Nebraska

Storm History: Furnas County, Nebraska

503 episodes, 807 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Furnas 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
807
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$167 million
Episodes
503

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
Hail28600$59 million
Tornado16710$53 million
Flash Flood5600$9.5 million
Winter Storm5400$155,000
Drought5300$40 million
Thunderstorm Wind4100$2.9 million
Winter Weather3500$5,000
High Wind2900$27,000
Flood2400$270,000
Blizzard1900$350,000
Heavy Snow900
Wildfire800$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill600$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Ice Storm500$1.0 million
Dust Storm300
Lightning200$203,000
Frost/Freeze200$100,000
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 Furnas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Furnas CountyEvery warning in Furnas 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.