Storm History: Franklin County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Franklin 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
- 548
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $121 million
- Episodes
- 428
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 | 159 | 0 | 0 | $37 million |
| Tornado | 129 | 0 | 1 | $29 million |
| Winter Storm | 63 | 0 | 0 | $160,000 |
| Drought | 51 | 0 | 0 | $40 million |
| Winter Weather | 25 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 21 | 0 | 0 | $3.6 million |
| High Wind | 20 | 0 | 0 | $17,000 |
| Blizzard | 18 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Flash Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $5.3 million |
| Flood | 11 | 0 | 0 | $2.1 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | $80,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $15,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 1 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Drought, December 1, 2002
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Tornado, May 5, 2023
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Tornado, June 19, 2000
- Tornado, May 27, 2012
- Flash Flood, July 3, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 7, 1996
- Ice Storm, December 29, 2006
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Tornado, May 26, 2002
- Tornado, May 10, 1985
- Hail, July 9, 1997
- Hail, June 12, 2002
- Hail, September 6, 2007
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Tornado, July 13, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 12, 2002
- Hail, May 22, 1999
- Hail, August 11, 1958
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2020
- Flood, June 25, 2019
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Hail, August 7, 1986
- Tornado, May 16, 1977
- Tornado, July 9, 1969
- Hail, August 10, 1962
- Hail, June 7, 2024
- Hail, May 5, 2019
- Hail, June 13, 2017
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 7, 1953
- Tornado, May 10, 1985
- Tornado, June 12, 1984
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, May 7, 1993
- Tornado, October 9, 2001
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, June 13, 1967
- Tornado, June 24, 1969
- Tornado, June 18, 1990
- Tornado, April 11, 1991
- Tornado, June 4, 1991
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Tornado, June 22, 2003
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
Every episode, newest first
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Drought, May 27, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Hail, July 16, 2024
- Tornado, July 6, 2024
- Hail, June 18, 2024
- Hail, June 7, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Hail, May 19, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Tornado, May 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2024
- Blizzard, March 24, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- High Wind, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Tornado, October 12, 2023
- Tornado, October 3, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Tornado, May 5, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Hail, April 18, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Wildfire, October 23, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 30, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 30, 2022
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- Drought, April 19, 2022
- Wildfire, April 7, 2022
- High Wind, April 6, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Hail, August 15, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Hail, March 26, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Wildfire, January 14, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- High Wind, November 8, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 24, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 8, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2020
- Hail, June 26, 2020
- Hail, June 9, 2020
- High Wind, April 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Hail, September 30, 2019
- Hail, July 10, 2019
- Tornado, July 8, 2019
- Flood, June 25, 2019
- Flood, June 20, 2019
- Flood, May 27, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Hail, May 6, 2019
- Hail, May 5, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Hail, April 6, 2019
- Hail, March 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2018
- Blizzard, November 24, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2018
- Hail, August 8, 2018
- Tornado, June 19, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Wildfire, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2017
- Hail, October 2, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Hail, June 28, 2017
- Hail, June 20, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Hail, May 9, 2017
- Hail, April 9, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Tornado, November 27, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 28, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Hail, May 26, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2015
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Hail, April 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Hail, October 1, 2014
- Hail, August 9, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Flood, June 6, 2014
- Tornado, April 27, 2014
- Hail, April 23, 2014
- Winter Storm, April 13, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Flood, June 16, 2013
- Hail, June 14, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2012
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 18, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 6, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2012
- Hail, May 30, 2012
- Tornado, May 27, 2012
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Hail, October 7, 2011
- Flood, August 29, 2011
- Hail, August 19, 2011
- Hail, August 8, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, July 13, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- Tornado, May 30, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 2011
- Flood, May 24, 2011
- High Wind, April 15, 2011
- Hail, March 22, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2010
- Flood, August 23, 2010
- Hail, August 12, 2010
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- Hail, May 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Hail, September 7, 2009
- Hail, July 22, 2009
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Hail, March 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2009
- Hail, July 7, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Franklin CountyEvery warning in Franklin 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.