Storms in Nebraska in 2023

2,335 events in 302 episodes

Every storm the National Weather Service filed in Nebraska in 2023, 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 2023 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: 2,335
Deaths: 3
Injuries: 10
Damage: $195 million
Episodes: 302

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	744	0	0	$127 million
Drought	491	0	0	$6.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind	481	0	0	$800,000
Winter Storm	208	0	0
Winter Weather	78	1	0	$40,000
Tornado	67	0	2	$32 million
Excessive Heat	57	1	0
Flash Flood	43	0	0	$26 million
Blizzard	40	0	0
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill	28	0	0
Heavy Snow	27	0	0
Heat	26	0	0
High Wind	19	0	0
Flood	11	0	0	$1,000
Funnel Cloud	4	0	0
Strong Wind	3	0	0
Wildfire	3	0	2	$3.5 million
Lightning	3	1	6
Ice Storm	2	0	0

Every episode, month by month

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Every year in Nebraska Every state in 2023 Tornadoes in Nebraska in 2023 Warnings in Nebraska in 2023 2022 2024

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.