Banner County, Nebraska tornado history

31 tornadoes recorded in or across Banner County from 1956 to 2017, 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 Banner County

The Storm Prediction Center records 31 tornadoes whose paths touched Banner County, Nebraska between 1956 and 2017. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 27 May 1985. The most recent was on 12 June 2017.

  • 31tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 416per 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 Banner County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01445%
F1 / EF11239%
F2 / EF2310%
F3 / EF313%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating13%

Banner County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 8 in 2010s.1950s21960s11970s51980s71990s52000s32010s8

The 2010s only run to 2017, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s1
1970s5
1980s7
1990s5
2000s3
2010s8
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr0May5Jun13Jul8Aug4Sep1Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr0
May5
Jun13
Jul8
Aug4
Sep1
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Banner County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Nebraska tornado27 May 1985, F3, 48 miles long
  • Most recent: Nebraska tornado12 June 2017, EF1, 4.2 miles long

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

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