Nebraska

Storm History: Platte County, Nebraska

528 episodes, 739 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Platte 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
739
Deaths
4
Injuries
21
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
528

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
Hail20700$13 million
Tornado160019$7.9 million
Flash Flood7220$3.1 million
Thunderstorm Wind6800$530,000
Winter Storm5002$3.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill3200
High Wind2800$82,000
Flood2600$24,000
Blizzard2110
Drought1800
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Excessive Heat1100
Heat600
Heavy Snow600
Funnel Cloud500
Ice Storm500
Winter Weather400
Lightning300$33,000
Dust Storm200$2,000
Strong Wind100$40,000
Dense Fog110

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 Platte County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Platte CountyEvery warning in Platte 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.