Storm History: Thomas County, Nebraska
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 145 | 0 | 0 | $400,000 |
| Tornado | 85 | 0 | 0 | $2.9 million |
| Drought | 58 | 0 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Winter Storm | 42 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flash Flood | 27 | 0 | 0 | $26,000 |
| High Wind | 25 | 0 | 0 | $20,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 15 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 14 | 0 | 0 | $82,000 |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wildfire | 3 | 1 | 0 | $3.0 million |
| Ice Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Excessive Heat | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Wildfire, October 2, 2022
- Tornado, August 6, 1986
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 20, 2012
- Hail, July 26, 2000
- Hail, June 27, 1999
- Tornado, June 29, 1999
- Tornado, June 29, 2001
- Tornado, June 11, 2010
- Hail, July 2, 1996
- Tornado, June 4, 1999
- Hail, June 3, 2014
- Hail, August 11, 2002
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Hail, August 9, 2010
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2023
- Tornado, June 5, 1999
- Blizzard, November 30, 2019
- Blizzard, December 1, 2019
- High Wind, November 1, 1997
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2026
- Hail, June 9, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- Wildfire, March 12, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Drought, July 1, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 20, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 25, 2024
- Tornado, June 7, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 29, 2023
- Hail, July 22, 2023
- Hail, July 10, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Flash Flood, May 29, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Wildfire, October 2, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, June 7, 2022
- Drought, June 1, 2022
- Hail, May 29, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- Drought, March 1, 2022
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 21, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Hail, July 20, 2020
- Hail, July 12, 2020
- Tornado, July 8, 2020
- Tornado, June 8, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2019
- Blizzard, December 1, 2019
- Blizzard, November 30, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2019
- Wildfire, November 16, 2019
- Flash Flood, August 21, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 15, 2019
- Hail, July 12, 2019
- Hail, July 4, 2019
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 24, 2019
- Tornado, May 16, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- High Wind, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Hail, September 17, 2018
- Flash Flood, July 16, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- Blizzard, January 21, 2018
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2017
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 25, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, January 24, 2017
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 17, 2016
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2016
- Tornado, July 26, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- High Wind, February 7, 2016
- Hail, August 13, 2015
- Hail, August 6, 2015
- Tornado, July 23, 2015
- Hail, July 17, 2015
- Hail, July 5, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 16, 2015
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2015
- Hail, April 23, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2015
- Winter Storm, December 14, 2014
- Hail, August 17, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2014
- Hail, August 8, 2014
- Hail, June 20, 2014
- Hail, June 3, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- High Wind, April 28, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Hail, August 30, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 3, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Hail, June 22, 2013
- Tornado, June 16, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Blizzard, February 9, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 20, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Hail, May 4, 2012
- High Wind, February 23, 2012
- Blizzard, February 3, 2012
- High Wind, November 26, 2011
- Tornado, August 11, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 16, 2011
- Hail, June 26, 2011
- Blizzard, April 14, 2011
- Ice Storm, February 19, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2011
- Hail, August 9, 2010
- Hail, August 5, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2010
- Hail, June 26, 2010
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 11, 2010
- Hail, June 7, 2010
- High Wind, April 13, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2010
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, October 28, 2009
- Hail, September 30, 2009
- Flash Flood, August 15, 2009
- Hail, August 3, 2009
- Tornado, June 15, 2009
- Hail, June 13, 2009
- Hail, June 6, 2009
- Hail, May 20, 2009
- Blizzard, April 4, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2009
- High Wind, January 12, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, November 6, 2008
- High Wind, October 26, 2008
- Hail, August 26, 2008
- Hail, July 24, 2008
- Hail, July 20, 2008
- Hail, July 17, 2008
- Tornado, June 1, 2008
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2008
- Hail, September 28, 2007
- Hail, August 24, 2007
- Hail, August 22, 2007
- Hail, August 10, 2007
- Tornado, July 13, 2007
- Hail, May 19, 2007
- Flash Flood, May 4, 2007
- Hail, April 2, 2007
- Blizzard, February 24, 2007
- Blizzard, December 19, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, August 24, 2006
- Tornado, August 9, 2006
- Hail, June 15, 2006
- Tornado, June 7, 2006
- Hail, June 2, 2006
- High Wind, April 19, 2006
- Hail, April 6, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2006
- Winter Storm, February 15, 2006
- Blizzard, November 27, 2005
- Hail, July 1, 2005
- Tornado, June 4, 2005
- Tornado, May 11, 2005
- Tornado, April 19, 2005
- Hail, April 15, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2005
- High Wind, March 10, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2004
- Hail, September 14, 2004
- Flash Flood, July 27, 2004
- Tornado, June 10, 2004
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Hail, July 19, 2003
- Tornado, June 24, 2003
- Hail, May 4, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 6, 2003
- Tornado, August 26, 2002
- Hail, August 20, 2002
- Hail, August 11, 2002
- Hail, August 8, 2002
- Hail, May 27, 2002
- Tornado, May 26, 2002
- High Wind, May 21, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 14, 2002
- Winter Storm, March 1, 2002
- High Wind, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2001
- High Wind, October 23, 2001
- Hail, September 6, 2001
- Hail, August 29, 2001
- Tornado, June 29, 2001
- Hail, May 31, 2001
- Hail, April 29, 2001
- Winter Storm, April 21, 2001
- High Wind, April 11, 2001
- Winter Storm, April 11, 2001
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2001
- Winter Storm, January 29, 2001
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.