Tornado History Map

Holt County, Nebraska tornado history

83 tornadoes recorded in or across Holt County from 1952 to 2023, 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 Holt County

The Storm Prediction Center records 83 tornadoes whose paths touched Holt County, Nebraska between 1952 and 2023. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 30 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 8 May 1965. The most recent was on 12 May 2023.

  • 83tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 5injuries
  • 344per 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 Holt County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04554%
F1 / EF12530%
F2 / EF2911%
F3 / EF322%
F4 / EF422%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Holt County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 28 in 2000s.1950s31960s71970s71980s81990s242000s282010s52020s1

The 2020s only run to 2023, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s7
1970s7
1980s8
1990s24
2000s28
2010s5
2020s1
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 30 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar1Apr8May30Jun18Jul12Aug3Sep1Oct10Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar1
Apr8
May30
Jun18
Jul12
Aug3
Sep1
Oct10
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Holt County

  • Strongest: Farwell, Nebraska tornado8 May 1965, F4, 78.9 miles long
  • Longest path: Nebraska tornado29 October 1956, F1, 99.8 miles long
  • Most recent: Nebraska tornado12 May 2023, EF2, 7.3 miles long

Notable tornadoes in Holt 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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