Storm History: Butler County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Butler 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
- 564
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 13
- Damage
- $45 million
- Episodes
- 430
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 152 | 0 | 0 | $11 million |
| Tornado | 111 | 0 | 5 | $33 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 49 | 0 | 8 | $119,000 |
| Winter Storm | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 46 | 0 | 0 | $418,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 27 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Blizzard | 20 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 19 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 16 | 0 | 0 | $16,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | $1.1 million |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Hail, June 20, 1996
- Hail, September 24, 2007
- Tornado, April 7, 1978
- Tornado, May 29, 1980
- Tornado, April 19, 1985
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 1997
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2017
- Tornado, June 7, 1953
- Tornado, June 20, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 1997
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Tornado, August 9, 1959
- Tornado, June 10, 1970
- Tornado, May 27, 1995
- Flood, September 10, 2014
- Tornado, October 29, 2000
- Tornado, June 20, 1996
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 25, 2000
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2010
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Hail, July 26, 2014
- Hail, September 22, 1986
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 1987
- Hail, June 1, 1980
- Hail, June 7, 1980
- Hail, September 25, 1970
- Hail, July 18, 1965
- Hail, August 6, 1960
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Flood, June 7, 2022
- Hail, June 25, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2010
- Hail, April 30, 1986
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, August 13, 1952
- Tornado, June 7, 1953
- Tornado, June 3, 1980
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Tornado, June 21, 1957
- Tornado, May 4, 1977
- Tornado, June 12, 1984
- Tornado, September 18, 1986
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, April 17, 2025
- Tornado, June 27, 1959
- Tornado, May 22, 1966
- Tornado, June 10, 1970
- Tornado, June 15, 1970
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 9, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Hail, April 15, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 17, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Hail, September 14, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Tornado, May 19, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Tornado, April 17, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 1, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Tornado, July 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2024
- Tornado, October 3, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 26, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Hail, June 25, 2022
- Tornado, June 14, 2022
- Flood, June 7, 2022
- Hail, June 4, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2021
- Hail, May 2, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Ice Storm, November 9, 2020
- Hail, August 16, 2020
- Hail, June 30, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Flood, May 26, 2019
- Tornado, May 5, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2018
- Tornado, May 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 25, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 31, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2016
- Flood, May 11, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Tornado, September 22, 2015
- Hail, September 18, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Hail, April 12, 2015
- Heavy Snow, February 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2014
- Flood, September 10, 2014
- Hail, August 31, 2014
- Hail, July 26, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 18, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2013
- Hail, June 25, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 18, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Heat, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2012
- Heat, June 27, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Tornado, May 27, 2012
- Hail, May 23, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- Hail, August 6, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Heat, July 31, 2011
- Dense Fog, July 29, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Hail, July 10, 2011
- Heat, July 10, 2011
- Flood, July 9, 2011
- Flood, June 19, 2011
- Hail, June 14, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 30, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Hail, April 9, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2010
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Heat, July 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, July 14, 2010
- Heat, July 14, 2010
- Heat, June 26, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2010
- Hail, June 5, 2010
- Blizzard, February 14, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Blizzard, December 7, 2009
- Winter Weather, October 9, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Hail, June 23, 2009
- Excessive Heat, June 22, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2009
- Hail, April 26, 2009
- Blizzard, April 4, 2009
- Tornado, March 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2009
- High Wind, February 9, 2009
- Blizzard, January 12, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Flood, June 1, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, September 24, 2007
- Tornado, August 20, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2007
- Flood, August 8, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2007
- Hail, June 22, 2007
- Flood, February 20, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2007
- Hail, September 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 16, 2006
- Tornado, September 15, 2006
- Hail, September 15, 2006
- Hail, September 15, 2006
- Hail, September 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 2006
- Hail, September 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 2006
- Hail, September 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2006
- Hail, July 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2006
- High Wind, May 26, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 23, 2006
- Hail, April 15, 2006
- Hail, April 6, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2006
- Tornado, March 30, 2006
- Hail, March 30, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 5, 2005
- Winter Weather, November 15, 2005
- Hail, September 18, 2005
- Hail, August 28, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2005
- Hail, August 10, 2005
- Hail, August 10, 2005
- Heat, July 22, 2005
- Hail, June 7, 2005
- Hail, May 17, 2005
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2005
- Hail, April 18, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 10, 2005
- High Wind, March 10, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- Heavy Snow, November 28, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2004
- Hail, June 13, 2004
- Hail, June 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2004
- Hail, May 8, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 28, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 27, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2004
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2004
- Winter Storm, January 3, 2004
- Hail, September 9, 2003
- Lightning, August 18, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2003
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Butler CountyEvery warning in Butler 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.