Nebraska

Storm History: Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

640 episodes, 1,105 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Scotts Bluff 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
1,105
Deaths
2
Injuries
80
Damage
$134 million
Episodes
640

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
Hail443037$109 million
Tornado215237$17 million
Flash Flood10100$5.8 million
Thunderstorm Wind9405$15,000
High Wind9400$18,000
Winter Storm4300$500,000
Heavy Snow3300
Blizzard2201$1.5 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2000
Winter Weather1900$21,000
Flood700$1,000
Heavy Rain400$85,000
Avalanche400
Excessive Heat200
Wildfire200$500,000
Funnel Cloud100
Heat100

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 Scotts Bluff County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Scotts Bluff CountyEvery warning in Scotts Bluff 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.