Nebraska

Storm History: Washington County, Nebraska

452 episodes, 562 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Washington 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
562
Deaths
2
Injuries
8
Damage
$28 million
Episodes
452

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$10 million
Tornado12203$6.3 million
Winter Storm5700
Thunderstorm Wind5003$3.3 million
Flash Flood3002$7.2 million
Cold/Wind Chill2900
High Wind2400
Blizzard2310
Heat1300
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1300
Drought1200
Flood1110$1.5 million
Excessive Heat1000
Heavy Snow700
Ice Storm700
Winter Weather400
Lightning200$50,000
Funnel Cloud200
Dust Storm100$1,000

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 Washington County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Washington CountyEvery warning in Washington 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.