Nebraska

Storm History: Red Willow County, Nebraska

547 episodes, 845 events since 1950

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Red Willow 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
845
Deaths
1
Injuries
35
Damage
$18 million
Episodes
547

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
Hail29303$10 million
Tornado12103$5.3 million
Thunderstorm Wind10700$203,000
High Wind8300$116,000
Drought6300
Flash Flood6002$132,000
Winter Storm1901
Dust Storm1700$10,000
Blizzard1601
Heavy Snow1400
Wildfire12122$1.6 million
Flood1000$200,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1000
Cold/Wind Chill500
Ice Storm400
Lightning401$7,000
Winter Weather402$30,000
Funnel Cloud200
Dense Smoke100$30,000

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 Red Willow County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Red Willow CountyEvery warning in Red Willow 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.