Nebraska

Storm History: Nance County, Nebraska

353 episodes, 442 events since 1959

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Nance 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
442
Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Damage
$103 million
Episodes
353

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
Tornado11600$20 million
Hail9900$13 million
Winter Storm5300$110,000
Drought4900$35 million
Winter Weather2400$5,000
High Wind2100$14,000
Blizzard1800$80,000
Flash Flood1800$31 million
Thunderstorm Wind1300$1.0 million
Ice Storm700$2.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow400
Flood300
Wildfire300
Frost/Freeze200$25,000
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 Nance County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Nance CountyEvery warning in Nance 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.