Thunderstorm Wind in Nebraska
Every thunderstorm wind event the National Weather Service has filed in Nebraska, year by year, with the most significant episodes. Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
The most significant on the map
The most significant thunderstorm wind episodes in Nebraska.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The record
- Events
- 13,616
- Deaths
- 7
- Injuries
- 138
- Damage
- $1.2 billion
Every year
The most significant
Ranked by deaths, injuries, damage and size together.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 3, 1980
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 6, 1975
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 8, 1965
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, March 13, 1990
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 18, 1975
- Tornadoes and Flooding in Nebraska, June 21 to 30, 2024A series of shortwave troughs traversing the northern CONUS brought unsettled weather to the area for the end of June. On the 21st, a stationary front was draped across northeast Nebraska into Iowa.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 10, 1985
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 7, 1988
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 1990
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 22 to 24, 2003Thunderstorms erupted during the evening in south-central Nebraska. One storm near Aurora produced very large hail. One stone measured by an NWS Storm Survey team was determined to be the largest sized stone to fall in the United States.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 29, 1956
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 25 to 26, 2024On the morning of April 26th, a potent negatively-tilted shortwave trough ejected out into the central Plains. Upper air analysis shows a jet streak on the downstream side of this trough with substantial divergence aloft over Nebraska.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 30, 1961
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 15, 1992
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 2011With 11 confirmed tornadoes, several of them significant, this Monday afternoon proved to be the most active tornado day in over three years within South Central Nebraska, since 29 May 2008.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 20, 1974
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 21, 1962
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, August 5, 1960
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 12, 1984
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Nebraska, May 10 to 12, 2014Multiple thunderstorms formed along and southeast of a line from Red Cloud to York on this Sunday afternoon. However, most of the severe weather was produced by a single supercell.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 7, 1993Thunderstorm winds heavily damaged two building on the east side of town.
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 9, 2025A powerful thunderstorm, characterized by a broad swath of destructive winds, swept across eastern Nebraska and western Iowa on the morning of August 9, 2025. The event was responsible for one fatality and seven injuries, as well as widespread property and tree damage.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 1, 1990
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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.