Nebraska Tornadoes County Data

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Data source: NWS Omaha.

Area is in square miles, Density is number of tornadoes per 1,000sq miles
"Density" is equivalent to the total number of tornadoes (1950-2023) per 1000 sq.miles

NOTE: Two Tables: 
Alphabetical Listing of County densities AND
Counties ranked from highest to lowest density

County County Seat Area 1950-
2013 Total		 2014 Total 2015 Total 2016 Total 2017 Total 2018 Total 2019 Total 2020 Total 2021 Total 2022 Total 2023 Total 1950-
2023 Total		 1950-
2023 Density
Adams Hastings 563 48 1 2 1 3 1 56 99.5
Antelope Neligh 857 38 38 44.3
Arthur Arthur 715 8 1 9 12.6
Banner Harrisburg 746 28 2 30 40.2
Blaine Brewster 711 7 2 9 12.7
Boone Albion 687 23 1 1 1 1 27 39.3
Box Butte Alliance 1075 38 2 1 1 42 39.1
Boyd Butte 540 10 1 11 20.4
Brown Ainsworth 1221 30 1 1 32 26.2
Buffalo Kearney 968 84 2 2 88 90.9
Burt Tekamah 493 15 1 6 22 44.6
Butler David City 584 32 1 33 56.5
Cass Plattsmouth 559 42 1 3 3 1 50 89.4
Cedar Hartington 740 23 6 1 1 1 32 43.2
Chase Imperial 895 24 1 1 4 30 33.5
Cherry Valentine 5961 81 6 4 4 1 96 16.1
Cheyenne Sidney 1196 60 3 1 1 1 66 55.2
Clay Clay Center 573 43 2 1 1 2 2 1 52 90.8
Colfax Schuyler 413 25 1 1 1 28 67.8
Cuming West Point 572 23 2 1 6 1 33 57.7
Custer Broken Bow 2576 92 1 2 1 3 4 103 40.0
Dakota Dakota City 264 9 1 10 37.9
Dawes Chadron 1396 37 1 2 40 28.7
Dawson Lexington 1013 52 3 2 57 56.3
Deuel Chappell 440 28 1 1 30 68.2
Dixon Ponca 476 25 2 27 56.7
Dodge Fremont 535 26 1 5 32 59.8
Douglas Omaha 331 15 2 3 20 60.4
Dundy Benkelman 920 26 1 5 1 1 34 37.0
Filmore Geneva 577 32 5 1 4 42 72.8
Franklin Franklin 576 26 2 1 1 1 1 32 55.6
Frontier Stockville 975 27 1 7 35 35.9
Furnas Beaver City 718 27 1 2 30 41.8
Gage Beatrice 855 49 1 2 1 1 2 56 65.5
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 1 22 38.6
Hall Grand Island 546 71 1 1 1 1 1 76 139.2
Hamilton Aurora 544 54 3 1 2 5 2 67 123.2
Harlan Alma 553 20 2 1 3 26 47.0
Hayes Hayes Center 713 15 3 18 25.2
Hitchcock Trenton 710 26 1 2 29 40.8
Holt O'Neil 2413 78 1 79 32.7
Hooker Mullen 721 14 1 15 20.8
Howard St. Paul 570 45 45 78.9
Jefferson Fairbury 573 28 1 1 30 52.4
Johnson Tecumseh 376 20 1 21 55.9
Kearney Minden 516 24 1 3 1 1 30 58.1
Keith Ogallala 1061 41 2 43 40.5
Keya Paha Springview 773 14 14 18.1
Kimball Kimball 952 50 2 1 1 1 5 60 63.0
Knox Center 1108 48 48 43.3
Lancaster Lincoln 839 40 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 52 62.0
Lincoln North Platte 2564 100 3 1 104 40.6
Logan Stapleton 571 17 1 1 19 33.3
Loup Taylor 570 15 5 1 21 36.8
McPherson Tryon 859 10 2 1 13 15.1
Madison Madison 573 39 1 1 1 2 44 76.8
Merrick Central City 485 25 1 1 1 28 57.7
Morrill Bridgeport 1424 45 1 1 2 2 51 35.8
Nance Fullerton 441 23 23 52.2
Nemaha Auburn 409 20 1 21 51.3
Nuckolls Nelson 575 38 2 2 1 1 2 46 80.0
Otoe Nebraska City 616 28 1 1 1 3 34 55.2
Pawnee Pawnee City 432 15 1 1 3 1 21 48.6
Perkins Grant 883 32 1 1 3 2 39 44.2
Phelps Holdrege 540 29 1 2 1 33 61.1
Pierce Pierce 574 28 1 29 50.5
Platte Columbus 678 29 2 1 32 47.2
Polk Osceola 439 34 1 1 36 82.0
Red Willow McCook 717 35 1 1 37 51.6
Richardson Falls City 554 17 1 2 1 21 37.9
Rock Bassett 1009 18 18 17.8
Saline Wilber 575 26 1 3 1 31 53.9
Sarpy Papillion 241 11 2 13 53.9
Saunders Wahoo 754 37 2 2 2 43 57.0
Scottsbluff Gering 739 59 1 1 6 67 90.7
Seward Seward 575 32 5 1 1 39 67.8
Sheridan Rushville 2441 53 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 65 26.6
Sherman Loup City 566 30 1 31 54.8
Sioux Harrison 2067 22 1 1 1 1 26 12.6
Stanton Stanton 430 22 4 1 1 4 32 74.4
Thayer Hebron 575 59 4 1 2 66 114.8
Thomas Thedford 713 10 1 1 12 16.8
Thurston Pender 394 14 1 1 16 40.6
Valley Ord 568 35 1 1 37 65.1
Washington Blair 391 18 3 21 53.7
Wayne Wayne 444 18 3 1 2 24 54.1
Webster Red Cloud 575 31 1 1 2 35 60.9
Wheeler Bartlett 575 15 1 3 19 33.0
York York 576 43 4 1 1 49 85.1

 

Density is calculated by taking the total number of tornadoes from 1950 thru 2023, dividing by the area and then multiplying by 1000. This is the total number of tornadoes per 1,000 square miles for the entire time period 1950-2023 (74 years).

Density example >>>>
1950-2023 totals: Hall County had 76 tornadoes; Lincoln County had 104 tornadoes.
Hall County (County Seat Grand Island): (76 tornadoes/546 sq mi) times 1000 = 139.2 tornadoes per 1000 sq miles.
Lincoln County (County Seat North Platte): (104 tornadoes/2564 sq mi) times 1000 = 40.6 tornadoes per 1000 sq miles .

Note in the above example. Lincoln County had more tornadoes from 1950 to 2023 than Hall County (104 vs 76),
however, the density (total number of tornadoes per 1,000 sq. miles) was more than 3 times greater in Hall County

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County Density Ranked from Highest to Lowest Density

County County Seat Area 1950-2013 Total 2014 Total 2015 Total 2016 Total 2017 Total 2018 Total 2019 Total 2020 Total 2021 Total 2022 Total 2023 Total 1950-2023 Total 1950-2023 Density
Hall Grand Island 546 71 1 1 1 1 1 76 139.2
Hamilton Aurora 544 54 3 1 2 5 2 67 123.2
Thayer Hebron 575 59 4 1 2 66 114.8
Adams Hastings 563 48 1 2 1 3 1 56 99.5
Buffalo Kearney 968 84 2 2 88 90.9
Clay Clay Center 573 43 2 1 1 2 2 1 52 90.8
Scottsbluff Gering 739 59 1 1 6 67 90.7
Cass Plattsmouth 559 42 1 3 3 1 50 89.4
York York 576 43 4 1 1 49 85.1
Polk Osceola 439 34 1 1 36 82.0
Nuckolls Nelson 575 38 2 2 1 1 2 46 80.0
Howard St. Paul 570 45 45 78.9
Madison Madison 573 39 1 1 1 2 44 76.8
Stanton Stanton 430 22 4 1 1 4 32 74.4
Filmore Geneva 577 32 5 1 4 42 72.8
Deuel Chappell 440 28 1 1 30 68.2
Seward Seward 575 32 5 1 1 39 67.8
Colfax Schuyler 413 25 1 1 1 28 67.8
Gage Beatrice 855 49 1 2 1 1 2 56 65.5
Valley Ord 568 35 1 1 37 65.1
Kimball Kimball 952 50 2 1 1 1 5 60 63.0
Lancaster Lincoln 839 40 3 2 2 1 2 1 1 52 62.0
Phelps Holdrege 540 29 1 2 1 33 61.1
Webster Red Cloud 575 31 1 1 2 35 60.9
Douglas Omaha 331 15 2 3 20 60.4
Dodge Fremont 535 26 1 5 32 59.8
Kearney Minden 516 24 1 3 1 1 30 58.1
Merrick Central City 485 25 1 1 1 28 57.7
Cuming West Point 572 23 2 1 6 1 33 57.7
Saunders Wahoo 754 37 2 2 2 43 57.0
Dixon Ponca 476 25 2 27 56.7
Butler David City 584 32 1 33 56.5
Dawson Lexington 1013 52 3 2 57 56.3
Johnson Tecumseh 376 20 1 21 55.9
Franklin Franklin 576 26 2 1 1 1 1 32 55.6
Otoe Nebraska City 616 28 1 1 1 3 34 55.2
Cheyenne Sidney 1196 60 3 1 1 1 66 55.2
Sherman Loup City 566 30 1 31 54.8
Wayne Wayne 444 18 3 1 2 24 54.1
Sarpy Papillion 241 11 2 13 53.9
Saline Wilber 575 26 1 3 1 31 53.9
Washington Blair 391 18 3 21 53.7
Jefferson Fairbury 573 28 1 1 30 52.4
Nance Fullerton 441 23 23 52.2
Red Willow McCook 717 35 1 1 37 51.6
Nemaha Auburn 409 20 1 21 51.3
Pierce Pierce 574 28 1 29 50.5
Pawnee Pawnee City 432 15 1 1 3 1 21 48.6
Platte Columbus 678 29 2 1 32 47.2
Harlan Alma 553 20 2 1 3 26 47.0
Burt Tekamah 493 15 1 6 22 44.6
Antelope Neligh 857 38 38 44.3
Perkins Grant 883 32 1 1 3 2 39 44.2
Knox Center 1108 48 48 43.3
Cedar Hartington 740 23 6 1 1 1 32 43.2
Furnas Beaver City 718 27 1 2 30 41.8
Hitchcock Trenton 710 26 1 2 29 40.8
Thurston Pender 394 14 1 1 16 40.6
Lincoln North Platte 2564 100 3 1 104 40.6
Keith Ogallala 1061 41 2 43 40.5
Banner Harrisburg 746 28 2 30 40.2
Custer Broken Bow 2576 92 1 2 1 3 4 103 40.0
Boone Albion 687 23 1 1 1 1 27 39.3
Gosper Elwood 458 18 18 39.3
Box Butte Alliance 1075 38 2 1 1 42 39.1
Greeley Greeley 570 20 1 1 22 38.6
Richardson Falls City 554 17 1 2 1 21 37.9
Dakota Dakota City 264 9 1 10 37.9
Dundy Benkelman 920 26 1 5 1 1 34 37.0
Loup Taylor 570 15 5 1 21 36.8
Frontier Stockville 975 27 1 7 35 35.9
Morrill Bridgeport 1424 45 1 1 2 2 51 35.8
Chase Imperial 895 24 1 1 4 30 33.5
Logan Stapleton 571 17 1 1 19 33.3
Wheeler Bartlett 575 15 1 3 19 33.0
Holt O'Neil 2413 78 1 79 32.7
Garfield Burwell 570 13 5 18 31.6
Dawes Chadron 1396 37 1 2 40 28.7
Sheridan Rushville 2441 53 1 1 4 3 1 1 1 65 26.6
Brown Ainsworth 1221 30 1 1 32 26.2
Hayes Hayes Center 713 15 3 18 25.2
Hooker Mullen 721 14 1 15 20.8
Boyd Butte 540 10 1 11 20.4
Keya Paha Springview 773 14 14 18.1
Grant Hyannis 776 14 14 18.0
Rock Bassett 1009 18 18 17.8
Thomas Thedford 713 10 1 1 12 16.8
Cherry Valentine 5961 81 6 4 4 1 96 16.1
McPherson Tryon 859 10 2 1 13 15.1
Blaine Brewster 711 7 2 9 12.7
Arthur Arthur 715 8 1 9 12.6
Sioux Harrison 2067 22 1 1 1 1 26 12.6
Garden Oshkosh 1705 21 21 12.3