Nebraska

Storm History: Cass County, Nebraska

545 episodes, 781 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cass 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
781
Deaths
4
Injuries
21
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
545

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
Tornado220114$4.7 million
Hail20705$2.4 million
Flash Flood6300$16 million
Thunderstorm Wind6200$524,000
Winter Storm4812
Flood3600$1.4 million
Blizzard2220
Cold/Wind Chill2000
High Wind2000
Excessive Heat1800
Heat1600
Drought1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Heavy Snow800$3.2 million
Funnel Cloud600
Winter Weather500
Ice Storm400
Lightning200$300,000
Strong Wind100$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 Cass County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cass CountyEvery warning in Cass 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.