Red Willow County Nebraska

Red Willow County Nebraska

The bar chart below denotes the number of tornadoes that have occurred in Red Willow County since 1950. The blue bars show the number of tornadoes that occurred in a given year. For example, five tornadoes occurred in 1990 and three tornadoes occurred in 1996. As of December 31, 2024, the last tornado reported in Red Willow County was an EFU on May 23, 2024. This tornado located at 0.7 SW Perry was the first tornado in the county in 5 years. More information about the tornadoes occurring in each year is given in the table at the bottom of this page.

The blue bars on the bar chart below show the number of tornadoes that occurred in Red Willow County. The number of tornado days are shown in orange. A tornado day is defined as a day where a tornado occurred. Since 1950, 15 tornadoes have occurred in June, as shown by the blue bar. The orange bar shows that there have been 13 days where a tornado has occurred in June. This means that multiple tornadoes were reported on at least one day.

The following table is a list of the tornadoes that have occurred in Red Willow County. Length is the length of the tornado path measured in miles. The width of the tornado is measured in yards. An ‘M’ indicates that the data is missing. Scale indicates the F or EF rating a tornado was assigned.

40 TORNADOES were reported in Red Willow County, NE ... 01/01/1950 - 12/31/2024
Number	Location	Date	Time	Scale	Fatality	Injury	Length	Width
Pre-1950	RED WILLOW	04/27/1912	16:00	F2	0	4	10	M
Pre-1950	RED WILLOW	05/24/1918	23:00	F2	0	0	M	M
Pre-1950	RED WILLOW	06/11/1928	19:30	F2	0	0	35	200
Pre-1950	RED WILLOW	06/11/1928	20:15	F4	0	25	10	200
Pre-1950	RED WILLOW	05/31/1935	16:30	F4	5	22	28	800
Pre-1950	RED WILLOW	06/21/1947	20:55	F2	0	1	1	50
Number	Location	Date	Time	Scale	Fatality	Injury	Length	Width
1	RED WILLOW	05/18/1950	15:15	F1	0	0	0.70	100
2	RED WILLOW	05/13/1957	13:45	F0	0	0	0.10	30
3	RED WILLOW	06/16/1962	14:00	F1	0	0	0.10	30
4	RED WILLOW	06/21/1964	01:30	F1	0	0	4.10	30
5	RED WILLOW	06/16/1971	21:00	F0	0	0	24.00	30
6	RED WILLOW	06/18/1975	17:00	F1	0	0	9.10	30
7	RED WILLOW	06/18/1975	17:30	F1	0	0	12.60	30
8	RED WILLOW	06/21/1975	13:00	F0	0	0	0.50	900
9	RED WILLOW	04/08/1978	18:10	F1	0	0	27.40	30
10	RED WILLOW	07/25/1981	23:00	F0	0	0	0.10	60
11	RED WILLOW	06/12/1983	17:30	F0	0	0	0.10	50
12	RED WILLOW	05/31/1984	17:35	F0	0	0	0.10	60
13	RED WILLOW	05/29/1985	20:25	F0	0	0	0.20	90
14	RED WILLOW	06/19/1988	17:05	F1	0	0	0.20	100
15	RED WILLOW	04/25/1990	19:00	F0	0	0	0.20	60
16	RED WILLOW	05/18/1990	18:45	F1	0	0	1.00	70
17	RED WILLOW	05/18/1990	19:08	F1	0	0	2.00	150
18	RED WILLOW	05/18/1990	20:00	F0	0	0	0.10	70
19	RED WILLOW	06/15/1990	18:45	F4	0	0	28.00	1500
20	Indianola	08/10/1996	19:25	F0	0	0	0.20	50
21	Indianola	08/10/1996	19:25	F2	0	0	6.00	300
22	Indianola	08/10/1996	19:30	F1	0	0	0.30	100
23	Mc Cook	06/25/1997	18:50	F0	0	0	0.20	30
24	Indianola	05/21/1998	18:33	F0	0	0	0.20	30
25	Danbury	06/26/1999	19:51	F1	0	0	0.50	250
26	Danbury	06/26/1999	20:15	F0	0	0	0.20	100
27	Danbury	10/31/2000	16:48	F0	0	0	3.00	100
28	Bartley	10/31/2000	17:10	F0	0	0	3.00	75
29	Indianola	05/26/2002	18:06	F0	0	0	4.50	100
30	Bartley	05/26/2002	18:30	F0	0	0	4.00	100
31	Bartley	08/11/2002	19:40	F0	0	0	0.10	25
32	Lebanon	05/22/2008	18:19	F1	0	0	35.00	400
33	McCook	06/18/2008	16:01	F0	0	0	0.25	10
34	McCook	06/01/2009	19:57	F0	0	0	0.50	25
35	McCook	06/19/2011	19:20	F0	0	0	2.50	75
36	McCook	05/09/2015	22:20	F0	0	0	0.35	25
37	Indianola	05/08/2016	17:25	F0	0	0	0.35	25
38	Perry	05/17/2019	16:55	F2	0	0	6	350
39	Perry	05/17/2019	17:10	EFU	0	0	0.87	100
40	0.7 SW Perry	05/23/2024	20:30	EFU	0	0	0.41	28

Totals

0

Total Tornado

EFU

F0

F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

40

2

23

12

2

0

1

0

Updated: Jan 2025