Tornado History Map

Keith County, Nebraska tornado history

56 tornadoes recorded in or across Keith County from 1953 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 Keith County

The Storm Prediction Center records 56 tornadoes whose paths touched Keith County, Nebraska between 1953 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 23 tornadoes. The strongest was an EF2 on 23 May 2024. The most recent was on 23 May 2024.

  • 56tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 527per 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 Keith County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF03257%
F1 / EF11934%
F2 / EF235%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating24%

Keith County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 11 in 2000s.1950s51960s31970s81980s91990s102000s112010s22020s8

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

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PeriodCount
1950s5
1960s3
1970s8
1980s9
1990s10
2000s11
2010s2
2020s8
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 23 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar4Apr3May14Jun23Jul8Aug2Sep0Oct2Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr3
May14
Jun23
Jul8
Aug2
Sep0
Oct2
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Keith County

  • Strongest: Nebraska tornado23 May 2024, EF2, 0.3 miles long
  • Longest path: Nebraska tornado17 October 1971, F1, 11.5 miles long
  • Most recent: Nebraska tornado23 May 2024, Unknown rating, 6.4 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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