Tornadoes · United States · Nebraska

Tornadoes in Banner County, Nebraska

31 tornadoes have crossed Banner County since 1950, 58th of the 93 counties in Nebraska with a tornado on record, an average of one every 2.5 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 0. None was rated F4 or above.

The rating scale

Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.

  1. F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale

    Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.

  2. F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale

    Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.

  3. F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  4. F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale

    Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.

  5. F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale

    Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.

  6. F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale

    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.

  7. 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.

Now

Tornadoes
31
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
F4 and above
0
Worst on record
F3, May 27, 1985

The strongest

  1. F3, Scotts Bluff, Banner and Cheyenne counties, NebraskaMay 27, 1985F3, 48.0 mi (77 km)
  2. F2, Banner, Kimball and Morrill counties, NebraskaAugust 31, 1978F2, 25.9 mi (42 km)
  3. F2, Banner County, NebraskaAugust 31, 1978F2, 20.9 mi (34 km)
  4. F2, Banner County, NebraskaJune 27, 2005F2, 17.0 mi (27 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 21 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Banner County. Each year links to every tornado in Nebraska that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20172EF1
20132EF1
20111EF0
20103EF0
20092EF0
20051F2
20001F0
19992F0
19961F1
19941F1
19883F1
19871F1
19851F3
19841F0
19831F1
19782F2
19761F0
19712F0
19651F1
19581F1
19561F1

Every tornado that crossed Banner County

31 tornadoes, newest first. 2 of them touched down in a neighboring state and ran in, so the record files them under that state rather than Nebraska.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 12, 20176:30 PM MDTEF1Banner4.2100$25,000
June 12, 20176:12 PM MDTUnratedBanner0.725
June 22, 20135:26 PM MDTEF0Banner1.140
June 22, 20134:50 PM MDTEF1Banner7.9100
July 14, 20115:10 PM MDTEF0Banner0.120
June 22, 20105:18 PM MDTEF0Banner0.530
June 22, 20105:06 PM MDTEF0Banner0.530
June 22, 20104:42 PM MDTEF0Banner0.530
June 7, 20092:03 PM CDTEF0Banner to NE5.525
June 5, 20095:49 PM MDTEF0Banner0.130
June 27, 20053:49 PM MDTF2Banner17.0250$300,000
July 5, 20005:45 PM MDTF0Banner0.340
September 2, 19994:30 PM MDTF0Banner0.130
June 26, 19996:26 PM MDTF0Banner0.10
May 30, 19966:06 PM MDTF1Banner1.0100$30,000
July 25, 19945:35 PM MDTF1Banner0.110
August 11, 19882:53 PM MDTF1Banner0.120$50 to $500
August 9, 19882:55 PM MDTF1Banner14.040$500 to $5,000
May 17, 198812:25 PM MDTF1Banner0.130under $50
June 23, 19874:23 PM MDTF1Banner0.230$50,000 to $500,000
May 27, 19854:08 PM MDTF3Scotts Bluff48.0200$500,000 to $5 million
June 15, 19843:55 PM MDTF0Banner0.130
June 18, 19837:10 PM MDTF1Banner0.530$5,000 to $50,000
August 31, 19781:30 PM MDTF2Banner25.9440$500 to $5,000
August 31, 197812:40 PM MDTF2Banner20.9440$500 to $5,000
May 30, 19768:44 PM MDTF0Banner0.130
July 1, 19717:12 PM MDTF0Banner0.110
May 30, 197111:48 AM MDTF0Banner0.110
July 2, 19652:40 PM GMT-6F1Banner0.110$5,000 to $50,000
July 19, 19584:27 PM GMT-7F1Banner17.110under $50
July 4, 19564:00 PM GMT-5F1Banner to NE7.410

Nearby

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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.