Nebraska

Storm History: Adams County, Nebraska

597 episodes, 1,053 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Adams County, Nebraska: floods, hail, damaging wind, tornadoes, winter storms, heat and the rest, with the most serious on record. Events filed by forecast zone count for every county the zone covers.

The record

Events
1,053
Deaths
2
Injuries
39
Damage
$322 million
Episodes
597

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.

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Every year

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.

By kind of event

Counted under the kind that heads each episode.

Kind of eventEventsDeathsInjuriesDamage
Hail34206$92 million
Tornado315221$144 million
Flash Flood7600$23 million
Winter Storm6900$17 million
Drought5000$34 million
High Wind4200$3.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind4000$860,000
Flood3400$1.9 million
Winter Weather25012$20,000
Blizzard2000$25,000
Ice Storm800$6.1 million
Wildfire800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Snow600
Cold/Wind Chill400
Strong Wind200$65,000
Frost/Freeze200$50,000
Lightning100$8,000
Dust Storm100$50,000
Excessive Heat100
Heat100

The deadliest

The costliest

Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.

The largest hail

The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.

The strongest tornadoes

Every tornado in Adams County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Adams CountyEvery warning in Adams County since 1986Every county in Nebraska

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.