Nebraska

Storm History: Johnson County, Nebraska

302 episodes, 377 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Johnson 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
377
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$8.1 million
Episodes
302

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
Hail11000
Tornado7100$4.9 million
Winter Storm4100$550,000
Thunderstorm Wind2600$525,000
Flash Flood2200$2.0 million
Cold/Wind Chill1500
Heat1400
High Wind1200
Drought1100
Excessive Heat1100
Blizzard1010
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Flood1000
Heavy Snow800
Ice Storm400
Lightning100$25,000
Winter Weather100

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 Johnson County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Johnson CountyEvery warning in Johnson 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.