Hitchcock County Nebraska
The bar chart below denotes the number of tornadoes that have occurred in Hitchcock County since 1950. The blue bars show the number of tornadoes that occurred in a given year. For example, four tornadoes occurred in 1958 and one tornado occurred in 1994. No tornadoes were reported between 1963 and 1974. More information on the tornadoes that have occurred can be found 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 Hitchcock County. The number of tornado days are shown in orange. A tornado day is defined as a day where a tornado occurred. Since 1950, thirteen tornadoes have occurred in May, as shown by the blue bar. The orange bar shows that there have been eleven days where a tornado has occurred in May. 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 Hitchcock County. Length is the length of the tornado path measured in miles. The width of the tornado is measured in yards. Scale indicates the F or EF rating a tornado was assigned.
31 TORNADOES were reported in Hitchcock County, NE ... 01/01/1950 - 12/31/2024 |
Number |
Location |
Date |
Time |
Scale |
Fatality |
Injury |
Length |
Width |
Pre-1950 |
HITCHCOCK |
06/11/1928 |
19:30 |
F2 |
0 |
0 |
35 |
200 |
Pre-1950 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/25/1932 |
15:00 |
F3 |
2 |
2 |
11 |
100 |
Pre-1950 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/31/1935 |
16:30 |
F4 |
5 |
22 |
28 |
800 |
Number |
Location |
Date |
Time |
Scale |
Fatality |
Injury |
Length |
Width |
1 |
HITCHCOCK |
06/13/1954 |
16:45 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
1.00 |
30 |
2 |
HITCHCOCK |
04/19/1957 |
17:40 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
3 |
HITCHCOCK |
04/22/1957 |
13:30 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
4 |
HITCHCOCK |
06/11/1958 |
21:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
5 |
HITCHCOCK |
06/15/1958 |
19:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
6 |
HITCHCOCK |
07/18/1958 |
23:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
7 |
HITCHCOCK |
08/13/1958 |
17:45 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
8 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/18/1960 |
21:30 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
9 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/28/1962 |
16:30 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
10 |
HITCHCOCK |
06/17/1975 |
23:00 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
5.90 |
200 |
11 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/20/1977 |
13:45 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
20 |
12 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/26/1978 |
20:10 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
2.00 |
10 |
13 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/26/1978 |
20:35 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
30 |
14 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/31/1984 |
17:05 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
20 |
15 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/29/1985 |
19:25 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
30 |
16 |
HITCHCOCK |
05/29/1985 |
19:43 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
30 |
17 |
HITCHCOCK |
07/02/1986 |
14:56 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
10 |
18 |
HITCHCOCK |
09/16/1986 |
17:00 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
10 |
19 |
HITCHCOCK |
07/14/1988 |
20:35 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
20 |
20 |
HITCHCOCK |
06/24/1989 |
15:20 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.20 |
40 |
21 |
HITCHCOCK |
06/01/1990 |
21:30 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.50 |
50 |
22 |
HITCHCOCK |
06/15/1990 |
18:00 |
F4 |
0 |
1 |
28.00 |
1500 |
23 |
Trenton |
09/06/1994 |
19:51 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.10 |
20 |
24 |
Trenton |
05/22/1999 |
18:02 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.20 |
20 |
25 |
Trenton |
05/11/2005 |
14:50 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.30 |
25 |
26 |
Trenton |
04/12/2012 |
18:45 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.25 |
10 |
27 |
Palisade |
09/19/2018 |
17:20 |
F0 |
0 |
0 |
0.01 |
200 |
28 |
Culbertson |
05/17/2019 |
16:40 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
0.25 |
75 |
29 |
Trenton |
03/14/2021 |
13:37 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
0.42 |
50 |
30 |
Palisade |
5/26/2021 |
16:23 |
EFU |
0 |
0 |
1.79 |
100 |
31 |
0.4 SSE Trenton |
05/26/2024 |
20:02 |
F1 |
0 |
0 |
0.33 |
80 |
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Total Tornado |
EFU |
F0 |
F1 |
F2 |
F3 |
F4 |
F5 |
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3 |
12 |
15 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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Updated: Jan 2025