Storm History: Kearney County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Kearney 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
- 614
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $161 million
- Episodes
- 442
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tornado | 164 | 0 | 0 | $32 million |
| Hail | 162 | 0 | 0 | $80 million |
| Winter Storm | 63 | 0 | 1 | $230,000 |
| Drought | 53 | 0 | 0 | $35 million |
| High Wind | 37 | 0 | 0 | $122,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 32 | 0 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Winter Weather | 24 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Blizzard | 18 | 0 | 0 | $325,000 |
| Flash Flood | 17 | 0 | 0 | $272,000 |
| Flood | 10 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Wildfire | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 6 | 0 | 0 | $10 million |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 2 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Rain | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, June 12, 2002
- Drought, December 1, 2002
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Hail, July 9, 2014
- Drought, September 1, 2000
- Ice Storm, December 29, 2006
- Hail, July 10, 2011
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Hail, June 7, 2024
- Tornado, July 6, 2024
- Tornado, June 19, 2000
- Tornado, May 11, 2005
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 27, 1999
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Tornado, June 30, 2018
- Tornado, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, July 24, 2002
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Hail, June 12, 2002
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2023
- Tornado, June 17, 1968
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Hail, July 13, 2006
- Hail, August 7, 1986
- Tornado, September 11, 1977
- Hail, June 23, 1956
- Hail, June 7, 2024
- Hail, August 18, 2022
- Hail, September 18, 2015
- Hail, September 13, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2008
- Hail, September 6, 2007
- Hail, June 16, 2006
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 10, 1985
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, June 11, 1984
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, October 9, 2001
- Tornado, June 2, 1955
- Tornado, May 20, 1962
- Tornado, June 13, 1967
- Tornado, June 22, 1969
- Tornado, October 9, 1973
- Tornado, April 27, 1975
- Tornado, June 14, 1982
- Tornado, April 13, 1986
- Tornado, June 18, 1990
- Tornado, April 11, 1991
Every episode, newest first
- Drought, March 17, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 29, 2025
- Hail, August 9, 2025
- Drought, May 6, 2025
- Blizzard, March 18, 2025
- High Wind, March 14, 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
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Tornado, August 13, 2024
- Tornado, July 6, 2024
- Tornado, July 1, 2024
- Hail, June 7, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 2, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Tornado, May 3, 2024
- Tornado, April 15, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2024
- Blizzard, March 24, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2024
- Drought, March 1, 2024
- Drought, February 1, 2024
- High Wind, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Blizzard, January 8, 2024
- Drought, January 1, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Winter Weather, December 2, 2023
- Drought, December 1, 2023
- Drought, November 1, 2023
- Tornado, October 12, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, September 21, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Heat, August 19, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 2, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 6, 2023
- Tornado, May 5, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- High Wind, March 31, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 25, 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
- High Wind, October 13, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Hail, August 18, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Tornado, June 14, 2022
- Tornado, June 7, 2022
- Hail, June 6, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 15, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 30, 2022
- Tornado, April 29, 2022
- Wildfire, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 12, 2022
- Wildfire, April 7, 2022
- High Wind, April 6, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 29, 2022
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2022
- Winter Storm, January 1, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Tornado, May 2, 2021
- Winter Weather, April 16, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 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
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 11, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- High Wind, November 14, 2020
- High Wind, November 8, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Winter Weather, October 24, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Drought, August 25, 2020
- Hail, July 10, 2020
- Tornado, July 8, 2020
- Hail, June 27, 2020
- Hail, June 9, 2020
- High Wind, April 28, 2020
- Winter Weather, April 16, 2020
- High Wind, April 12, 2020
- Hail, March 19, 2020
- Winter Weather, March 13, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 28, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Tornado, July 8, 2019
- Flood, June 20, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- High Wind, March 9, 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
- Flash Flood, September 1, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2018
- Hail, August 31, 2018
- Hail, August 8, 2018
- Tornado, June 30, 2018
- Tornado, June 19, 2018
- Hail, May 10, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 1, 2018
- Winter Weather, March 19, 2018
- Wildfire, March 5, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 6, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 4, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 24, 2017
- Winter Weather, December 23, 2017
- High Wind, December 4, 2017
- Hail, September 15, 2017
- Hail, July 17, 2017
- Tornado, May 16, 2017
- Hail, May 15, 2017
- Hail, May 9, 2017
- Hail, April 9, 2017
- High Wind, March 6, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Winter Weather, January 5, 2017
- Tornado, December 25, 2016
- Hail, July 26, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 17, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Flash Flood, June 17, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Hail, May 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 2, 2016
- Tornado, November 16, 2015
- Hail, September 18, 2015
- Hail, July 24, 2015
- Hail, July 10, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Hail, October 1, 2014
- Hail, August 20, 2014
- Hail, August 17, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 8, 2014
- Hail, July 9, 2014
- Tornado, June 14, 2014
- Winter Storm, March 18, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Heavy Snow, December 7, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Flood, October 1, 2013
- Flood, September 23, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Hail, June 22, 2013
- Flood, June 16, 2013
- Hail, June 14, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 18, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Flood, April 8, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 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
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Hail, April 27, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Tornado, July 13, 2011
- Hail, July 10, 2011
- Hail, June 18, 2011
- Tornado, May 30, 2011
- High Wind, April 15, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 8, 2011
- Flood, January 2, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 30, 2010
- Hail, September 13, 2010
- Hail, June 21, 2010
- Hail, June 19, 2010
- Tornado, June 13, 2010
- Tornado, June 11, 2010
- Hail, June 7, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2009
- Hail, July 22, 2009
- Hail, June 18, 2009
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
- Hail, May 15, 2009
- Hail, March 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2009
- High Wind, January 12, 2009
- Flash Flood, June 7, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in Kearney CountyEvery warning in Kearney 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.