Storm History: Jefferson County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Jefferson 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
- 711
- Deaths
- 1
- Injuries
- 4
- Damage
- $16 million
- Episodes
- 498
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 | 250 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
| Tornado | 158 | 0 | 4 | $7.8 million |
| Flash Flood | 69 | 0 | 0 | $108,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 59 | 0 | 0 | $1.6 million |
| Winter Storm | 39 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 19 | 1 | 0 | $5.5 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 10 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $4,000 |
| Winter Weather | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Flood, May 6, 2015
- Tornado, July 6, 1978
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Heavy Snow, October 25, 1997
- Tornado, April 29, 2010
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 18, 2001
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 13, 2001
- Tornado, May 8, 1996
- Tornado, April 28, 1956
- Tornado, June 7, 1967
- Tornado, April 14, 1976
- Tornado, August 17, 1987
- Tornado, May 8, 1996
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Flood, June 23, 2003
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2015
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Hail, April 19, 2023
- Hail, June 13, 1998
- Hail, June 16, 1985
- Hail, April 13, 1981
- Hail, May 11, 1970
- Hail, May 27, 1962
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2026
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Hail, October 11, 2020
- Hail, October 6, 2016
- Hail, September 7, 2015
- Hail, May 28, 2013
- Hail, June 15, 2008
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Tornado, April 28, 1956
- Tornado, April 28, 1963
- Tornado, April 20, 1974
- Tornado, June 12, 1984
- Tornado, April 26, 1991
- Tornado, May 11, 2014
- Tornado, April 2, 1956
- Tornado, May 20, 1957
- Tornado, May 20, 1959
- Tornado, May 20, 1962
- Tornado, May 25, 1965
- Tornado, June 7, 1967
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, June 20, 2026
- Flash Flood, June 5, 2026
- Tornado, May 18, 2026
- Tornado, May 17, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2026
- Hail, April 23, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Hail, March 6, 2026
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- Tornado, August 10, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Hail, May 18, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Hail, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2025
- Winter Storm, February 11, 2025
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2025
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2024
- Tornado, June 21, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 7, 2024
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Hail, April 22, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2024
- Tornado, October 3, 2023
- Hail, September 16, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 25, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Tornado, July 29, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Hail, June 29, 2023
- Hail, May 7, 2023
- Hail, May 6, 2023
- Hail, April 19, 2023
- Winter Storm, February 16, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 21, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Hail, October 11, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 12, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Tornado, April 29, 2022
- High Wind, April 23, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 7, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 18, 2021
- Hail, May 8, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Hail, October 11, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 8, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 28, 2020
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2020
- Tornado, June 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2019
- Hail, September 7, 2019
- Hail, August 26, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2019
- Hail, June 21, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2019
- Flood, May 26, 2019
- Flash Flood, May 24, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 28, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- High Wind, January 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, January 12, 2019
- Blizzard, November 25, 2018
- Hail, October 5, 2018
- Hail, September 20, 2018
- Hail, September 1, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 19, 2018
- Tornado, May 1, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2018
- Hail, September 16, 2017
- Tornado, June 16, 2017
- Flash Flood, June 15, 2017
- Hail, April 19, 2017
- Tornado, April 9, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Hail, October 6, 2016
- Hail, October 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, August 11, 2016
- Tornado, May 9, 2016
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2015
- Hail, September 7, 2015
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2015
- Hail, June 23, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 4, 2015
- Flood, June 4, 2015
- Tornado, May 6, 2015
- Flood, May 6, 2015
- Hail, April 12, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2014
- Hail, July 7, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Tornado, May 11, 2014
- Winter Storm, February 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2013
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2013
- Hail, June 27, 2013
- Tornado, May 29, 2013
- Hail, May 28, 2013
- Tornado, May 27, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Hail, May 8, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Heat, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2012
- Heat, June 27, 2012
- Strong Wind, June 24, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Hail, March 29, 2012
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Heat, July 31, 2011
- Heat, July 26, 2011
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 24, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Heat, July 10, 2011
- Hail, July 5, 2011
- Heat, June 30, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 1, 2011
- Hail, May 29, 2011
- Flood, May 19, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2011
- Tornado, September 13, 2010
- Hail, August 31, 2010
- Hail, August 10, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Heat, August 2, 2010
- Heat, July 17, 2010
- Heat, July 14, 2010
- Tornado, June 1, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- Hail, May 12, 2010
- Tornado, April 29, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 23, 2009
- Blizzard, December 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, November 16, 2009
- Hail, August 19, 2009
- Excessive Heat, June 22, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 2009
- Hail, June 7, 2009
- Hail, June 6, 2009
- Hail, June 1, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Hail, April 26, 2009
- Tornado, March 23, 2009
- High Wind, February 9, 2009
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Hail, September 23, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2008
- Hail, July 11, 2008
- Flood, July 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2008
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 26, 2008
- Hail, June 24, 2008
- Hail, June 20, 2008
- Tornado, June 19, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Tornado, June 11, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Hail, May 25, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2008
- Tornado, April 24, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 22, 2007
- Flood, August 1, 2007
- Hail, July 12, 2007
- High Wind, June 6, 2007
- Hail, May 31, 2007
- Flood, May 15, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2007
- Tornado, May 6, 2007
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 12, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Hail, August 6, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2006
- Hail, July 13, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 13, 2006
- Hail, June 21, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 4, 2006
- Lightning, May 29, 2006
- Hail, April 24, 2006
- Hail, April 24, 2006
- Hail, April 6, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2006
- Hail, March 30, 2006
- Hail, March 30, 2006
- Hail, March 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2006
- Hail, March 30, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2006
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Hail, March 12, 2006
- Hail, January 28, 2006
- Hail, November 27, 2005
- Heat, July 22, 2005
- Hail, June 29, 2005
- Hail, June 29, 2005
- Hail, June 29, 2005
- Hail, June 3, 2005
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Jefferson CountyEvery warning in Jefferson 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.