Tornado History Map

Boyd County, Nebraska tornado history

13 tornadoes recorded in or across Boyd County from 1960 to 2019, coloured by rating on the map.

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Years1950 to 2025
Rating (F or EF scale)

Shows tornadoes that started in, or crossed, the chosen state. To see how many have passed near you, search a town or ZIP code, or tap the map.

Key
  • F0 / EF0 Light damage
  • F1 / EF1 Moderate damage
  • F2 / EF2 Considerable damage
  • F3 / EF3 Severe damage
  • F4 / EF4 Devastating damage
  • F5 / EF5 Incredible damage
  • Unknown Not rated (2007 onwards)

How to read the lines. Each line is one tornado, drawn from where it started to where it ended, coloured and sized by its rating. A dot means the record has no end point. Tap a line for its details, or tap anywhere else to see how many tornadoes have passed nearby. Weaker tornadoes appear as you zoom in. Ratings use the Fujita (F) scale before 1 February 2007 and the Enhanced Fujita (EF) scale from then on.

Tornadoes in Boyd County

The Storm Prediction Center records 13 tornadoes whose paths touched Boyd County, Nebraska between 1960 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 7 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 29 May 1962. The most recent was on 28 July 2019.

  • 13tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 241per 10,000 sq mi of land

A tornado that crossed several counties counts in each one, so county counts add up to more than the state's.

How strong were the tornadoes in Boyd County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0754%
F1 / EF1431%
F2 / EF200%
F3 / EF318%
F4 / EF418%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Boyd County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in 1960s.1960s71970s31990s22010s1

The 2010s only run to 2019, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1960s7
1970s3
1990s2
2010s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 7 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May5Jun7Jul1Aug0Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun7
Jul1
Aug0
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Boyd County

  • Strongest: Lynch, Nebraska tornado29 May 1962, F4, 24.2 miles long
  • Longest path: Nebraska tornado6 June 1967, F0, 24.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Nebraska tornado28 July 2019, EF0, 0 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Boyd County

Many of these tornadoes killed or injured people. The numbers are the official record's, and they may be revised.

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