2024 Elkhorn–Blair tornado

In the afternoon hours of April 26, 2024, a large and violent tornado moved through the Omaha metropolitan area, striking the communities of Waterloo, Elkhorn, Bennington, and Blair in Nebraska, resulting in four injuries. The tornado was part of a destructive tornado outbreak that occurred across the Midwestern, Southern, and High Plains regions of the United States between April 25 and 28, and was the first of two violent tornadoes that occurred during the outbreak. The tornado reached peak intensity in the Omaha neighborhood of Elkhorn and south of the city of Blair, leading the National Weather Service in Omaha, Nebraska to assign a rating of low-end EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale, with maximum wind speeds estimated at 170 mph (270 km/h).

Initially rated as a high-end EF3, post-analysis revealed that the tornado was slightly stronger and was thus upgraded to EF4 in July 2024. As a result, this tornado was the first violent tornado of the 2024 season and the first of two EF4 tornadoes during the month of April, as well as being the first violent tornado in Nebraska since 2014 nearly a decade prior.