Nebraska

Storm History: Madison County, Nebraska

555 episodes, 753 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Madison 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
753
Deaths
9
Injuries
40
Damage
$20 million
Episodes
555

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
Hail22300$3.4 million
Tornado195638$12 million
Thunderstorm Wind6600$134,000
Winter Storm4700$1.5 million
High Wind3700$14,000
Flash Flood3710$578,000
Cold/Wind Chill3600
Blizzard2210
Drought2000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1400
Heavy Snow1300
Excessive Heat900
Flood710$2.0 million
Funnel Cloud600
Winter Weather600
Lightning502$105,000
Ice Storm500
Heat400
Dust Storm100$1,000

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 Madison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Madison CountyEvery warning in Madison 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.