Nebraska

Storm History: Kearney County, Nebraska

442 episodes, 614 events since 1955

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.

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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
Tornado16400$32 million
Hail16200$80 million
Winter Storm6301$230,000
Drought5300$35 million
High Wind3700$122,000
Thunderstorm Wind3200$2.5 million
Winter Weather2400$5,000
Blizzard1800$325,000
Flash Flood1700$272,000
Flood1000$5,000
Wildfire800
Ice Storm600$10 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Snow500
Cold/Wind Chill400
Frost/Freeze200$50,000
Heavy Rain100$50,000
Excessive Heat100
Heat100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Kearney County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

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.