Nebraska

Storm History: Franklin County, Nebraska

428 episodes, 548 events since 1953

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.

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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
Hail15900$37 million
Tornado12901$29 million
Winter Storm6300$160,000
Drought5100$40 million
Winter Weather2500$5,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$3.6 million
High Wind2000$17,000
Blizzard1800$250,000
Flash Flood1700$5.3 million
Flood1100$2.1 million
Cold/Wind Chill600$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Snow600
Ice Storm500$3.0 million
Wildfire500$80,000
Frost/Freeze200$100,000
Lightning100$15,000
Strong Wind110$10,000
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 Franklin County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.