Nebraska

Storms in Nebraska in 2012

1,963 events in 233 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 2012, 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 2012 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
1,963
Deaths
5
Injuries
77
Damage
$551 million
Episodes
233

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 eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail67011$49 million
Drought54500$411 million
High Wind16502$138,000
Thunderstorm Wind15002$172,000
Winter Storm7800$10,000
Heat75145
Tornado4705$69 million
Winter Weather4300
Heavy Rain4300
Blizzard4130
Flash Flood2700$7.7 million
Wildfire16017$12 million
Excessive Heat1500
Funnel Cloud1400
Cold/Wind Chill1200
Lightning903$1.4 million
Strong Wind702$32,000
Flood300
Heavy Snow300

Every episode, month by month

January 2012

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March 2012

April 2012

May 2012

June 2012

July 2012

August 2012

September 2012

October 2012

November 2012

December 2012

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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.