Nebraska

Storm History: Arthur County, Nebraska

318 episodes, 411 events since 1971

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Arthur 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
411
Deaths
1
Injuries
2
Damage
$4.9 million
Episodes
318

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
Hail17600$1.2 million
Tornado5900$360,000
Drought5700$500,000
Winter Storm3802$15,000
High Wind3400$21,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1200
Blizzard1100$5,000
Flash Flood800$80,000
Thunderstorm Wind600$13,000
Heavy Snow500$5,000
Wildfire310$2.7 million
Lightning100$50,000
Frost/Freeze100

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 Arthur County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Arthur CountyEvery warning in Arthur 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.