Storm History: Lincoln County, Nebraska
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 989 | 0 | 3 | $19 million |
| Tornado | 622 | 0 | 14 | $54 million |
| Flash Flood | 163 | 0 | 2 | $2.8 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 78 | 0 | 1 | $270,000 |
| Drought | 68 | 0 | 0 | $31 million |
| High Wind | 45 | 0 | 7 | $722,000 |
| Flood | 42 | 0 | 0 | $341,000 |
| Winter Storm | 35 | 3 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 13 | 1 | 0 | $95,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 6 | 0 | 1 | $16 million |
| Dust Storm | 3 | 0 | 0 | $75,000 |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 0 | 1 | $400,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 1 | 4 | 0 | $1.0 million |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Wildfire, March 12, 2026
- Hail, July 20, 2003
- Wildfire, October 4, 2011
- Tornado, June 25, 1997
- Hail, May 30, 2012
- Tornado, June 25, 1989
- Wildfire, February 26, 2024
- Tornado, March 18, 2012
- Tornado, June 29, 2000
- Hail, June 13, 1996
- Tornado, May 16, 2000
- Tornado, July 13, 2007
- Hail, August 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 28, 1999
- Drought, June 20, 2012
- Winter Weather, January 11, 2013
- Flash Flood, May 28, 2007
- Hail, June 26, 1999
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, October 29, 1956
- Tornado, April 25, 1957
- Tornado, May 30, 1961
- Tornado, June 18, 1975
- Tornado, June 15, 1990
- Tornado, May 14, 1962
- Tornado, July 1, 1965
- Tornado, July 27, 1972
- Tornado, April 25, 1984
- Tornado, June 11, 1984
- Tornado, June 25, 1989
- Tornado, June 1, 1990
- Tornado, May 2, 1991
- Tornado, June 15, 1992
- Tornado, May 16, 2000
Every episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2026
- Flood, June 24, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 8, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Tornado, May 30, 2026
- Hail, May 16, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Wildfire, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 25, 2026
- Drought, February 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- Hail, August 29, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 29, 2025
- Tornado, July 23, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Tornado, July 15, 2025
- Hail, June 29, 2025
- Tornado, June 16, 2025
- Hail, June 15, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Hail, May 21, 2025
- Tornado, May 18, 2025
- Flash Flood, May 14, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- High Wind, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Wildfire, October 7, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Hail, September 14, 2024
- Hail, July 27, 2024
- Tornado, July 16, 2024
- Hail, July 6, 2024
- Tornado, July 3, 2024
- Hail, June 29, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 21, 2024
- Hail, June 2, 2024
- Hail, June 1, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Hail, May 20, 2024
- Hail, May 14, 2024
- Tornado, May 6, 2024
- Hail, May 3, 2024
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 6, 2024
- Blizzard, March 24, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 7, 2024
- Wildfire, February 26, 2024
- Wildfire, February 14, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Hail, September 9, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 4, 2023
- Hail, August 10, 2023
- Hail, August 7, 2023
- Hail, August 4, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 26, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Hail, July 13, 2023
- Hail, July 10, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Flash Flood, June 23, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 30, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2023
- Hail, May 5, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 17, 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
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Hail, September 16, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Hail, August 31, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Hail, July 27, 2022
- Hail, July 21, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 24, 2022
- Hail, June 9, 2022
- Tornado, June 5, 2022
- Hail, June 4, 2022
- Hail, June 3, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 29, 2022
- Dust Storm, May 12, 2022
- Hail, May 7, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- Hail, April 29, 2022
- Hail, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Wildfire, March 15, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Drought, February 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- High Wind, October 13, 2021
- Hail, September 16, 2021
- Drought, August 1, 2021
- Hail, July 13, 2021
- Flood, July 9, 2021
- Flood, July 6, 2021
- Hail, May 26, 2021
- Flood, May 15, 2021
- Hail, May 13, 2021
- Drought, May 1, 2021
- Drought, April 1, 2021
- High Wind, March 29, 2021
- Drought, March 1, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 6, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2021
- Drought, February 1, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- Drought, January 1, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Drought, December 1, 2020
- High Wind, November 14, 2020
- Drought, November 1, 2020
- Drought, October 1, 2020
- Drought, September 1, 2020
- Hail, August 5, 2020
- Flash Flood, July 25, 2020
- Hail, July 20, 2020
- Hail, July 13, 2020
- Hail, July 9, 2020
- Tornado, July 8, 2020
- Hail, June 24, 2020
- Tornado, June 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2020
- Tornado, June 8, 2020
- High Wind, June 7, 2020
- Hail, June 4, 2020
- Hail, June 3, 2020
- Hail, June 2, 2020
- Hail, May 21, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2019
- High Wind, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2019
- High Wind, October 20, 2019
- Hail, September 30, 2019
- Hail, September 19, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2019
- Tornado, August 29, 2019
- Flood, August 8, 2019
- Hail, August 5, 2019
- Hail, July 12, 2019
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2019
- Hail, June 16, 2019
- Hail, June 8, 2019
- Hail, June 4, 2019
- Tornado, May 27, 2019
- Hail, May 23, 2019
- Tornado, May 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- High Wind, March 13, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- High Wind, January 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Hail, August 31, 2018
- Hail, August 15, 2018
- Hail, August 3, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 23, 2018
- Tornado, May 25, 2018
- Hail, May 7, 2018
- Hail, April 30, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- High Wind, March 6, 2018
- High Wind, March 5, 2018
- Blizzard, January 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, October 1, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2017
- Hail, August 2, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 28, 2017
- Hail, July 12, 2017
- Hail, July 4, 2017
- Hail, July 2, 2017
- Hail, June 26, 2017
- Hail, April 14, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 9, 2017
- High Wind, March 6, 2017
- High Wind, December 25, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2016
- Flood, October 3, 2016
- Hail, September 4, 2016
- Tornado, August 11, 2016
- Tornado, July 26, 2016
- Hail, July 15, 2016
- Tornado, July 6, 2016
- Tornado, June 28, 2016
- Hail, June 26, 2016
- Hail, May 30, 2016
- Hail, May 29, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 27, 2016
- Hail, May 26, 2016
- Hail, May 25, 2016
- Tornado, May 24, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 22, 2016
- Flood, May 15, 2016
- Tornado, May 8, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- High Wind, February 18, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 22, 2015
- Hail, August 13, 2015
- Hail, August 4, 2015
- Tornado, August 2, 2015
- Hail, July 24, 2015
- Hail, July 18, 2015
- Hail, July 17, 2015
- Flood, July 14, 2015
- Hail, June 20, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2015
- Tornado, June 14, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2015
- Hail, May 28, 2015
- Hail, May 28, 2015
- Hail, May 15, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2015
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 30, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 5, 2014
- Hail, August 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2014
- Hail, July 22, 2014
- Hail, July 9, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2014
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.