Tornado History Map

Perkins County, Nebraska tornado history

43 tornadoes recorded in or across Perkins County from 1951 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 Perkins County

The Storm Prediction Center records 43 tornadoes whose paths touched Perkins County, Nebraska between 1951 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 13 tornadoes. The strongest was an F3 on 2 May 1991. The most recent was on 23 May 2024.

  • 43tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 1injury
  • 487per 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 Perkins County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF02149%
F1 / EF11126%
F2 / EF249%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF400%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating614%

Perkins County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 17 in 1990s.1950s41960s31970s31980s21990s172000s62010s22020s6

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

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PeriodCount
1950s4
1960s3
1970s3
1980s2
1990s17
2000s6
2010s2
2020s6
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 13 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar4Apr1May13Jun13Jul8Aug3Sep0Oct1Nov0Dec0
Show the numbers
PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar4
Apr1
May13
Jun13
Jul8
Aug3
Sep0
Oct1
Nov0
Dec0

Records for Perkins County

  • Strongest: Nebraska tornado2 May 1991, F3, 13 miles long
  • Longest path: Nebraska tornado28 March 2007, EF2, 15.9 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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