Nebraska

Storm History: Douglas County, Nebraska

782 episodes, 1,272 events since 1956

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.

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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
Hail454024$502 million
Tornado2783191$259 million
Flash Flood13231$69 million
Thunderstorm Wind12101$2.9 million
Winter Storm5720$15,000
High Wind3710$78,000
Flood3201$13 million
Cold/Wind Chill2721$750,000
Lightning2614$3.2 million
Blizzard2440
Heat15155$3.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill13112
Excessive Heat13113$35 million
Drought1200
Heavy Snow1100$14 million
Winter Weather900
Ice Storm400
Funnel Cloud300
Heavy Rain100
Strong Wind110
Wildfire100
Dust Storm100$1,000

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 Douglas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.