Nebraska

Storm History: Saline County, Nebraska

550 episodes, 737 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saline 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
737
Deaths
0
Injuries
8
Damage
$164 million
Episodes
550

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
Hail24200$1.5 million
Tornado13808$36 million
Flash Flood7200$17 million
Thunderstorm Wind5900$1.1 million
Flood5300$106 million
Winter Storm4700$2,000
Cold/Wind Chill1900
High Wind1700
Drought1600
Blizzard1500
Excessive Heat1300$3,000
Heat1200
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Heavy Snow900$2.1 million
Ice Storm500
Winter Weather400
Lightning300$77,000
Funnel Cloud100
Dust Storm100$1,000

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 Saline County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Saline CountyEvery warning in Saline 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.