Storm History: Harlan County, Nebraska
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 159 | 0 | 0 | $27 million |
| Tornado | 124 | 0 | 0 | $41 million |
| Winter Storm | 54 | 0 | 0 | $160,000 |
| Drought | 50 | 0 | 0 | $40 million |
| Winter Weather | 27 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Flash Flood | 25 | 0 | 0 | $4.3 million |
| High Wind | 23 | 0 | 0 | $62,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 22 | 0 | 1 | $6.0 million |
| Blizzard | 17 | 0 | 0 | $250,000 |
| Flood | 8 | 0 | 0 | $1.4 million |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | $10,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Wildfire | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $100,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, December 1, 2002
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Tornado, June 29, 2000
- Hail, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Tornado, July 20, 2000
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 1996
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- Hail, July 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 1999
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Tornado, May 17, 2022
- Tornado, June 19, 2018
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Flood, May 24, 2011
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, September 27, 1988
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Tornado, May 17, 2022
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2020
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Tornado, May 16, 1977
- Hail, July 6, 1977
- Tornado, July 9, 1969
- Hail, August 10, 1962
- Hail, May 5, 2019
- Hail, July 22, 2014
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Hail, May 25, 2012
- Hail, June 19, 2011
- Hail, September 13, 2010
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 4, 1955
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, June 3, 1999
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Tornado, May 10, 2014
- Tornado, May 2, 1955
- Tornado, May 25, 1965
- Tornado, May 10, 1974
- Tornado, June 2, 1980
- Tornado, August 1, 1980
- Tornado, June 18, 1990
- Tornado, May 30, 1991
- Tornado, May 2, 1999
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Tornado, May 27, 2013
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, March 17, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 9, 2025
- Drought, May 27, 2025
- Dust Storm, May 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- High Wind, February 25, 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
- Hail, July 16, 2024
- Hail, June 18, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 14, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Tornado, May 20, 2024
- Tornado, May 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 1, 2024
- Tornado, April 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2024
- Blizzard, March 24, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2023
- Tornado, October 3, 2023
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 10, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 28, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Tornado, May 5, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 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 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 30, 2022
- Hail, July 5, 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
- Tornado, April 28, 2022
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- Wildfire, April 7, 2022
- High Wind, April 6, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, March 9, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 12, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2021
- Winter Weather, February 3, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Wildfire, January 14, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 24, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 22, 2020
- Flash Flood, August 16, 2020
- Tornado, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2020
- Hail, June 9, 2020
- Hail, June 2, 2020
- High Wind, April 12, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow, February 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Hail, September 30, 2019
- Hail, July 10, 2019
- Tornado, July 8, 2019
- Flood, June 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2019
- Hail, June 8, 2019
- Flood, May 27, 2019
- Tornado, May 26, 2019
- Hail, May 5, 2019
- Hail, April 6, 2019
- Hail, March 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Winter Weather, March 2, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 19, 2019
- Winter Weather, February 15, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Winter Weather, December 1, 2018
- Blizzard, November 24, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2018
- Tornado, June 19, 2018
- Hail, June 6, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Hail, March 23, 2018
- Wildfire, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 10, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Hail, March 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Hail, September 15, 2016
- Hail, May 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 10, 2016
- Flash Flood, April 26, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Winter Weather, December 24, 2015
- Tornado, November 16, 2015
- Hail, September 10, 2015
- Hail, August 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 4, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 16, 2015
- Tornado, May 9, 2015
- Hail, April 1, 2015
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2014
- Hail, July 22, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Flood, June 6, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Tornado, May 10, 2014
- Hail, April 23, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, February 22, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Tornado, May 27, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Winter Weather, December 31, 2012
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 18, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 6, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2012
- Hail, May 25, 2012
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Weather, December 8, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Winter Weather, November 16, 2011
- Hail, October 7, 2011
- Flood, August 29, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 19, 2011
- Tornado, June 1, 2011
- Flood, May 24, 2011
- High Wind, April 15, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2011
- Winter Weather, February 7, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2010
- Hail, September 13, 2010
- Hail, August 12, 2010
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Tornado, June 13, 2010
- Hail, June 3, 2010
- Hail, June 1, 2010
- Hail, May 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 15, 2009
- Hail, July 22, 2009
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2009
- High Wind, January 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2008
- Hail, July 7, 2008
- Flash Flood, June 11, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2008
- Hail, May 22, 2008
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 10, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, October 17, 2007
- Tornado, August 22, 2007
- Hail, June 12, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2007
- Hail, May 22, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2007
- Hail, May 4, 2007
- Frost/Freeze, April 3, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 29, 2006
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2006
- Frost/Freeze, October 12, 2006
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.