Nebraska

Storm History: Webster County, Nebraska

417 episodes, 569 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Webster 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
569
Deaths
1
Injuries
0
Damage
$152 million
Episodes
417

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
Hail18200$49 million
Tornado11700$44 million
Winter Storm7200$165,000
Drought3600$35 million
Winter Weather2700$5,000
High Wind2500$7,000
Thunderstorm Wind2100$830,000
Flash Flood2100$21 million
Blizzard1800$10,000
Flood1700$400,000
Cold/Wind Chill600$10,000
Ice Storm600$2.0 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Heavy Snow600
Wildfire400
Frost/Freeze200$100,000
Lightning110
Excessive Heat100
Heat100

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 Webster County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Webster CountyEvery warning in Webster 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.