Storm History: Hamilton County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hamilton 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
- 713
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 10
- Damage
- $265 million
- Episodes
- 469
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 222 | 0 | 6 | $98 million |
| Hail | 206 | 0 | 0 | $54 million |
| Winter Storm | 60 | 0 | 0 | $340,000 |
| Flash Flood | 51 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Drought | 46 | 0 | 0 | $35 million |
| High Wind | 27 | 0 | 0 | $74,000 |
| Winter Weather | 21 | 1 | 3 | $205,000 |
| Blizzard | 19 | 0 | 0 | $25,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 16 | 0 | 0 | $61 million |
| Ice Storm | 9 | 0 | 0 | $4.1 million |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $110,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 1 | $21,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heat | 2 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 1 | 0 | $500,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Tornado, April 7, 1978
- Tornado, June 3, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2002
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Hail, August 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Tornado, June 7, 2022
- Hail, July 26, 2022
- Tornado, June 14, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, June 4, 2022
- Ice Storm, December 29, 2006
- Tornado, May 21, 1998
- Tornado, August 6, 2018
- Hail, August 7, 2021
- Hail, June 11, 2014
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Hail, September 18, 2015
- Tornado, June 3, 1980
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 7, 1992
- Tornado, May 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2020
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Hail, July 14, 1995
- Hail, June 7, 1980
- Tornado, May 16, 1977
- Hail, May 5, 2019
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2017
- Hail, September 18, 2015
- Hail, September 13, 2010
- Hail, May 4, 2003
- Hail, May 21, 1998
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 5, 1964
- Tornado, June 7, 1953
- Tornado, May 8, 1965
- Tornado, June 3, 1980
- Tornado, September 18, 1986
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, October 9, 2001
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Tornado, May 10, 2014
- Tornado, May 25, 1965
- Tornado, May 22, 1966
- Tornado, June 13, 1967
- Tornado, June 22, 1969
- Tornado, April 15, 1976
- Tornado, April 7, 1978
Every episode, newest first
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Drought, March 3, 2026
- Drought, May 13, 2025
- Hail, April 17, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 14, 2025
- Winter Weather, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2025
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Hail, July 9, 2024
- Hail, June 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Tornado, May 20, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Tornado, May 3, 2024
- Drought, May 1, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2024
- Drought, April 1, 2024
- Blizzard, March 24, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- High Wind, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Tornado, October 12, 2023
- Tornado, October 3, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Tornado, July 29, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Tornado, June 2, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Hail, April 18, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 11, 2022
- Hail, July 26, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2022
- Tornado, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, June 7, 2022
- Hail, June 4, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Tornado, May 17, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 30, 2022
- Tornado, April 29, 2022
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- Wildfire, April 7, 2022
- High Wind, April 6, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Hail, August 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 2021
- Tornado, May 2, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Wildfire, January 14, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Ice Storm, November 9, 2020
- High Wind, November 8, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Drought, October 6, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2020
- Tornado, August 14, 2020
- Tornado, July 8, 2020
- Hail, June 30, 2020
- Hail, June 27, 2020
- Hail, June 9, 2020
- Hail, June 3, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 16, 2020
- High Wind, April 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Flood, June 20, 2019
- Flood, May 27, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Hail, May 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 16, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2018
- Blizzard, November 24, 2018
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Tornado, August 6, 2018
- Hail, July 28, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- Tornado, May 1, 2018
- Dust Storm, April 29, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2018
- Wildfire, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 9, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2017
- Hail, June 16, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
- Hail, May 9, 2017
- Hail, March 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Hail, October 4, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Tornado, May 23, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Tornado, May 9, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 25, 2015
- Hail, September 18, 2015
- Flash Flood, September 9, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2015
- Hail, July 31, 2015
- Hail, July 24, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2015
- Winter Weather, February 17, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 25, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Hail, June 16, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Hail, June 11, 2014
- Tornado, June 3, 2014
- Tornado, May 10, 2014
- Hail, April 23, 2014
- High Wind, January 18, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2013
- Flash Flood, October 2, 2013
- Flood, September 28, 2013
- Hail, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Hail, June 14, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Hail, April 30, 2013
- Flood, April 8, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Hail, November 10, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 18, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Hail, May 23, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Tornado, May 2, 2012
- Hail, May 1, 2012
- Tornado, April 15, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Hail, August 11, 2011
- Hail, August 6, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Hail, July 10, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 6, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2011
- Hail, June 24, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Tornado, May 30, 2011
- Tornado, May 12, 2011
- Tornado, May 11, 2011
- Winter Weather, March 24, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2011
- Flood, January 10, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2010
- High Wind, September 15, 2010
- Hail, September 13, 2010
- Hail, July 16, 2010
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- Tornado, June 11, 2010
- Hail, June 7, 2010
- Hail, June 3, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Flood, August 26, 2009
- Hail, August 4, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Heat, June 22, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 2009
- Hail, June 5, 2009
- Hail, May 13, 2009
- Blizzard, April 4, 2009
- Hail, March 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hamilton CountyEvery warning in Hamilton 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.