Nebraska

Storm History: Thomas County, Nebraska

329 episodes, 429 events since 1962

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Thomas 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
429
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$7.9 million
Episodes
329

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$400,000
Tornado8500$2.9 million
Drought5800$1.5 million
Winter Storm4200
Flash Flood2700$26,000
High Wind2500$20,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Blizzard1400$82,000
Thunderstorm Wind900
Heavy Snow300
Wildfire310$3.0 million
Ice Storm100
Excessive Heat100
Frost/Freeze100

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 Thomas County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Thomas CountyEvery warning in Thomas 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.