Nebraska

Storm History: York County, Nebraska

474 episodes, 730 events since 1953

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in York 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
730
Deaths
10
Injuries
40
Damage
$370 million
Episodes
474

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
Tornado236236$272 million
Hail20300$45 million
Winter Storm5710$325,000
Flash Flood4300$12 million
Drought4100$35 million
Thunderstorm Wind2900$1.6 million
High Wind2600$19,000
Winter Weather2560$130,000
Blizzard1804$10,000
Flood1200$110,000
Ice Storm800$1.1 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill600
Cold/Wind Chill400
Heavy Snow400
Dust Storm410$200,000
Wildfire300
Heavy Rain200$430,000
Lightning200$140,000
Frost/Freeze200$50,000
Funnel Cloud200
Heat200$1.5 million
Excessive 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 York County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in York CountyEvery warning in York 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.