Webster County, Nebraska tornado history

41 tornadoes recorded in or across Webster 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 Webster County

The Storm Prediction Center records 41 tornadoes whose paths touched Webster County, Nebraska between 1953 and 2024. None of them is recorded as having killed anyone. The busiest month is May, with 12 tornadoes. The strongest was an F4 on 13 March 1990. The most recent was on 6 May 2024.

  • 41tornadoes
  • 0deaths
  • 10injuries
  • 713per 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 Webster County?

RatingTornadoesShare
F0 / EF01844%
F1 / EF11537%
F2 / EF2512%
F3 / EF312%
F4 / EF425%
F5 / EF500%
Unknown rating00%

Webster County tornadoes over time

Tornadoes by decade
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 9 in 1990s.1950s21960s31970s61980s81990s92000s52010s32020s5

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

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PeriodCount
1950s2
1960s3
1970s6
1980s8
1990s9
2000s5
2010s3
2020s5
Tornadoes by month
Bar chart of tornadoes by period. The most is 12 in May.Jan0Feb0Mar2Apr6May12Jun12Jul1Aug1Sep3Oct0Nov2Dec2
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PeriodCount
Jan0
Feb0
Mar2
Apr6
May12
Jun12
Jul1
Aug1
Sep3
Oct0
Nov2
Dec2

Records for Webster County

Notable tornadoes in Webster 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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