Nebraska

Storm History: Greeley County, Nebraska

363 episodes, 455 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Greeley 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
455
Deaths
0
Injuries
12
Damage
$97 million
Episodes
363

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
Hail12800$34 million
Tornado91012$19 million
Drought5300$35 million
Winter Storm5100$115,000
Winter Weather3300$5,000
High Wind1900$14,000
Blizzard1700$650,000
Flash Flood1500$5.7 million
Thunderstorm Wind1300$1.1 million
Ice Storm700$1.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Flood500
Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow400
Wildfire400
Frost/Freeze200$25,000
Excessive Heat100
Heavy Rain100
Heat100

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 Greeley County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Greeley CountyEvery warning in Greeley 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.