Nebraska

Storm History: Gage County, Nebraska

569 episodes, 799 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Gage 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
799
Deaths
1
Injuries
37
Damage
$56 million
Episodes
569

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
Hail27900$560,000
Tornado193028$50 million
Thunderstorm Wind7500$443,000
Flash Flood6900$53,000
Winter Storm3900
Cold/Wind Chill1900
High Wind1600
Flood1600$1.9 million
Heat1500
Drought1300
Excessive Heat1300
Blizzard1206
Heavy Snow900$2.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill900
Funnel Cloud800
Ice Storm600$500,000
Lightning513$43,000
Winter Weather300

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 Gage County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Gage CountyEvery warning in Gage 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.