Pawnee County, Nebraska tornado history

22 tornadoes recorded in or across Pawnee County from 1956 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 Pawnee County

The Storm Prediction Center records 22 tornadoes whose paths touched Pawnee County, Nebraska between 1956 and 2025. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is June, with 6 tornadoes. The strongest was an F2 on 7 June 1967. The most recent was on 19 May 2025.

  • 22tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 2injuries
  • 510per 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 Pawnee County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF0732%
F1 / EF11045%
F2 / EF2418%
F3 / EF300%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating15%

Pawnee County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 5 in 1970s.1950s31960s21970s51980s11990s32000s12010s22020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s3
1960s2
1970s5
1980s1
1990s3
2000s1
2010s2
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 6 in Jun.Jan0Feb0Mar0Apr1May5Jun6Jul3Aug1Sep2Oct0Nov0Dec4
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar0
Apr1
May5
Jun6
Jul3
Aug1
Sep2
Oct0
Nov0
Dec4

Records for Pawnee County

  • Strongest and Longest path: Nebraska tornado7 June 1967, F2, 67.3 miles long
  • Most recent: Nebraska tornado19 May 2025, Unknown rating, 2.2 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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