Nebraska

Storm History: Thurston County, Nebraska

366 episodes, 433 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Thurston 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
433
Deaths
1
Injuries
2
Damage
$4.7 million
Episodes
366

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
Hail10700$150,000
Tornado6712$4.1 million
Winter Storm4400
Cold/Wind Chill3800
Flash Flood3600$461,000
Thunderstorm Wind2900$10,000
Blizzard2400
High Wind2100$1,000
Drought1500
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1500
Excessive Heat1000
Flood800$33,000
Heavy Snow800
Heat400
Ice Storm400
Winter Weather300

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 Thurston County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Thurston CountyEvery warning in Thurston 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.