Nebraska

Storm History: Cheyenne County, Nebraska

705 episodes, 1,087 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Cheyenne 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
1,087
Deaths
2
Injuries
21
Damage
$38 million
Episodes
705

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
Hail44100$27 million
Tornado22602$5.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind9900$30,000
High Wind9300$28,000
Flash Flood6900$2.6 million
Winter Storm3905$296,000
Blizzard2803$1.5 million
Heavy Snow2700
Winter Weather2608$75,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1900
Flood800$3,000
Avalanche400
Heavy Rain300
Funnel Cloud100
Lightning100$1,000
Ice Storm123$50,000
Excessive Heat100
Heat100

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 Cheyenne County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Cheyenne CountyEvery warning in Cheyenne 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.