Storm History: Douglas County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Douglas 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
- 1,272
- Deaths
- 20
- Injuries
- 303
- Damage
- $901 million
- Episodes
- 782
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 | 454 | 0 | 24 | $502 million |
| Tornado | 278 | 3 | 191 | $259 million |
| Flash Flood | 132 | 3 | 1 | $69 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 121 | 0 | 1 | $2.9 million |
| Winter Storm | 57 | 2 | 0 | $15,000 |
| High Wind | 37 | 1 | 0 | $78,000 |
| Flood | 32 | 0 | 1 | $13 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 27 | 2 | 1 | $750,000 |
| Lightning | 26 | 1 | 4 | $3.2 million |
| Blizzard | 24 | 4 | 0 | |
| Heat | 15 | 1 | 55 | $3.0 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 1 | 12 | |
| Excessive Heat | 13 | 1 | 13 | $35 million |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 11 | 0 | 0 | $14 million |
| Winter Weather | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
The deadliest
- Tornado, May 6, 1975
- Blizzard, December 7, 2009
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Flash Flood, August 7, 1999
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2025
- High Wind, April 25, 1996
- Lightning, July 17, 2001
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2004
- Strong Wind, May 22, 2010
- Heat, June 27, 2012
- Blizzard, March 9, 2013
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2025
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, April 10, 2001
- Tornado, May 6, 1975
- Hail, April 30, 2001
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2008
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2024
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 1997
- Flash Flood, August 7, 1999
- Flood, August 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2025
- Heat, July 22, 2005
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- Tornado, August 18, 1968
- Tornado, June 26, 1976
- Tornado, May 7, 1988
- Flood, June 11, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2003
- Lightning, August 10, 2005
- Hail, May 13, 2001
- Flood, May 4, 2007
- Flood, September 1, 2011
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 28, 2023
- Hail, September 22, 1986
- Hail, June 13, 1976
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2011
- Hail, August 3, 2010
- Hail, March 21, 2007
- Hail, June 4, 2005
- Hail, August 19, 1987
- Hail, September 5, 1983
- Hail, June 8, 1982
- Hail, June 1, 1980
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 6, 1975
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Tornado, August 18, 1968
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 11, 2014
- Tornado, April 17, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 1962
- Tornado, May 22, 1966
- Tornado, June 5, 1966
- Tornado, July 14, 1970
- Tornado, August 2, 1970
- Tornado, March 27, 1975
- Tornado, April 27, 1975
Every episode, newest first
- Heat, June 28, 2026
- Hail, June 13, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2026
- Hail, May 30, 2026
- Tornado, May 18, 2026
- Tornado, May 17, 2026
- Hail, May 15, 2026
- Hail, April 23, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, January 16, 2026
- High Wind, December 28, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Hail, September 14, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 31, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 29, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2025
- Hail, June 16, 2025
- Flash Flood, April 24, 2025
- Hail, April 21, 2025
- Tornado, April 17, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Hail, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 16, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, August 14, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2024
- Tornado, July 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 21, 2024
- Tornado, June 12, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 15, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 24, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Tornado, July 12, 2023
- Flood, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Hail, June 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 18, 2023
- Flash Flood, April 14, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 26, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Hail, October 11, 2022
- Hail, September 17, 2022
- Hail, August 19, 2022
- Tornado, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, June 11, 2022
- Flood, June 7, 2022
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2022
- Hail, May 17, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Hail, April 23, 2022
- High Wind, April 23, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Hail, August 27, 2021
- Hail, August 24, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Hail, June 23, 2021
- Blizzard, February 21, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- High Wind, January 14, 2021
- Blizzard, January 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Hail, October 11, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 10, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 1, 2020
- Hail, June 30, 2020
- Tornado, June 9, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2020
- Hail, April 12, 2020
- Hail, March 19, 2020
- High Wind, January 18, 2020
- Hail, September 9, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 28, 2019
- Flood, January 18, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, October 14, 2018
- High Wind, October 3, 2018
- Hail, September 20, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 20, 2018
- Hail, July 4, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2018
- Tornado, June 11, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Dust Storm, April 30, 2018
- Blizzard, April 14, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- High Wind, February 18, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2018
- Hail, September 24, 2017
- Hail, July 3, 2017
- Tornado, June 29, 2017
- Tornado, June 16, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2017
- Tornado, May 17, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Hail, April 19, 2017
- Hail, March 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Tornado, September 15, 2016
- Tornado, August 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Hail, June 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2016
- Hail, June 3, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Flood, May 11, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2015
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2015
- Tornado, September 22, 2015
- Hail, July 31, 2015
- Hail, May 10, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Flood, January 27, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2014
- Tornado, September 9, 2014
- Hail, June 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Tornado, June 5, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Tornado, May 11, 2014
- Hail, May 7, 2014
- High Wind, March 26, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2014
- Wildfire, January 29, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 18, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Heat, August 30, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Hail, May 26, 2013
- Winter Weather, May 1, 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
- Hail, August 15, 2012
- Tornado, August 8, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Heat, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2012
- Heat, June 27, 2012
- Hail, May 23, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Hail, May 6, 2012
- Hail, May 2, 2012
- Hail, May 1, 2012
- High Wind, March 4, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- Flood, September 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2011
- Tornado, August 18, 2011
- Hail, August 6, 2011
- Flood, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Heat, July 31, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2011
- Heat, July 26, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Hail, July 10, 2011
- Heat, July 10, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Heat, June 30, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Flood, June 19, 2011
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 2011
- Flood, May 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2011
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Douglas CountyEvery warning in Douglas 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.