Storms in Nebraska in 2004

1,690 events in 698 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 2004, with each episode’s narrative and every event in it. From 1996 the record holds 48 kinds of event with each office’s narrative; before that, tornadoes, hail and thunderstorm wind only, and before 1955 tornadoes alone.

Nebraska in 2004 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

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The year

Events: 1,690
Deaths: 5
Injuries: 68
Damage: $240 million
Episodes: 698

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	844	0	0	$17 million
Thunderstorm Wind	281	0	9	$275,000
Winter Storm	189	2	4	$505,000
Tornado	116	1	42	$205 million
Cold/Wind Chill	89	1	0
Flash Flood	47	1	0	$16 million
High Wind	39	0	0	$250,000
Funnel Cloud	20	0	0
Heavy Snow	16	0	0
Flood	16	0	0	$110,000
Blizzard	14	0	0
Lightning	11	0	3	$205,000
Winter Weather	6	0	0
Dust Storm	1	0	9	$195,000
Strong Wind	1	0	1	$10,000

Every episode, month by month

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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.