Storm History: Washington County, Nebraska
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.
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 | $10 million |
| Tornado | 122 | 0 | 3 | $6.3 million |
| Winter Storm | 57 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 50 | 0 | 3 | $3.3 million |
| Flash Flood | 30 | 0 | 2 | $7.2 million |
| Cold/Wind Chill | 29 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 24 | 0 | 0 | |
| Blizzard | 23 | 1 | 0 | |
| Heat | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Drought | 12 | 0 | 0 | |
| Flood | 11 | 1 | 0 | $1.5 million |
| Excessive Heat | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ice Storm | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Winter Weather | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lightning | 2 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Funnel Cloud | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dust Storm | 1 | 0 | 0 | $1,000 |
The deadliest
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Hail, May 22, 2004
- Flash Flood, August 6, 1999
- Thunderstorm Wind, October 1, 2002
- Tornado, August 2, 1990
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2025
- Tornado, August 20, 1977
- Tornado, April 22, 2001
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, July 5, 1998
- Tornado, June 20, 1996
- Flood, June 11, 2010
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 14, 1998
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2004
- Flood, September 1, 2011
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2010
- Flood, March 17, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Lightning, May 31, 1996
The largest hail
The largest stone in each episode, which may have fallen in a neighboring county of the same episode.
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 1989
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2025
- Hail, March 21, 2007
- Hail, June 7, 1980
- Hail, May 22, 2004
- Hail, June 20, 1996
- Hail, June 25, 1994
- Tornado, August 20, 1977
- Hail, August 27, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
The strongest tornadoes
- Tornado, June 7, 1953
- Tornado, June 4, 1955
- Tornado, March 13, 1990
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Tornado, April 17, 2025
- Tornado, May 10, 1956
- Tornado, June 9, 1967
- Tornado, June 10, 1970
- Tornado, April 14, 1976
- Tornado, April 15, 1976
- Tornado, October 15, 1980
- Tornado, June 17, 1984
- Tornado, May 7, 1988
- Tornado, June 18, 1990
- Tornado, May 16, 1992
Every episode, newest first
- Hail, May 15, 2026
- Hail, April 23, 2026
- Blizzard, March 15, 2026
- Winter Storm, February 19, 2026
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 23, 2026
- High Wind, January 21, 2026
- High Wind, December 28, 2025
- High Wind, December 18, 2025
- High Wind, December 9, 2025
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2025
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 29, 2025
- Excessive Heat, July 27, 2025
- Flash Flood, July 7, 2025
- Excessive Heat, June 20, 2025
- Hail, June 16, 2025
- Tornado, April 17, 2025
- Hail, March 19, 2025
- Blizzard, March 19, 2025
- Hail, March 14, 2025
- Blizzard, March 4, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 19, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 17, 2025
- High Wind, December 19, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 25, 2024
- Excessive Heat, July 14, 2024
- Tornado, July 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 21, 2024
- Tornado, June 12, 2024
- Tornado, May 23, 2024
- Tornado, May 19, 2024
- Hail, April 30, 2024
- Tornado, April 25, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Winter Storm, January 11, 2024
- Excessive Heat, August 19, 2023
- Tornado, August 5, 2023
- Flash Flood, August 2, 2023
- Excessive Heat, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 28, 2023
- Hail, July 17, 2023
- Tornado, July 12, 2023
- Hail, June 4, 2023
- Winter Storm, March 26, 2023
- Ice Storm, February 22, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 18, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Hail, July 23, 2022
- Hail, April 23, 2022
- Hail, April 22, 2022
- Tornado, April 12, 2022
- Tornado, December 15, 2021
- Flash Flood, August 30, 2021
- Hail, August 27, 2021
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 9, 2021
- Hail, May 2, 2021
- Blizzard, February 21, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, January 25, 2021
- Blizzard, January 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2020
- Blizzard, December 23, 2020
- Ice Storm, November 9, 2020
- Winter Storm, April 16, 2020
- High Wind, January 18, 2020
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2019
- Hail, September 14, 2019
- Tornado, May 5, 2019
- Flash Flood, March 13, 2019
- Blizzard, February 23, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 19, 2019
- Heavy Snow, February 16, 2019
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 29, 2019
- High Wind, January 28, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Hail, September 20, 2018
- Tornado, June 1, 2018
- Dust Storm, April 30, 2018
- Heavy Snow, April 17, 2018
- Winter Weather, February 22, 2018
- Tornado, June 29, 2017
- Hail, May 16, 2017
- Tornado, April 15, 2017
- Hail, March 6, 2017
- Heavy Snow, February 7, 2017
- Ice Storm, January 15, 2017
- Tornado, September 15, 2016
- Tornado, August 23, 2016
- Hail, June 20, 2016
- Tornado, April 27, 2016
- Hail, April 24, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Heavy Snow, December 24, 2015
- Hail, May 10, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2015
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2015
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 29, 2014
- Hail, August 31, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 30, 2014
- Hail, June 28, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 20, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 1, 2014
- Hail, June 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, March 1, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 4, 2014
- High Wind, January 26, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 22, 2014
- High Wind, January 18, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 1, 2013
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 1, 2013
- Heat, August 30, 2013
- Flash Flood, August 6, 2013
- Hail, July 22, 2013
- Hail, May 30, 2013
- Winter Weather, May 1, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Blizzard, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 21, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Blizzard, December 19, 2012
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 15, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 17, 2012
- Heat, July 17, 2012
- Excessive Heat, July 3, 2012
- Heat, June 27, 2012
- Hail, June 14, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Hail, May 3, 2012
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 11, 2012
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2012
- Winter Storm, December 3, 2011
- Flood, September 1, 2011
- Tornado, August 18, 2011
- Flood, August 1, 2011
- Excessive Heat, August 1, 2011
- Heat, July 31, 2011
- Excessive Heat, July 15, 2011
- Heat, July 10, 2011
- Flood, July 1, 2011
- Heat, June 30, 2011
- Tornado, June 20, 2011
- Flood, June 1, 2011
- Hail, June 1, 2011
- Flood, May 26, 2011
- Flash Flood, May 21, 2011
- Tornado, March 22, 2011
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 7, 2011
- Winter Storm, February 1, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 31, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 22, 2011
- Winter Storm, January 9, 2011
- Blizzard, December 11, 2010
- Hail, September 18, 2010
- Excessive Heat, August 8, 2010
- Heat, July 17, 2010
- Heat, July 14, 2010
- Heat, June 26, 2010
- Hail, June 18, 2010
- Flood, June 11, 2010
- Flash Flood, June 10, 2010
- Hail, June 5, 2010
- Tornado, June 1, 2010
- Hail, April 23, 2010
- Hail, April 5, 2010
- Flood, March 17, 2010
- Blizzard, February 14, 2010
- Winter Weather, January 24, 2010
- Ice Storm, January 19, 2010
- Winter Storm, January 6, 2010
- Blizzard, December 24, 2009
- Blizzard, December 7, 2009
- Winter Weather, October 9, 2009
- Hail, August 9, 2009
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 19, 2009
- Tornado, March 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, February 13, 2009
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 14, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 20, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 18, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Hail, November 5, 2008
- Flash Flood, July 15, 2008
- Hail, July 2, 2008
- Hail, June 18, 2008
- Hail, June 11, 2008
- Tornado, May 29, 2008
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 20, 2008
- Ice Storm, December 10, 2007
- Ice Storm, December 1, 2007
- Hail, September 18, 2007
- Flash Flood, August 12, 2007
- Hail, August 6, 2007
- Hail, July 18, 2007
- Hail, May 31, 2007
- Hail, May 14, 2007
- Tornado, May 5, 2007
- Flood, May 4, 2007
- Tornado, March 31, 2007
- Hail, March 24, 2007
- Hail, March 21, 2007
- Blizzard, March 1, 2007
- Winter Storm, February 24, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 13, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 3, 2007
- Heavy Snow, January 20, 2007
- Cold/Wind Chill, January 15, 2007
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 16, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, September 15, 2006
- Hail, July 13, 2006
- Hail, May 8, 2006
- Hail, May 8, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2006
- Thunderstorm Wind, March 30, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2006
- Cold/Wind Chill, December 5, 2005
- Hail, August 28, 2005
- Hail, August 28, 2005
- Hail, August 21, 2005
- Heat, July 22, 2005
- Hail, July 20, 2005
- Hail, June 4, 2005
- Hail, May 10, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, May 10, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 2005
- Hail, May 8, 2005
- Hail, April 18, 2005
- High Wind, March 10, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 4, 2005
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2004
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 12, 2004
- Hail, May 22, 2004
- Hail, May 22, 2004
- Hail, May 22, 2004
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.