Tornadoes · United States · Nebraska

Tornadoes in Nuckolls County, Nebraska

48 tornadoes have crossed Nuckolls County since 1950, 22nd of the 93 counties in Nebraska with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.6 years. They have killed 0 people and injured 15. 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.

  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
48
Deaths
0
Injuries
15
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
F4, March 13, 1990

The strongest

  1. F4, Webster, Nuckolls, Clay and Fillmore counties, NebraskaMarch 13, 1990F4, 131.0 mi (211 km)
  2. F3, Nuckolls, Thayer and Fillmore counties, NebraskaApril 20, 1974F3, 41.6 mi (67 km)
  3. F3, Jewell, Nuckolls and Republic counties, Kansas and NebraskaSeptember 18, 1986F3, 7.0 mi (11 km)
  4. F2, Nuckolls County, NebraskaApril 25, 1964F2, 44.2 mi (71 km)
  5. F2, Webster, Nuckolls and Clay counties, NebraskaApril 11, 1991F2, 21.0 mi (34 km)
  6. EF2, Nuckolls, Jewell, Republic and Thayer counties, Kansas and NebraskaMay 6, 2015EF2, 20.1 mi (32 km)
  7. EF2, Nuckolls County, NebraskaJune 20, 2010EF2, 1.5 mi (2 km)
  8. F2, Nuckolls County, NebraskaMay 10, 1974F2, 1.0 mi (2 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 28 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Nuckolls County. Each year links to every tornado in Nebraska that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20241EF0
20222EF0
20201EF0
20191EF0
20162EF1
20153EF2
20121EF0
20101EF2
20048F1
20012F1
19981F0
19961F0
19931F1
19912F2
199038F4
19871F1
198617F3
19822F1
19791F0
19742F3
19731F1
19651F0
19642F2
19601F1
19591F1
19573F1
19551F1
19501F0

Every tornado that crossed Nuckolls County

48 tornadoes, newest first. 4 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
May 3, 202410:51 PM CDTEF0Webster5.880$100,000
June 7, 20229:42 PM CDTEF0Nuckolls9.425$1.0 million
April 29, 20227:05 PM CDTEF0Nuckolls4.835
May 24, 20206:26 PM CDTEF0Nuckolls3.340$15,000
May 27, 201910:45 PM CDTEF0Nuckolls0.075$75,000
November 27, 20165:00 PM CSTEF0Nuckolls4.250$3,000
April 24, 20166:03 PM CDTEF1Nuckolls2.4300$4,000
May 6, 20154:48 PM CDTEF0Grady to KS, NE0.350
May 6, 20154:48 PM CDTEF2Nuckolls to NE20.1400$4.3 million
May 6, 20154:38 PM CDTEF1Nuckolls9.5200$250,000
April 14, 20122:10 PM CDTEF0Nuckolls3.140
June 20, 20107:50 PM CDTEF2Nuckolls1.51,300
May 24, 20044:16 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.125
May 24, 20043:58 PM CDTF1Nuckolls2.0100$100,000
May 24, 20043:52 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.115
May 24, 20043:41 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.115$1,000
May 24, 20043:35 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.115
May 24, 20043:28 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.125
May 24, 20043:20 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.125
May 24, 20043:05 PM CDTF0Nuckolls2.050$40,000
April 20, 20018:15 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.550$50,000
April 11, 20011:39 AM CDTF1Nuckolls12.0300$40,000
June 13, 19986:08 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.530
May 22, 199611:20 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.210
July 7, 19932:00 AM CDTF1Nuckolls5.0100$5,000 to $50,000
April 11, 19918:35 PM CDTF0Nuckolls1.050$5,000 to $50,000
April 11, 19917:25 PM CDTF2Webster21.073$50,000 to $500,000
June 16, 19908:30 PM CDTF1Nuckolls2.050$50,000 to $500,000
June 16, 19906:35 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.530
March 13, 19905:05 PM CSTF4Webster131.04408$5 million to $50 million
March 14, 19875:15 PM CSTF1Nuckolls0.220$5,000 to $50,000
September 18, 19868:15 PM CDTF3Jewell to NE7.05007$500,000 to $5 million
May 11, 19826:36 PM CDTF1Nuckolls0.120$50 to $500
May 11, 19826:20 PM CDTF0Nuckolls0.120under $50
August 20, 19797:15 PM CDTF0Nuckolls6.810under $50
May 10, 19747:15 PM CDTF2Nuckolls1.0233$500,000 to $5 million
April 20, 19744:30 PM CDTF3Nuckolls41.610$5,000 to $50,000
June 2, 19739:30 PM CDTF1Nuckolls0.110$50 to $500
June 25, 19656:14 PM GMT-5F0Nuckolls0.110
June 8, 19646:45 PM GMT-5F1Nuckolls14.610$50,000 to $500,000
April 25, 19644:30 PM GMT-6F2Nuckolls44.210$5,000 to $50,000
June 29, 19606:00 PM GMT-5F1Nuckolls0.210$50,000 to $500,000
May 4, 19593:30 PM GMT-5F1Jewell to NE45.610$5,000 to $50,000
August 16, 19575:00 PM GMT-5F0Nuckolls0.110
June 27, 19578:00 PM GMT-5F1Nuckolls9.710$5,000 to $50,000
May 20, 19573:20 PM GMT-5F0Nuckolls0.110under $50
September 20, 19559:00 PM GMT-5F1Nuckolls5.910$500 to $5,000
June 22, 195010:00 PM GMT-5F0Nuckolls1.910

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.