Tornado History Map

Frontier County, Nebraska tornado history

41 tornadoes recorded in or across Frontier County from 1954 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 Frontier County

The Storm Prediction Center records 41 tornadoes whose paths touched Frontier County, Nebraska between 1954 and 2019. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 20 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 11 September 1978. The most recent was on 17 May 2019.

  • 41tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 4injuries
  • 421per 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 Frontier County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01946%
F1 / EF11127%
F2 / EF2512%
F3 / EF3615%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Frontier County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 2000s.1950s41960s41970s81980s21990s32000s112010s9

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s4
1970s8
1980s2
1990s3
2000s11
2010s9
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 20 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr3May20Jun8Jul5Aug2Sep1Oct2Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr3
May20
Jun8
Jul5
Aug2
Sep1
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Frontier County

  • Strongest: Nebraska tornado11 September 1978, F3, 22.5 miles long
  • Longest path: Nebraska tornado8 April 1978, F1, 27.4 miles long
  • Most recent: Nebraska tornado17 May 2019, EF1, 4.7 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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