Nebraska

Storm History: Blaine County, Nebraska

347 episodes, 461 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Blaine 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
461
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$8.3 million
Episodes
347

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
Hail17300$387,000
Tornado9200$5.3 million
Drought5700$2.5 million
Winter Storm3800$2,000
High Wind2700$20,000
Flash Flood2500$155,000
Blizzard1800$19,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1700
Heavy Snow500
Wildfire300
Thunderstorm Wind200
Cold/Wind Chill100
Ice Storm100
Excessive Heat100
Frost/Freeze100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Blaine County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Blaine CountyEvery warning in Blaine 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.