Nebraska

Storm History: Garfield County, Nebraska

321 episodes, 449 events since 1958

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Garfield 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
449
Deaths
0
Injuries
3
Damage
$6.1 million
Episodes
321

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
Hail17301$1.7 million
Tornado9200$1.3 million
Drought5700$1.5 million
Winter Storm3700$63,000
High Wind1900$20,000
Flash Flood1900$141,000
Blizzard1500$57,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Thunderstorm Wind800$5,000
Heavy Snow400
Dust Storm400$75,000
Lightning200$110,000
Cold/Wind Chill100
Ice Storm100
Excessive Heat100
Frost/Freeze100
Wildfire102$1.1 million

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Garfield County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Garfield CountyEvery warning in Garfield 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.