Nebraska

Storm History: Hamilton County, Nebraska

469 episodes, 713 events since 1953

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.

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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
Tornado22206$98 million
Hail20600$54 million
Winter Storm6000$340,000
Flash Flood5100$10 million
Drought4600$35 million
High Wind2700$74,000
Winter Weather2113$205,000
Blizzard1900$25,000
Thunderstorm Wind1600$61 million
Ice Storm900$4.1 million
Flood800$110,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Snow500
Wildfire500
Cold/Wind Chill400
Lightning201$21,000
Frost/Freeze200$50,000
Heat200$1.5 million
Excessive Heat100
Dust Storm110$500,000

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 Hamilton County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.