Nebraska storm events
Tornadoes, hurricanes, hail, and severe storms recorded in Nebraska between 1950 and 2025, sourced from NOAA's Storm Events Database.
62,274
Storm events
3,372
Tornadoes
0
Hurricanes
178
Deaths
Significant recent events in Nebraska
Events with deaths, multiple injuries, $1M+ property damage, or EF3+ tornadoes.
Dense fog reduced visibility to near 0 across portions of Platte County. The Platte County Sheriff's Office and Nebraska State Patrol reported fog was present at a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident along Highway 81 west of Columbus at approximately 6:30 AM CST on December 24th. A n…
A damaging wind event impacted Nemaha County, Nebraska, on the morning of August 10th, 2025, primarily affecting the northwest to north-central portion of the county. The severity of the storm was characterized by a single, significant damage report 4 miles southeast of Julian, w…
A strong line of severe thunderstorms swept across Saline County, Nebraska, on the morning of August 9th, 2025, producing a swath of damaging straight-line winds, particularly impactful across the northern portion of the county. The damage swath extended from the area around Frie…
A damaging wind event tracked across Seward County, Nebraska, on the morning of August 9th, 2025, impacting areas from the southwest to the eastern portion of the county. The storm produced a number of strong, measured wind gusts, with the highest recorded being 82 miles per hour…
A severe thunderstorm moved through the northwest portion of Lancaster County, Nebraska, generating a swath of very strong winds on the morning of August 9th, 2025. The most intense wind report was an estimated gust of 100 mph from an emergency manager in Malcolm at 03:58 CST, wh…
A severe thunderstorm moved across the southeast portion of Saunders County, Nebraska, generating a swath of damaging straight-line winds on the morning of August 9th, 2025. The strongest reported wind was an estimated gust of 95 mph from an emergency manager in Ithaca at 04:40 C…
A highly damaging swath of severe thunderstorm winds moved across Douglas County, Nebraska, predominantly impacting the western and northern parts of the county, including the Omaha metropolitan area on the morning on August 9th, 2025. The storm produced damaging wind gusts, with…
A damaging wind event swept across Washington County, Nebraska, during the morning hours of August 9th, 2025, with a path of damage extending from the southwest to the eastern portion of the county. Measured wind reports indicated damaging wind speeds, with a maximum measured gus…
A swath of wind with gusts estimated to be as high as 90 MPH swept through the southeastern portion of Nuckolls County. Peak measured gusts included the following: 73 MPH, measured by a mesonet station located one mile west-northwest of Ruskin; 67 MPH, measured by a mesonet stati…
A swath of wind with gusts estimated to be as high as 90 MPH swept through the west-northwest portions of Thayer County. Peak measured gusts included the following: 85 MPH, measured by a mesonet station located four miles east-southeast of Deshler; 85 MPH, measured by a mesonet s…
Hail in Edgar was mainly less than two inches in diameter, but the largest stones were near the size of baseballs.
Tornado EF3 Tornado
The tornado touched down south of Muddy creek where it tore shingles off of a house. The tornado then traveled to the north and crossed Road 714. As it crossed the road it completely removed a metal machine shed, which included pulling bolts through the concrete foundation. The s…
Tornado touched down in pastureland destroying a windmill and numerous trees. The tornado then tracked to the north northeast over the next 34 minutes destroying outbuildings at a farmstead and feed lot and overturning several center pivot irrigation systems. Numerous power poles…
Tornado EF3 Tornado
At approximately 5:55 PM CST on Thursday, April 17, a tornado developed near Highway 133, and appeared to produce first damage by snapping limbs in an area of trees. The tornado moved to the east, impacting trees, homes, and destroying a garage near 108th Street. It damaged trees…
Transient bands of at times heavier snow combined with strong north-northwest winds gusting over 50 MPH at times resulted in brief periods of near-blizzard conditions due to snow squalls. Overall snowfall amounts were less than one inch. Accidents were reported in the area, inclu…
Counties and zones
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Adams (1,041)
Antelope (631)
Arthur (396)
Banner (376)
Blaine (447)
Boone (522)
Box Butte (706)
Boyd (399)
Brown (601)
Brown and Rock (2)
Buffalo (1,042)
Burt (477)
Butler (544)
Cass (749)
Cedar (585)
Chase (734)
Cherry (1,467)
Cheyenne (1,057)
Clay (831)
Colfax (428)
Cuming (493)
Custer (1,499)
Dakota (498)
Dawes (755)
Dawson (985)
Deuel (490)
Dixon (637)
Dodge (811)
Douglas (1,232)
Dundy (755)
Eastern Cherry (169)
Fillmore (652)
Franklin (540)
Frontier (670)
Furnas (798)
Gage (769)
Garden (652)
Garfield (437)
Gosper (485)
Grant (400)
Greeley (444)
Hall (959)
Hamilton (699)
Harlan (534)
Hayes (500)
Hitchcock (750)
Holt (1,038)
Hooker (460)
Howard (606)
Jefferson (669)
Johnson (360)
Kearney (604)
Keith (924)
Keya Paha (392)
Kimball (619)
Knox (755)
Lancaster (1,161)
Lincoln (2,040)
Logan (444)
Loup (369)
Madison (722)
Mcpherson (414)
Merrick (563)
Morrill (598)
Nance (431)
Nemaha (504)
Nez034 - 044 - 045 - 051>053 - 067 - 068 - 090 - 093 (1)
Nez060>063 - 072>074 (4)
North Sioux (141)
Nuckolls (594)
Otoe (635)
Pawnee (337)
Perkins (632)
Phelps (686)
Pierce (469)
Platte (720)
Polk (515)
Red Willow (822)
Richardson (494)
Rock (503)
Saline (707)
Sarpy (716)
Sarpy and Douglas (1)
Saunders (824)
Scotts Bluff (1,092)
Seward (584)
Sheridan (983)
Sherman (529)
Sioux (367)
South Sioux (75)
Stanton (473)
Thayer (786)
Thomas (415)
Thurston (417)
Valley (604)
Washington (548)
Wayne (397)
Webster (560)
Western Cherry (146)
Wheeler (345)
York (717)