Nuckolls County, Nebraska tornado history

50 tornadoes recorded in or across Nuckolls County from 1950 to 2024, 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 Nuckolls County

The Storm Prediction Center records 50 tornadoes whose paths touched Nuckolls County, Nebraska between 1950 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 19 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 13 March 1990. The most recent was on 3 May 2024.

  • 50tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 15injuries
  • 869per 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 Nuckolls County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02652%
F1 / EF11632%
F2 / EF2510%
F3 / EF324%
F4 / EF412%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Nuckolls County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 10 in 2000s.1950s61960s61970s41980s51990s82000s102010s72020s4

The 2020s only run to 2024, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s6
1960s6
1970s4
1980s5
1990s8
2000s10
2010s7
2020s4
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 19 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr9May19Jun13Jul1Aug3Sep2Oct0Nov1Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr9
May19
Jun13
Jul1
Aug3
Sep2
Oct0
Nov1
Dec0

Records for Nuckolls County

Notable tornadoes in Nuckolls 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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