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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
  Totals       0 1    
                 
                 
Total Tornado EFU F0 F1 F2 F3 F4 F5  
  3 12 15 0 0 1 0  

 

Updated: Jan 2025