Tornadoes · United States · Nebraska
Tornadoes in Holt County, Nebraska
81 tornadoes have crossed Holt County since 1950, 5th of the 93 counties in Nebraska with a tornado on record, an average of 1.1 a year. They have killed 0 people and injured 5. 1 was 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
- 81
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 5
- F4 and above
- 1
- Worst on record
- F4, May 29, 1962
The strongest
- F4, Holt County, NebraskaMay 29, 1962
- F3, Holt County, NebraskaMay 8, 1965
- F3, Holt County, NebraskaJune 9, 2003
- EF2, Rock and Holt counties, NebraskaJune 5, 2008
- EF2, Wheeler and Holt counties, NebraskaMay 12, 2023
- F2, Holt County, NebraskaJune 19, 1996
- F2, Holt County, NebraskaOctober 28, 1998
- F2, Holt County, NebraskaMay 15, 1992
- F2, Holt County, NebraskaMay 15, 1992
- F2, Holt County, NebraskaMay 15, 1992
Every year with a tornado
The 33 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Holt County. Each year links to every tornado in Nebraska that year.
Every tornado that crossed Holt County
81 tornadoes, newest first.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 2023 | 3:55 PM CDT | EF2 | Wheeler | 7.3 | 75 | |||
| May 10, 2016 | 3:25 PM CDT | EF0 | Holt | 0.2 | 20 | $40,000 | ||
| August 18, 2011 | 5:48 PM CDT | EF0 | Holt | 0.4 | 50 | |||
| August 18, 2011 | 5:23 PM CDT | EF0 | Holt | 0.0 | 20 | |||
| May 30, 2011 | 6:52 PM CDT | EF0 | Holt | 0.0 | 20 | |||
| May 30, 2011 | 5:05 PM CDT | EF0 | Holt | 0.0 | 20 | |||
| March 23, 2009 | 3:24 PM CDT | EF2 | Holt | 0.2 | 10 | $20,000 | ||
| June 5, 2008 | 3:40 PM CDT | EF2 | Rock | 29.9 | 50 | $200,000 | ||
| September 18, 2005 | 6:30 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| July 15, 2004 | 7:00 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 1.0 | 20 | |||
| July 15, 2004 | 6:50 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 1.0 | 20 | $40,000 | ||
| May 29, 2004 | 5:33 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 29, 2004 | 5:33 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.2 | 10 | $10,000 | ||
| May 29, 2004 | 5:30 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 16, 2004 | 7:21 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 1.0 | 20 | |||
| May 16, 2004 | 6:49 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 2.0 | 30 | |||
| May 16, 2004 | 5:55 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 6.0 | 100 | $40,000 | ||
| May 16, 2004 | 5:51 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.2 | 30 | |||
| April 20, 2004 | 6:07 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.2 | 20 | |||
| April 20, 2004 | 5:45 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.2 | 20 | |||
| July 5, 2003 | 8:45 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| July 5, 2003 | 8:25 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 9, 2003 | 7:35 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 20 | $10,000 | ||
| June 9, 2003 | 7:30 PM CDT | F3 | Holt | 23.0 | 880 | $5.7 million | ||
| June 9, 2003 | 7:12 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.5 | 20 | $30,000 | ||
| June 9, 2003 | 7:05 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 2.0 | 30 | $10,000 | ||
| July 24, 2002 | 6:37 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | $10,000 | ||
| July 17, 2001 | 7:14 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 3.0 | 1 | |||
| July 16, 2001 | 5:45 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 1.0 | 20 | $30,000 | ||
| July 9, 2001 | 9:03 AM CDT | F0 | Holt | 1.0 | 5 | |||
| April 6, 2001 | 12:47 AM CDT | F1 | Holt | 1.0 | 100 | $10,000 | ||
| April 26, 2000 | 5:50 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 0.1 | 30 | $20,000 | ||
| April 26, 2000 | 5:40 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 2.0 | 20 | |||
| April 26, 2000 | 5:10 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 6.0 | 50 | $200,000 | ||
| May 3, 1999 | 8:20 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 15.0 | 100 | $750,000 | ||
| October 28, 1998 | 6:40 PM CST | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 30 | |||
| October 28, 1998 | 5:50 PM CST | F0 | Holt | 3.0 | 30 | |||
| October 28, 1998 | 5:50 PM CST | F2 | Holt | 2.0 | 100 | $50,000 | ||
| October 28, 1998 | 5:30 PM CST | F0 | Holt | 0.2 | 30 | $10,000 | ||
| October 28, 1998 | 5:25 PM CST | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 30 | |||
| October 28, 1998 | 5:15 PM CST | F0 | Holt | 8.0 | 50 | |||
| October 28, 1998 | 4:40 PM CST | F1 | Holt | 5.0 | 80 | $20,000 | ||
| October 26, 1996 | 8:50 AM CDT | F1 | Holt | 1.0 | 75 | 3 | $150,000 | |
| October 26, 1996 | 8:23 AM CDT | F1 | Holt | 0.8 | 50 | 1 | $10,000 | |
| June 19, 1996 | 3:10 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 3.0 | 200 | $250,000 | ||
| June 19, 1996 | 2:28 PM CDT | F2 | Holt | 3.0 | 350 | $1.0 million | ||
| July 4, 1994 | 10:30 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 0.5 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 24, 1994 | 5:15 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 0.1 | 73 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| July 3, 1993 | 8:30 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 50 | $50 to $500 | ||
| May 15, 1992 | 7:30 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.2 | 20 | |||
| May 15, 1992 | 6:28 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.5 | 23 | |||
| May 15, 1992 | 6:28 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.5 | 23 | |||
| May 15, 1992 | 6:21 PM CDT | F2 | Holt | 1.0 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| May 15, 1992 | 6:15 PM CDT | F2 | Holt | 0.5 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| May 15, 1992 | 6:05 PM CDT | F2 | Holt | 1.0 | 50 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| May 15, 1992 | 5:46 PM CDT | F2 | Holt | 1.0 | 50 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 16, 1990 | 5:00 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 23 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 16, 1990 | 4:40 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.2 | 23 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| July 29, 1986 | 6:45 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 5.0 | 70 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 11, 1985 | 3:45 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.5 | 50 | |||
| May 10, 1985 | 8:23 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 2.0 | 50 | |||
| April 20, 1985 | 4:36 PM CST | F1 | Holt | 0.5 | 20 | |||
| June 5, 1984 | 6:28 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 17 | |||
| May 9, 1982 | 10:00 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 20 | under $50 | ||
| May 26, 1980 | 2:25 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 2.0 | 10 | $50 to $500 | ||
| May 26, 1980 | 1:55 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 7.3 | 10 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| June 19, 1975 | 9:00 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 1.0 | 67 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 19, 1975 | 7:00 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 6.2 | 83 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| April 20, 1974 | 6:00 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 23, 1972 | 6:08 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 22, 1972 | 4:00 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 2.3 | 10 | |||
| May 22, 1972 | 4:00 PM CDT | F1 | Holt | 2.3 | 220 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 11, 1970 | 3:30 PM CDT | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 21, 1968 | 1:30 AM GMT-5 | F1 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | 1 | $500 to $5,000 | |
| June 26, 1965 | 8:30 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Holt | 44.6 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 8, 1965 | 6:00 PM GMT-5 | F3 | Holt | 44.8 | 10 | $5 million to $50 million | ||
| May 29, 1962 | 12:40 PM GMT-5 | F4 | Holt | 24.2 | 300 | |||
| July 18, 1961 | 7:00 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 5, 1961 | 12:00 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| August 21, 1959 | 5:00 PM GMT-5 | F0 | Holt | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 15, 1952 | 8:02 PM GMT-5 | F1 | Holt | 1.0 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 |
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.