North Platte, NE Tornado History — 97 Tornadoes Since 1950
How many tornadoes has North Platte, NE had?
North Platte has had 97 tornadoes on record within 25 miles since 1950, including 6 violent (EF3+) tornadoes.
When was the most recent tornado near North Platte?
The most recent tornado within 25 miles of North Platte was an EF1 on June 16, 2025.
When is tornado season in North Platte?
June is historically the peak month for tornadoes near North Platte, with 27 on record. Spring through early summer (April–June) generally sees the highest activity across most of the central and southern United States.
At a Glance
Recent Tornado Activity Near North Platte
The last 20 years of confirmed tornadoes within 25 miles — 31 total, averaging 1.6 per year over this window.
Preliminary tornado reports near North Platte since December 29, 2025
These is a preliminary report, not confirmed tornadoes. It has not yet been through an NWS damage survey, and is not counted in the confirmed totals above.
Preliminary reports are revised, merged, and sometimes withdrawn — historically about 23% are consolidated downward once surveys complete. Ratings are omitted until a survey assigns one.
Confirmed records above are complete through December 29, 2025. NOAA publishes the confirmed archive annually, so tornadoes after that date appear here first and move into the totals above once finalized.
Within 25 miles of North Platte. Source: NOAA Storm Prediction Center preliminary storm reports, updated daily.
Tornadoes by Decade
Tornadoes by Enhanced Fujita Rating
F0–F5 ratings (pre-2007) are grouped with their EF equivalents. The Enhanced Fujita scale replaced the original Fujita scale in February 2007.
Tornadoes by Month
Have any tornadoes near North Platte been fatal?
No fatalities are on record within 25 miles of North Platte from any of the 97 tornadoes since 1950, though 12 injuries have been reported. NOAA Storm Prediction Center records.
Notable Tornadoes Near North Platte
About Tornadoes in North Platte
This overview was written August 10, 2026. The tornado counts and notable-event figures elsewhere on this page reflect the latest data and may differ from this summary.
Lincoln County sits where the North Platte and South Platte rivers meet on the high plains of western Nebraska, and North Platte, the county seat, lives by a seasonal rhythm that residents know well. Gulf of Mexico moisture works up the Platte valley in late spring just as dry air spills east off the Rockies, and the dryline that sharpens along that boundary primes May, June, and July for rotating storms before the pattern slackens toward autumn.
The record maintained by the NOAA Storm Prediction Center shows how widely the atmosphere can stray from that script. On October 29, 1956, an F4 tornado tracked 147.7 miles across the region and injured two people, an autumn storm far removed from the season's core. More typical timing came with the F3 of June 26, 1989, which injured two and caused roughly 2.75 million dollars in damage, and with the F3 of May 17, 2000, which widened to nearly 1,000 yards as it passed near town.
Recent decades have kept the season's edges loose. EF3 tornadoes touched down on March 19, 2012, arriving weeks ahead of the usual severe-weather calendar, while an EF2 on June 17, 2025, cut a short path through the area within the traditional peak. The event list elsewhere on this page traces the full sweep from the 1950s through the 2020s, and the late-spring pulse runs through it all.