Nebraska

Storm History: Harlan County, Nebraska

406 episodes, 542 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Harlan 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
542
Deaths
0
Injuries
1
Damage
$121 million
Episodes
406

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
Hail15900$27 million
Tornado12400$41 million
Winter Storm5400$160,000
Drought5000$40 million
Winter Weather2700$5,000
Flash Flood2500$4.3 million
High Wind2300$62,000
Thunderstorm Wind2201$6.0 million
Blizzard1700$250,000
Flood800$1.4 million
Heavy Snow700
Cold/Wind Chill600$10,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Ice Storm500$1.0 million
Wildfire400
Frost/Freeze200$100,000
Excessive Heat100
Heat100
Dust Storm100

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 Harlan County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Harlan CountyEvery warning in Harlan 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.