nebraska-tornadoes-county-density-2004

Total Number of Nebraska Tornadoes
And Density of Tornadoes
BY COUNTY, 1950-2006

Ranked by Density of Tornadoes (1950-2006)

"Area" is in sq. miles,
"Density" is number of tornadoes per 1000 sq.miles.

County	County Seat	Area	Total 1950-2006 Tornadoes	Density
Hall	Grand Island	546	70	128.2
Thayer	Hebron	575	55	95.7
Hamilton	Aurora	544	47	86.4
Adams	Hastings	563	45	79.9
Buffalo	Kearney	968	73	75.4
Howard	St. Paul	570	42	73.7
Scottsbluff	Gering	739	52	70.4
Polk	Osceola	439	30	68.3
Madison	Madison	573	38	66.3
York	York	576	38	66.0
Clay	Clay Center	573	37	64.6
Nuckolls	Nelson	575	36	62.6
Cass	Plattsmouth	559	34	60.8
Colfax	Schuyler	413	24	58.1
Valley	Ord	568	33	58.1
Deuel	Chappell	440	24	54.5
Webster	Red Cloud	575	31	53.9
Filmore	Geneva	577	31	53.7
Gage	Beatrice	855	45	52.6
Nance	Fullerton	441	23	52.2
Seward	Seward	575	29	50.4
Dixon	Ponca	476	24	50.4
Butler	David City	584	29	49.7
Merrick	Central City	485	24	49.5
Sherman	Loup City	566	28	49.5
Stanton	Stanton	430	21	48.8
Phelps	Holdrege	540	26	48.1
Kearney	Minden	516	24	46.5
Saunders	Wahoo	754	35	46.4
Dawson	Lexington	1013	47	46.4
Pierce	Pierce	574	26	45.3
Johnson	Tecumseh	376	17	45.2
Cheyenne	Sidney	1196	52	43.5
Saline	Wilber	575	25	43.5
Red Willow	McCook	717	31	43.2
Antelope	Neligh	857	36	42.0
Franklin	Franklin	576	24	41.7
Platte	Columbus	678	28	41.3
Kimball	Kimball	952	39	41.0
Otoe	Nebraska City	616	25	40.6
Lancaster	Lincoln	839	34	40.5
Cuming	West Point	572	23	40.2
Douglas	Omaha	331	13	39.3
Dodge	Fremont	535	21	39.3
Sarpy	Papillion	241	9	37.3
Nemaha	Auburn	409	15	36.7
Jefferson	Fairbury	573	21	36.6
Wayne	Wayne	444	16	36.0
Washington	Blair	391	14	35.8
Hitchcock	Trenton	710	25	35.2
Furnas	Beaver City	718	25	34.8
Pawnee	Pawnee City	432	15	34.7
Keith	Ogallala	1061	36	33.9
Knox	Center	1108	37	33.4
Thurston	Pender	394	13	33.0
Harlan	Alma	553	18	32.5
Custer	Broken Bow	2576	83	32.2
Perkins	Grant	883	28	31.7
Box Butte	Alliance	1075	34	31.6
Cedar	Hartington	740	23	31.1
Gosper	Elwood	458	14	30.6
Holt	O'Neil	2413	73	30.3
Lincoln	North Platte	2564	77	30.0
Greeley	Greeley	570	17	29.8
Boone	Albion	687	20	29.1
Morrill	Bridgeport	1424	40	28.1
Richardson	Falls City	554	15	27.1
Banner	Harrisburg	746	20	26.8
Dakota	Dakota City	264	7	26.5
Burt	Tekamah	493	13	26.4
Loup	Taylor	570	15	26.3
Logan	Stapleton	571	15	26.3
Frontier	Stockville	975	25	25.6
Dawes	Chadron	1396	33	23.6
Dundy	Benkelman	920	21	22.8
Garfield	Burwell	570	13	22.8
Brown	Ainsworth	1221	25	20.5
Sheridan	Rushville	2441	49	20.1
Wheeler	Bartlett	575	11	19.1
Boyd	Butte	540	10	18.5
Hayes	Hayes Center	713	13	18.2
Grant	Hyannis	776	13	16.8
Hooker	Mullen	721	12	16.6
Chase	Imperial	895	14	15.6
Keya Paha	Springview	773	12	15.5
Rock	Bassett	1009	15	14.9
Garden	Oshkosh	1705	21	12.3
Thomas	Thedford	713	8	11.2
McPherson	Tryon	859	9	10.5
Cherry	Valentine	5961	62	10.4
Arthur	Arthur	715	7	9.8
Sioux	Harrison	2067	18	8.7
Blaine	Brewster	711	6	8.4

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University of Nebraska-Lincoln
High Plains Regional Climate Center

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