Nebraska

Storm History: Sherman County, Nebraska

411 episodes, 539 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Sherman 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
539
Deaths
1
Injuries
14
Damage
$141 million
Episodes
411

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
Hail14500$39 million
Tornado135114$44 million
Winter Storm5400$110,000
Drought5400$35 million
Winter Weather2800$5,000
Flash Flood2700$15 million
High Wind2100$89,000
Thunderstorm Wind2000$1.4 million
Blizzard1700$500,000
Ice Storm800$620,000
Flood800$5.4 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow400
Wildfire400$5,000
Frost/Freeze200$25,000
Excessive Heat100
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 Sherman County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Sherman CountyEvery warning in Sherman 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.