CDT	EF1	Jefferson	15.5	500	1
May 11	6:59 PM CDT	EF1	Saunders	10.7	800
May 11	7:21 PM CDT	EF1	Douglas	5.2	200

May 14 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 14	2:30 PM MDT	EF0	Box Butte	0.8	30

May 18 2 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 18	6:35 PM MDT	EF0	Sioux	2.1	30
May 18	7:20 PM MDT	EF0	Box Butte	6.2	30

May 20 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
May 20	5:25 PM MDT	EF0	Scotts Bluff	0.7	25

June 3 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 3	4:18 PM CDT	EF0	Valley	1.1	50	$50,000
June 3	5:01 PM CDT	EF0	Greeley	0.0	25
June 3	10:33 PM CDT	EF1	Hamilton	4.1	700	$500,000

June 5 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 5	2:51 PM CDT	EF1	Thurston	1.5	100

June 6 3 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 6	12:05 PM MDT	EF0	Sheridan	0.2	40
June 6	1:00 PM MDT	EF0	Cherry	0.2	40
June 6	1:55 PM MDT	EF0	Kimball	0.9	25

June 14 4 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)
June 14	7:31 PM CDT	EF0	Franklin	1.2	75
June 14	8:25 PM CDT	EF0	Webster	0.3	25
June 14	10:05 PM CDT	EF0	Hamilton	0.0	25
June 14	10:24 PM CDT	EF0	Hamilton	0.0	25

June 16 12 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
June 16	3:38 PM CDT	EF0	Stanton	1.3	100
June 16	3:42 PM CDT	EF4	Stanton	12.1	400			$2.0 million
June 16	4:00 PM CDT	EF4	Stanton	23.9	500	1	20	$14 million
June 16	4:13 PM CDT	EF4	Stanton	11.5	500	1		$1.1 million
June 16	4:40 PM CDT	EF4	Wayne	15.8	530			$3.0 million
June 16	5:41 PM CDT	EF0	Dakota	0.3	50
June 16	6:24 PM CDT	EF0	Custer	0.2	40
June 16	6:35 PM CDT	EF1	Garfield	2.4	400			$15,000
June 16	7:01 PM CDT	EF2	Garfield	5.2	500			$100,000
June 16	7:20 PM CDT	EF2	Garfield	1.6	700			$100,000
June 16	7:28 PM CDT	EF2	Garfield	0.3	400			$5,000
June 16	7:30 PM CDT	EF0	Garfield	0.2	40			$1,000

June 17 13 tornadoes

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Damage
June 17	4:40 PM MDT	EF0	Cherry	0.2	40
June 17	4:40 PM MDT	EF0	Cherry	0.4	40
June 17	5:28 PM MDT	EF0	Cherry	0.7	40	$60,000
June 17	6:00 PM MDT	EF0	Cherry	0.7	40	$10,000
June 17	7:57 PM CDT	EF1	Cedar	3.9	630	$10,000
June 17	8:09 PM CDT	EF3	Cedar	4.0	2,059	$2.0 million
June 17	7:39 PM MDT	EF0	Cherry	0.2	20
June 17	8:07 PM MDT	EF0	Hooker	1.7	40
June 17	9:10 PM CDT	EF0	Cedar	1.3	100
June 17	9:10 PM CDT	EF1	Cedar	3.4	850	$25,000
June 17	9:28 PM CDT	EF2	Cedar	0.9	200	$50,000
June 17	9:45 PM CDT	EF2	Cedar	5.3	850	$250,000
June 17	10:45 PM CDT	EF1	Dixon	2.5	100	$20,000

July 13 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
July 13	3:09 PM MDT	EF0	Kimball	0.1	25

September 9 1 tornado

Date	Time	Rating	Where	Path (mi)	Width (yd)	Deaths	Injuries	Damage
September 9	4:29 PM CDT	EF1	Otoe	7.7	965			$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.