Tornadoes · United States · Nebraska

Tornadoes in Burt County, Nebraska

23 tornadoes have crossed Burt County since 1950, 74th of the 93 counties in Nebraska with a tornado on record, an average of one every 3.3 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 37. 2 were rated F4 or EF4 and 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
23
Deaths
0
Injuries
37
F4 and above
2
Worst on record
F4, July 7, 1977

The strongest

  1. F4, Thurston and Burt counties, NebraskaJuly 7, 1977F4, 22.6 mi (36 km)
  2. F4, Burt County, NebraskaJuly 15, 1950F4, 10.0 mi (16 km)
  3. F3, Burt County, NebraskaMay 27, 1991F3, 6.0 mi (10 km)
  4. EF2, Burt County, NebraskaMay 12, 2023EF2, 11.3 mi (18 km)
  5. EF2, Dodge and Burt counties, NebraskaMay 12, 2023EF2, 10.4 mi (17 km)
  6. F2, Burt County, NebraskaJune 16, 1992F2, 4.0 mi (6 km)
  7. F2, Burt County, NebraskaMay 28, 1991F2, 1.0 mi (2 km)
  8. F2, Burt County, NebraskaJune 15, 1960F2, 0.1 mi (0 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 15 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Burt County. Each year links to every tornado in Nebraska that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20241EF0
202362EF2
20181EF0
20111EF1
20081EF1
20011F0
19921F2
199122F3
19842F1
19771F4
19672F0
19661F0
19641F1
19601F2
1950133F4

Every tornado that crossed Burt County

23 tornadoes, newest first.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 12, 20247:12 PM CDTEF0Burt0.575
July 12, 20235:37 AM CDTEF0Burt1.115
May 12, 20237:43 PM CDTUnratedBurt0.520
May 12, 20237:23 PM CDTUnratedBurt0.450
May 12, 20236:20 PM CDTEF2Burt11.31,1502
May 12, 20236:14 PM CDTEF1Burt1.1100
May 12, 20235:46 PM CDTEF2Dodge10.41,600
June 18, 20186:40 PM CDTEF0Burt0.350
March 22, 20114:40 PM CDTEF1Burt2.475$1.1 million
June 11, 20086:25 PM CDTEF1Burt1.3440
June 18, 20017:36 PM CDTF0Burt0.120
June 16, 199211:00 PM CDTF2Burt4.0150$5,000 to $50,000
May 28, 19911:30 AM CDTF2Burt1.0440$50,000 to $500,000
May 27, 199112:45 AM CDTF3Burt6.01,7602$500,000 to $5 million
June 17, 19847:14 PM CDTF1Burt to IA14.030$50,000 to $500,000
June 17, 19846:55 PM CDTF1Burt6.020$5,000 to $50,000
July 7, 19773:30 AM CDTF4Thurston22.677$500,000 to $5 million
June 15, 19675:30 PM GMT-5F0Seward80.910$50,000 to $500,000
June 13, 19679:00 PM GMT-5F0Burt0.110
May 22, 19668:00 PM GMT-5F0Burt0.110
May 6, 19646:30 AM GMT-5F1Burt0.310$5,000 to $50,000
June 15, 19609:00 PM GMT-5F2Burt0.110$5,000 to $50,000
July 15, 19506:30 PM GMT-5F4Burt10.044033$500,000 to $5 million

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.