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Tornadoes in Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

70 tornadoes have crossed Scotts Bluff County since 1950, 1 of them surveyed so far this year and still preliminary, 9th of the 93 counties in Nebraska with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.1 years. They have killed 2 people and injured 48. 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
70
Deaths
2
Injuries
48
F4 and above
1
Worst on record
F4, June 27, 1955

The deadliest in Scotts Bluff County

  1. F4, Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties, NebraskaJune 27, 19552 killed, 29 injured

The strongest

  1. F4, Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties, NebraskaJune 27, 1955F4, 26.0 mi (42 km)
  2. F3, Scotts Bluff, Banner and Cheyenne counties, NebraskaMay 27, 1985F3, 48.0 mi (77 km)
  3. F3, Scotts Bluff County, NebraskaJune 9, 1991F3, 3.5 mi (6 km)
  4. F2, Scotts Bluff County, NebraskaMay 30, 1951F2, 19.7 mi (32 km)
  5. F2, Scotts Bluff County, NebraskaMay 19, 1957F2, 5.1 mi (8 km)
  6. F2, Scotts Bluff County, NebraskaMay 21, 1998F2, 4.0 mi (6 km)
  7. F2, Scotts Bluff County, NebraskaJuly 26, 1993F2, 3.8 mi (6 km)
  8. EF2, Scotts Bluff County, NebraskaJune 23, 2023EF2, 2.5 mi (4 km)
  9. F2, Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties, NebraskaJune 9, 1977F2, 2.3 mi (4 km)
  10. F2, Scotts Bluff County, NebraskaJune 14, 1977F2, 1.9 mi (3 km)

Every year with a tornado

The 35 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Scotts Bluff County. Each year links to every tornado in Nebraska that year.

YearTornadoesDeathsInjuriesStrongest
20261Unrated
20241EF1
20236EF2
20201Unrated
20141EF0
20111EF0
20105EF1
20091EF0
20052F0
20032F1
20002F0
19993F1
19986F2
19962F0
19941F0
1993112F2
19921F0
19912F3
19861F0
19853F3
19821F1
19801F1
19773F2
19711F0
19692F0
19662F1
19652F1
19643F1
19621F1
19591F1
19581F1
19573F2
19554229F4
19531F1
195117F2

Every tornado that crossed Scotts Bluff County

70 tornadoes, newest first. The 1 at the top is this year's, from the surveying office rather than SPC's published database, and its rating is marked as preliminary.

DateTimeRatingWherePath (mi)Width (yd)DeathsInjuriesDamage
June 8, 20264:15 PM MDTUnratedScotts Bluff0.815
June 20, 20243:29 PM MDTEF1Scotts Bluff1.450
June 23, 20238:05 PM MDTUnratedScotts Bluff0.550
June 23, 20237:50 PM MDTUnratedScotts Bluff0.550
June 23, 20237:44 PM MDTEF1Scotts Bluff1.250
June 23, 20237:38 PM MDTEF2Scotts Bluff2.5700$135,000
June 23, 20237:22 PM MDTUnratedScotts Bluff3.250
June 23, 20237:04 PM MDTUnratedScotts Bluff3.550
August 8, 20206:30 PM MDTUnratedScotts Bluff0.250
May 20, 20145:25 PM MDTEF0Scotts Bluff0.725
June 18, 20112:00 PM MDTEF0Scotts Bluff0.025
June 7, 20107:28 PM MDTEF0Scotts Bluff0.3100
June 7, 20107:25 PM MDTEF0Scotts Bluff0.3100
June 7, 20107:23 PM MDTEF1Scotts Bluff19.0100
May 24, 201012:16 PM MDTEF0Scotts Bluff0.350
May 24, 201012:11 PM MDTEF0Scotts Bluff0.350
June 10, 200912:59 PM MDTEF0Scotts Bluff0.140
June 27, 20053:41 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.350
March 30, 20053:06 PM MSTF0Scotts Bluff0.150
May 3, 20035:34 PM MDTF1Scotts Bluff8.0100$100,000
May 3, 20033:41 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.390$50,000
May 7, 20004:30 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.130
May 7, 20004:19 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.130
September 3, 19996:31 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.230
June 27, 19995:51 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.230
June 27, 19995:43 PM MDTF1Scotts Bluff0.550$20,000
June 22, 19987:26 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff1.030
May 21, 199811:30 AM MDTF0Scotts Bluff3.030
May 21, 199811:17 AM MDTF1Scotts Bluff0.230$4,000
May 21, 199811:03 AM MDTF2Scotts Bluff4.050$10,000
May 21, 199810:58 AM MDTF0Scotts Bluff3.030
May 21, 199810:50 AM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.530
July 25, 19964:28 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff8.0150
May 8, 19963:00 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.350
June 8, 19942:20 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.520
July 26, 19935:04 PM MDTF2Scotts Bluff3.810012$500,000 to $5 million
June 7, 19926:28 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.120
June 9, 19916:40 PM MDTF3Scotts Bluff3.5150$500,000 to $5 million
June 9, 19913:54 PM MDTF1Scotts Bluff1.050
June 7, 19868:30 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.110under $50
May 27, 19854:08 PM MDTF3Scotts Bluff48.0200$500,000 to $5 million
May 10, 19855:25 PM MDTF1Scotts Bluff0.550$500 to $5,000
May 6, 19855:42 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff0.250
May 29, 19826:52 PM MDTF1Scotts Bluff0.520under $50
June 14, 19805:30 PM MDTF1Scotts Bluff9.060$5,000 to $50,000
June 14, 19777:00 PM MDTF2Scotts Bluff1.970
June 14, 19776:40 PM MDTF1Scotts Bluff0.530
June 9, 19776:40 PM MDTF2Scotts Bluff2.370$50,000 to $500,000
July 8, 19717:07 PM MDTF0Scotts Bluff24.910$5,000 to $50,000
August 1, 19695:15 PM GMT-6F0Scotts Bluff0.110
July 23, 196910:20 PM GMT-6F0Scotts Bluff0.110
May 10, 19663:40 PM GMT-6F1Scotts Bluff0.110$500 to $5,000
May 10, 19663:40 PM GMT-6F1Scotts Bluff0.110
June 24, 19654:00 PM GMT-6F0Scotts Bluff0.110
May 24, 196512:00 PM GMT-6F1Scotts Bluff0.110
July 17, 19641:30 PM GMT-7F0Scotts Bluff0.110
May 2, 19642:08 PM GMT-7F1Scotts Bluff0.110
May 2, 19641:30 PM GMT-7F0Scotts Bluff0.110
May 24, 19626:30 PM GMT-7F1Scotts Bluff0.110$5,000 to $50,000
July 15, 19592:00 PM GMT-7F1Scotts Bluff0.110$500 to $5,000
June 11, 19583:40 PM GMT-7F1Scotts Bluff3.810$500 to $5,000
June 10, 19575:00 PM GMT-7F1Scotts Bluff0.210$500 to $5,000
May 19, 19578:30 PM GMT-7F2Scotts Bluff5.167$5,000 to $50,000
May 19, 19576:30 PM GMT-7F1Scotts Bluff1.710under $50
July 12, 19558:00 PM GMT-7F0Scotts Bluff0.110
June 27, 19555:30 PM GMT-7F0Scotts Bluff0.110
June 27, 19553:45 PM GMT-7F4Scotts Bluff26.010229$50,000 to $500,000
June 27, 195511:15 PM GMT-7F0Scotts Bluff0.110$500 to $5,000
July 20, 19532:50 PM GMT-7F1Scotts Bluff0.110$500 to $5,000
May 30, 19511:34 PM GMT-7F2Scotts Bluff19.7107

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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.