Storms in Nebraska in 1970
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 1970, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. Before 1996 the record holds tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, without narratives; floods, heat, winter storms and the other kinds begin in 1996.
Nebraska in 1970 on the map
Every episode with a place to put it, colored by kind of event.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The year
- Events
- 139
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $600,000
- Episodes
- 38
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
By kind of event
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thunderstorm Wind | 74 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hail | 51 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 14 | 0 | 1 | $600,000 |
Every episode, month by month
March 1970
April 1970
May 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, May 8, 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, May 11, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, May 12, 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 24, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 30, 1970
June 1970
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 8, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 10, 1970
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 11, 1970
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 12, 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 14, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, June 17, 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, June 18, 1970
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 25, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 27, 1970
July 1970
- Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 5, 1970
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 13, 1970
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 14, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 17, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 18, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 26, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 27, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 28, 1970
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 30, 1970
August 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 1, 1970
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 2, 1970
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 11, 1970
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 14, 1970
September 1970
More
Every year in NebraskaEvery state in 1970Tornadoes in Nebraska in 197019691971
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24.