Nebraska

Storm History: Keith County, Nebraska

534 episodes, 968 events since 1957

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Keith 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
968
Deaths
2
Injuries
25
Damage
$39 million
Episodes
534

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
Hail39912$21 million
Tornado27306$9.8 million
Flash Flood6110$1.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind59014$1.6 million
Drought5600$2.5 million
High Wind4800$88,000
Winter Storm3300$4,000
Blizzard1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Wildfire503$2.7 million
Lightning400$300,000
Flood400$335,000
Heavy Snow300
Funnel Cloud100

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 Keith County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Keith CountyEvery warning in Keith 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.