Storm History: Hitchcock County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Hitchcock 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
- 771
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $23 million
- Episodes
- 471
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 | 331 | 1 | 0 | $11 million |
| Tornado | 120 | 0 | 1 | $9.9 million |
| Drought | 63 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 55 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| High Wind | 42 | 0 | 0 | $3,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 40 | 0 | 0 | $90,000 |
| Blizzard | 21 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Winter Storm | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 19 | 0 | 0 | $7,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 5 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Ice Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, June 8, 1994
- Hail, August 1, 1993
- Hail, August 7, 2015
- Tornado, June 15, 1990
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2023
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Tornado, May 26, 1978
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2025
- Tornado, May 29, 1985
- Hail, August 9, 2011
- Hail, August 29, 2019
- Blizzard, April 14, 2011
- Hail, July 10, 2015
- Winter Weather, October 21, 2009
- Tornado, May 18, 1960
- Tornado, May 28, 1962
- Tornado, June 17, 1975
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, May 8, 2003
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 20, 2009
- Hail, September 27, 1988
- Tornado, June 17, 1968
- Hail, June 16, 2024
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2025
- Hail, June 21, 2026
- Hail, June 20, 2026
- Hail, June 6, 1996
- Hail, June 17, 1983
- Hail, July 19, 1961
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, June 2, 2020
The strongest tornadoes
Every episode, newest first
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2026
- Hail, June 21, 2026
- Hail, June 20, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- High Wind, March 14, 2026
- Drought, March 3, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2026
- High Wind, February 17, 2026
- High Wind, January 16, 2026
- High Wind, January 15, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- High Wind, November 8, 2025
- Flash Flood, September 16, 2025
- Hail, August 2, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2025
- Hail, July 21, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 20, 2025
- Dust Storm, June 2, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Dust Storm, May 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 2025
- Hail, August 26, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 27, 2024
- Hail, July 19, 2024
- Hail, June 16, 2024
- Hail, June 7, 2024
- Flood, June 2, 2024
- Hail, May 25, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Hail, May 20, 2024
- Hail, May 14, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 3, 2024
- Hail, May 1, 2024
- Dust Storm, April 6, 2024
- Blizzard, March 25, 2024
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 13, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Winter Storm, December 25, 2023
- High Wind, October 13, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 9, 2023
- Hail, August 25, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, August 5, 2023
- Hail, August 4, 2023
- Hail, July 26, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 19, 2023
- Hail, July 10, 2023
- Hail, June 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 25, 2023
- Hail, May 9, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Winter Weather, March 25, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Dust Storm, December 2, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Hail, July 27, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 21, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 3, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 7, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Dust Storm, May 12, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- Dust Storm, April 7, 2022
- Dust Storm, April 6, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- Heavy Snow, January 5, 2022
- High Wind, January 4, 2022
- Drought, January 1, 2022
- Dust Storm, December 15, 2021
- Drought, December 1, 2021
- Drought, November 1, 2021
- Drought, October 1, 2021
- Drought, September 1, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, June 25, 2021
- Tornado, May 26, 2021
- Flash Flood, May 17, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Tornado, March 14, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Heavy Snow, February 6, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2021
- Wildfire, January 13, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Hail, August 16, 2020
- Hail, August 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 23, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Hail, July 2, 2020
- High Wind, June 9, 2020
- Hail, June 2, 2020
- Hail, May 4, 2020
- Hail, May 3, 2020
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 11, 2019
- Hail, August 29, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 13, 2019
- Hail, July 1, 2019
- Hail, June 8, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Hail, May 17, 2019
- Tornado, May 17, 2019
- Blizzard, April 10, 2019
- Blizzard, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 4, 2019
- Blizzard, December 27, 2018
- Blizzard, November 24, 2018
- Heavy Snow, November 7, 2018
- Tornado, September 19, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 28, 2018
- Hail, May 28, 2018
- Dust Storm, April 17, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Wildfire, March 6, 2018
- Blizzard, January 21, 2018
- Hail, October 2, 2017
- Hail, August 26, 2017
- Hail, August 12, 2017
- Hail, August 2, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 2, 2017
- Hail, June 26, 2017
- Blizzard, April 30, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2017
- High Wind, March 7, 2017
- Wildfire, March 6, 2017
- Wildfire, March 5, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Hail, July 7, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 6, 2016
- Hail, July 5, 2016
- Dust Storm, June 28, 2016
- Hail, May 24, 2016
- Blizzard, March 23, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Ice Storm, December 15, 2015
- Heavy Snow, November 17, 2015
- Hail, August 13, 2015
- Hail, August 7, 2015
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2015
- Hail, July 10, 2015
- Flood, May 28, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 31, 2014
- Hail, August 20, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 2014
- Hail, June 14, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- High Wind, March 31, 2014
- Dust Storm, March 31, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- Heavy Snow, January 30, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Hail, August 5, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Hail, July 31, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2013
- Hail, June 22, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Tornado, April 8, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Hail, March 29, 2013
- Heavy Snow, March 22, 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
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 18, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Hail, September 30, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Hail, June 28, 2012
- High Wind, May 26, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Tornado, April 12, 2012
- High Wind, January 22, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- Hail, August 9, 2011
- Hail, August 8, 2011
- Hail, July 28, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2011
- Hail, July 2, 2011
- High Wind, May 30, 2011
- Hail, May 23, 2011
- Blizzard, April 14, 2011
- Winter Weather, January 19, 2011
- Hail, October 22, 2010
- Hail, August 3, 2010
- Hail, July 10, 2010
- Hail, June 20, 2010
- Hail, June 1, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 9, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 9, 2009
- Heavy Snow, December 8, 2009
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Hitchcock CountyEvery warning in Hitchcock 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.