Nebraska

Storm History: Antelope County, Nebraska

518 episodes, 649 events since 1956

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Antelope 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
649
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$39 million
Episodes
518

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
Hail22000$436,000
Tornado11700$29 million
Thunderstorm Wind5710$45,000
Winter Storm4900$5.0 million
Flash Flood3500$480,000
Cold/Wind Chill3400
Drought2300
High Wind2200$13,000
Blizzard2200
Flood1700$4.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Heavy Snow1200
Excessive Heat900
Ice Storm700
Winter Weather500
Heat300
Strong Wind200$17,000
Lightning100$5,000

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 Antelope County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Antelope CountyEvery warning in Antelope 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.