Tornado History Map

Kimball County, Nebraska tornado history

68 tornadoes recorded in or across Kimball County from 1954 to 2025, 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 Kimball County

The Storm Prediction Center records 68 tornadoes whose paths touched Kimball County, Nebraska between 1954 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 30 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 20 June 1960. The most recent was on 17 June 2025.

  • 68tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 0injuries
  • 714per 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 Kimball County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF04972%
F1 / EF11015%
F2 / EF246%
F3 / EF311%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating46%

Kimball County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 16 in 1990s.1950s21960s101970s91980s31990s162000s72010s152020s6

The 2020s only run to 2025, so that bar is for a shorter period. The record starts in 1950.

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s10
1970s9
1980s3
1990s16
2000s7
2010s15
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 30 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May15Jun30Jul16Aug6Sep0Oct0Nov0Dec0
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May15
Jun30
Jul16
Aug6
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Kimball County

  • Strongest: Nebraska tornado20 June 1960, F3, 26.1 miles long
  • Longest path: Nebraska tornado20 June 1962, F1, 59.9 miles long
  • Most recent: Nebraska tornado17 June 2025, EF0, 0.1 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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