Nebraska

Storm History: Saunders County, Nebraska

608 episodes, 843 events since 1952

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Saunders 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
843
Deaths
1
Injuries
32
Damage
$71 million
Episodes
608

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
Hail24901$50,000
Tornado196022$12 million
Flash Flood7902$55 million
Thunderstorm Wind6703$252,000
Winter Storm6000
Flood4300$1.7 million
Cold/Wind Chill2600
High Wind2600
Blizzard2212
Drought1500$55,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Heat1200
Excessive Heat1200
Heavy Snow900$2.1 million
Ice Storm500
Winter Weather500
Strong Wind202$3,000
Lightning100$3,000
Funnel Cloud100

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 Saunders County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Saunders CountyEvery warning in Saunders 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.