Nebraska

Storm History: Dawes County, Nebraska

566 episodes, 772 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Dawes 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
772
Deaths
0
Injuries
21
Damage
$3.4 million
Episodes
566

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
Hail297020$1.4 million
Tornado11900$813,000
Thunderstorm Wind10701$100,000
High Wind6600$48,000
Winter Storm4700$25,000
Heavy Snow2600
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Blizzard2200$3,000
Winter Weather2000
Flash Flood1800$1,000
Flood1100$500,000
Heavy Rain400
Avalanche400
Lightning200$450,000
Funnel Cloud200
Excessive Heat200
Wildfire100

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 Dawes County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Dawes CountyEvery warning in Dawes 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.