Nebraska

Storms in Nebraska in 2021

1,611 events in 227 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 2021, 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 2021 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
1,611
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$168 million
Episodes
227

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
Thunderstorm Wind45501$121 million
Hail33300$31 million
High Wind20600$2,000
Drought16100$938,000
Winter Weather11400$200,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill9300
Winter Storm7100
Tornado5602$6.9 million
Flash Flood3800$6.5 million
Heavy Snow3500
Blizzard2200
Flood1000$1.0 million
Wildfire700$558,000
Heavy Rain600
Dust Storm300
Funnel Cloud100

Every episode, month by month

January 2021

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November 2021

December 2021

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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.