Storm History: Platte County, Nebraska
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 207 | 0 | 0 | $13 million |
| Tornado | 160 | 0 | 19 | $7.9 million |
| Flash Flood | 72 | 2 | 0 | $3.1 million |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 68 | 0 | 0 | $530,000 |
| Winter Storm | 50 | 0 | 2 | $3.2 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 28 | 0 | 0 | $82,000 |
| Flood | 26 | 0 | 0 | $24,000 |
| Blizzard | 21 | 1 | 0 | |
| Drought | 18 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heat | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Funnel Cloud | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 3 | 0 | 0 | $33,000 |
| Dust Storm | 2 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Strong Wind | 1 | 0 | 0 | $40,000 |
| Dense Fog | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, May 15, 1999
- Hail, July 16, 1996
- Tornado, June 23, 1998
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2006
- Tornado, May 30, 1954
- Flash Flood, July 16, 1996
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 18, 2003
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Tornado, July 24, 1986
- Tornado, June 16, 1990
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 29, 2000
- Tornado, May 24, 2012
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2017
- High Wind, November 2, 1997
- Tornado, June 12, 1990
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 9, 2001
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Hail, August 16, 2002
- Hail, July 26, 2014
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2025
- Hail, August 19, 1987
- Hail, June 7, 1980
- Hail, July 17, 1968
- Hail, July 20, 1968
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2026
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Flood, June 7, 2022
- Hail, August 18, 2022
- Hail, October 11, 2020
- Hail, June 15, 2008
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, May 5, 1964
- Tornado, May 30, 1954
- Tornado, May 8, 1965
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Tornado, July 21, 1962
- Tornado, May 4, 1977
- Tornado, May 10, 1956
- Tornado, May 7, 1962
- Tornado, May 25, 1965
- Tornado, June 13, 1967
- Tornado, June 22, 1969
- Tornado, August 2, 1970
- Tornado, April 14, 1976
- Tornado, June 17, 1984
Every episode, newest first
- Tornado, May 17, 2026
- Flash Flood, May 16, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- Dense Fog, December 24, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Hail, September 22, 2025
- Hail, September 16, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 23, 2025
- Hail, July 10, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2025
- Flash Flood, June 25, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Hail, June 16, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Tornado, May 19, 2025
- High Wind, May 16, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Hail, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Hail, July 6, 2024
- Tornado, June 21, 2024
- Tornado, June 15, 2024
- Flash Flood, June 2, 2024
- Flash Flood, May 30, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Tornado, April 16, 2024
- Winter Storm, March 25, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 7, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Tornado, October 3, 2023
- Hail, September 23, 2023
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 8, 2023
- Hail, July 30, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Flash Flood, July 4, 2023
- Tornado, May 12, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 26, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Ice Storm, January 2, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Hail, August 18, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 10, 2022
- Flood, June 7, 2022
- Tornado, June 6, 2022
- Hail, May 12, 2022
- Flash Flood, April 28, 2022
- High Wind, April 23, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Hail, June 23, 2021
- Hail, June 22, 2021
- Hail, June 11, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 4, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Ice Storm, November 9, 2020
- Hail, October 11, 2020
- Hail, July 6, 2020
- Hail, June 30, 2020
- Hail, June 20, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 24, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Flood, May 26, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Heavy Snow, March 6, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2018
- Hail, July 27, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 24, 2018
- Hail, June 23, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2018
- Flash Flood, June 6, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Hail, May 2, 2018
- Dust Storm, April 30, 2018
- Blizzard, January 22, 2018
- Heavy Snow, January 11, 2018
- Tornado, October 2, 2017
- Hail, September 24, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 19, 2017
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2017
- Tornado, June 16, 2017
- Hail, June 13, 2017
- Tornado, April 15, 2017
- Hail, April 14, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, December 25, 2016
- Tornado, September 15, 2016
- Hail, July 6, 2016
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 5, 2016
- Hail, June 20, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Tornado, September 22, 2015
- Hail, August 2, 2015
- Hail, June 10, 2015
- Hail, June 6, 2015
- Hail, May 2, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2014
- Hail, July 26, 2014
- Tornado, June 16, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 18, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2013
- Flash Flood, June 14, 2013
- Hail, May 19, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Hail, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Hail, November 10, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 18, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Heat, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2012
- Heat, June 27, 2012
- Tornado, May 27, 2012
- Tornado, May 24, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- Hail, May 2, 2012
- Hail, March 30, 2012
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- Tornado, August 18, 2011
- Hail, August 6, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Heat, July 31, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Hail, July 10, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Hail, June 14, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 12, 2011
- Hail, May 11, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2011
- Winter Weather, December 15, 2010
- Tornado, September 13, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 1, 2010
- Heat, July 17, 2010
- Funnel Cloud, July 16, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 22, 2010
- Flood, June 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2010
- Flood, March 8, 2010
- Blizzard, February 14, 2010
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 8, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 9, 2009
- Blizzard, December 7, 2009
- Winter Weather, October 9, 2009
- Hail, August 19, 2009
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Hail, July 24, 2009
- Hail, July 22, 2009
- Tornado, June 17, 2009
- Blizzard, April 4, 2009
- Tornado, March 23, 2009
- Hail, February 26, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2009
- High Wind, February 9, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Blizzard, January 12, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 17, 2008
- Flood, July 9, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 5, 2008
- Hail, July 2, 2008
- Hail, June 15, 2008
- Tornado, June 7, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Flood, May 24, 2008
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Flood, October 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 23, 2007
- Hail, August 21, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2007
- Hail, August 9, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 6, 2007
- Hail, July 12, 2007
- Flood, June 1, 2007
- Flood, May 30, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 22, 2007
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Hail, April 2, 2007
- Flood, February 20, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2006
- Winter Weather, November 26, 2006
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.