Storms in Nebraska in 1979
Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 1979, 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 1979 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
- 339
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $11 million
- Episodes
- 58
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 167 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 150 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tornado | 22 | 0 | 1 | $11 million |
Every episode, month by month
March 1979
April 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, April 11, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, April 17, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 19, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, April 24, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, April 25, 1979
May 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 8, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, May 9, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 21, 1979
June 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, June 16, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, June 18, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 19, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 21, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 25, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 26, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 27, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 28, 1979
July 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 3, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 6, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 7, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, July 10, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 14, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, July 15, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, July 18, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 19, 1979
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 21, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, July 22, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 24, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 26, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 27, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 29, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 30, 1979
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, July 31, 1979
August 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, August 1, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 7, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, August 8, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 9, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 12, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 17, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 18, 1979
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 20, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 25, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 28, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 30, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, August 31, 1979
September 1979
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 1, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 5, 1979
- Hail in Nebraska, September 6, 1979
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 7, 1979
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, September 8, 1979
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 10, 1979
October 1979
More
Every year in NebraskaEvery state in 1979Tornadoes in Nebraska in 197919781980
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.