Nebraska

Storm History: Lincoln County, Nebraska

859 episodes, 2,085 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Lincoln 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
2,085
Deaths
8
Injuries
29
Damage
$125 million
Episodes
859

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
Hail98903$19 million
Tornado622014$54 million
Flash Flood16302$2.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind7801$270,000
Drought6800$31 million
High Wind4507$722,000
Flood4200$341,000
Winter Storm3530
Blizzard1310$95,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill800
Heavy Snow600
Wildfire601$16 million
Dust Storm300$75,000
Lightning200$20,000
Dense Fog101$400,000
Funnel Cloud100
Excessive Heat100
Winter Weather140$1.0 million
Frost/Freeze100

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 Lincoln County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Lincoln CountyEvery warning in Lincoln 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.