Nebraska Tornadoes, 1950 through 2015: Listed by County
Area is in square miles,
"Density" is equivalent number of tornadoes (1950-2015) per 1000 sq.miles
*See below for an example of determining tornado density
Total
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Tornado Total |
Tornado Total
|
Total
|
Density
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County | County Seat | Area |
1950-2013
|
2014
|
2015
|
1950-2015
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per 1000 sq miles
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Adams | Hastings | 563 |
48
|
1 |
49
|
87.0
|
|
Antelope | Neligh | 857 |
38
|
38
|
44.3
|
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Arthur | Arthur | 715 |
8
|
8
|
11.2
|
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Banner | Harrisburg | 746 |
28
|
28
|
37.5
|
||
Blaine | Brewster | 711 |
7
|
7
|
9.8
|
||
Boone | Albion | 687 |
23
|
23
|
33.5
|
||
Box Butte | Alliance | 1075 |
38
|
2 |
40
|
37.2
|
|
Boyd | Butte | 540 |
10
|
10
|
18.5
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Brown | Ainsworth | 1221 |
30
|
1 |
31
|
25.4
|
|
Buffalo | Kearney | 968 |
84
|
84
|
86.8
|
||
Burt | Tekamah | 493 |
15
|
15
|
30.4
|
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Butler | David City | 584 |
32
|
1 |
33
|
56.5
|
|
Cass | Plattsmouth | 559 |
42
|
42
|
75.1
|
||
Cedar | Hartington | 740 |
23
|
6 |
29
|
39.2
|
|
Chase | Imperial | 895 |
24
|
24
|
26.8
|
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Cherry | Valentine | 5961 |
81
|
6 | 4 |
91
|
15.3
|
Cheyenne | Sidney | 1196 |
60
|
60
|
50.2
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Clay | Clay Center | 573 |
43
|
2 |
45
|
78.5
|
|
Colfax | Schuyler | 413 |
25
|
25
|
60.5
|
||
Cuming | West Point | 572 |
23
|
2 |
25
|
43.7
|
|
Custer | Broken Bow | 2576 |
92
|
1 |
93
|
36.1
|
|
Dakota | Dakota City | 264 |
9
|
1 |
10
|
37.9
|
|
Dawes | Chadron | 1396 |
37
|
37
|
26.5
|
||
Dawson | Lexington | 1013 |
52
|
52
|
51.3
|
||
Deuel | Chappell | 440 |
28
|
28
|
63.6
|
||
Dixon | Ponca | 476 |
25
|
2 |
27
|
56.7
|
|
Dodge | Fremont | 535 |
26
|
26
|
48.6
|
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Douglas | Omaha | 331 |
15
|
2 |
17
|
51.4
|
|
Dundy | Benkelman | 920 |
26
|
26
|
28.3
|
||
Filmore | Geneva | 577 |
32
|
5 |
37
|
64.1
|
|
Franklin | Franklin | 576 |
26
|
2 |
28
|
48.6
|
|
Frontier | Stockville | 975 |
27
|
27
|
27.7
|
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Furnas | Beaver City | 718 |
27
|
1 |
28
|
39.0
|
|
Gage | Beatrice | 855 |
49
|
1 |
50
|
58.5
|
|
Garden | Oshkosh | 1705 |
21
|
21
|
12.3
|
||
Garfield | Burwell | 570 |
13
|
5 |
18
|
31.6
|
|
Gosper | Elwood | 458 |
18
|
18
|
39.3
|
||
Grant | Hyannis | 776 |
14
|
14
|
18.0
|
||
Greeley | Greeley | 570 |
20
|
1 |
21
|
36.8
|
|
Hall | Grand Island | 546 |
71
|
1 |
72
|
131.9
|
|
Hamilton | Aurora | 544 |
54
|
3 |
57
|
104.8
|
|
Harlan | Alma | 553 |
20
|
2 |
22
|
39.8
|
|
Hayes | Hayes Center | 713 |
15
|
15
|
21.0
|
||
Hitchcock | Trenton | 710 |
26
|
26
|
36.6
|
||
Holt | O'Neil | 2413 |
78
|
78
|
32.3
|
||
Hooker | Mullen | 721 |
14
|
1 |
15
|
20.8
|
|
Howard | St. Paul | 570 |
45
|
45
|
78.9
|
||
Jefferson | Fairbury | 573 |
28
|
1 |
29
|
50.6
|
|
Johnson | Tecumseh | 376 |
20
|
20
|
53.2
|
||
Kearney | Minden | 516 |
24
|
24
|
46.5
|
||
Keith | Ogallala | 1061 |
41
|
41
|
38.6
|
||
Keya Paha | Springview | 773 |
14
|
14
|
18.1
|
||
Kimball | Kimball | 952 |
50
|
2 |
52
|
54.6
|
|
Knox | Center | 1108 |
48
|
48
|
43.3
|
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Lancaster | Lincoln | 839 |
40
|
3 | 2 |
45
|
53.6
|
Lincoln | North Platte | 2564 |
100
|
3 |
103
|
40.2
|
|
Logan | Stapleton | 571 |
17
|
17
|
29.8
|
||
Loup | Taylor | 570 |
15
|
15
|
26.3
|
||
McPherson | Tryon | 859 |
10
|
10
|
11.6
|
||
Madison | Madison | 573 |
39
|
39
|
68.1
|
||
Merrick | Central City | 485 |
25
|
25
|
51.5
|
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Morrill | Bridgeport | 1424 |
45
|
1 |
46
|
32.3
|
|
Nance | Fullerton | 441 |
23
|
23
|
52.2
|
||
Nemaha | Auburn | 409 |
20
|
20
|
48.9
|
||
Nuckolls | Nelson | 575 |
38
|
2 |
40
|
69.6
|
|
Otoe | Nebraska City | 616 |
28
|
1 |
29
|
47.1
|
|
Pawnee | Pawnee City | 432 |
15
|
1 |
16
|
37.0
|
|
Perkins | Grant | 883 |
32
|
32
|
36.2
|
||
Phelps | Holdrege | 540 |
29
|
29
|
53.7
|
||
Pierce | Pierce | 574 |
28
|
28
|
48.8
|
||
Platte | Columbus | 678 |
29
|
29
|
42.8
|
||
Polk | Osceola | 439 |
34
|
1 |
35
|
79.7
|
|
Red Willow | McCook | 717 |
35
|
1 |
36
|
50.2
|
|
Richardson | Falls City | 554 |
17
|
1 |
18
|
32.5
|
|
Rock | Bassett | 1009 |
18
|
18
|
17.8
|
||
Saline | Wilber | 575 |
26
|
1 |
27
|
47.0
|
|
Sarpy | Papillion | 241 |
11
|
11
|
45.6
|
||
Saunders | Wahoo | 754 |
37
|
2 |
39
|
51.7
|
|
Scottsbluff | Gering | 739 |
59
|
1 |
60
|
81.2
|
|
Seward | Seward | 575 |
32
|
5 |
37
|
64.3
|
|
Sheridan | Rushville | 2441 |
53
|
1 | 1 |
55
|
22.5
|
Sherman | Loup City | 566 |
30
|
30
|
53.0
|
||
Sioux | Harrison | 2067 |
22
|
1 |
23
|
11.1
|
|
Stanton | Stanton | 430 |
22
|
4 |
26
|
60.5
|
|
Thayer | Hebron | 575 |
59
|
4 |
63
|
109.6
|
|
Thomas | Thedford | 713 |
10
|
1 |
11
|
15.4
|
|
Thurston | Pender | 394 |
14
|
1 |
15
|
38.1
|
|
Valley | Ord | 568 |
35
|
1 |
36
|
63.4
|
|
Washington | Blair | 391 |
18
|
18
|
46.0
|
||
Wayne | Wayne | 444 |
18
|
3 |
21
|
47.3
|
|
Webster | Red Cloud | 575 |
31
|
1 |
32
|
55.7
|
|
Wheeler | Bartlett | 575 |
15
|
15
|
26.1
|
||
York | York | 576 |
43
|
4 |
47
|
81.6
|
*Density is calculated by taking the total number of tornadoes divided by the area and then multiplying by 1000,
which is then total number of tornadoes per 1,000 square miles.
Density examples >>>>
Hall County = (72 tornadoes/546 sq mi) * 1000 = 131.9 tornadoes per 1000 sq miles.
Lancaster County = (45 tornadoes/839 sq mi) * 1000 = 53.6 tornadoes per 1000 sq miles.
The 2014 and 2015 data are listed in the table which allows a quick look at the recent activity compared to the long term data.