County Hazards

Storm events on record through

Nebraska in 1977 Storm events, disaster declarations and flood insurance claims of the year

NCEI has 256 storm events on record for Nebraska in 1977.

FEMA has 1 disaster declaration for the state with a date in 1977.

The NFIP claims file starts in 1978.

NCEI recorded tornado events from 1950, and hail and thunderstorm wind events from 1955. It recorded all event types from 1996.

The NWS collects event reports from a variety of sources, which include (but are not limited to): county, state, and federal emergency management officials, local law enforcement officials, SKYWARN spotters, NWS damage surveys, newspaper clipping services, the insurance industry, and the general public, among others.

The National Weather Service reports property and crop damage estimates using available data at the time of event reporting. These values should therefore be considered broad estimates. Damage amounts are not adjusted for inflation.

The words of the agency. Source: NOAA NCEI, Storm Events Database, page "Frequently Asked Questions", copied on .

This is raw, unedited data from FEMA's National Emergency Management Information System (NEMIS) and as such is subject to a small percentage of human error.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "Disaster Declarations Summaries - v2", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-10-01.

It is derived from the National Flood Insurance Program system of record, staged in the program's reporting platform and redacted to protect policy holder personally identifiable information.

The words of the agency. Source: FEMA, OpenFEMA Dataset "NFIP Redacted Claims - v3", copied on . The page gives: last data refresh 2026-09-09.

Dates of the data: NCEI storm events through . OpenFEMA disaster declarations through . NFIP claims through .

Storm events of 1977 by hazard

Storm events on record for Nebraska in 1977, by hazard (NCEI)
HazardStorm events in 1977
Hail96
Tornado75
Wind85
All storm events256

The counts have the events that NCEI records for a forecast zone.

Counties with a storm event in 1977

Counties of Nebraska with a storm event on record in 1977, in name order
CountyStorm events in 1977
Adams County7
Antelope County4
Arthur County2
Blaine County1
Boone County3
Box Butte County7
Boyd County3
Brown County5
Buffalo County13
Burt County2
Butler County2
Chase County2
Cherry County8
Cheyenne County4
Clay County9
Colfax County3
Cuming County2
Custer County8
Dawes County11
Dawson County5
Dixon County3
Dodge County2
Douglas County3
Fillmore County3
Franklin County2
Frontier County1
Furnas County1
Gage County3
Garden County1
Garfield County1
Gosper County1
Grant County1
Hall County13
Hamilton County3
Harlan County6
Hayes County4
Hitchcock County2
Holt County3
Hooker County1
Howard County3
Jefferson County1
Kearney County4
Keith County4
Kimball County2
Knox County2
Lancaster County2
Lincoln County6
Madison County4
McPherson County3
Morrill County7
Nuckolls County1
Otoe County2
Perkins County3
Phelps County2
Pierce County2
Platte County5
Polk County1
Red Willow County1
Rock County1
Saline County2
Sarpy County2
Saunders County3
Scotts Bluff County9
Sherman County2
Sioux County1
Stanton County1
Thayer County6
Thurston County3
Washington County6
Wayne County1
Webster County4
Wheeler County1
York County4

Events of 1977 with a tornado rating, damage, injuries or deaths

Storm events of 1977 in Nebraska with a tornado rating, a damage estimate of $50,000 or more, an injury or a death in the NCEI record, in date order (40 events at most)
DateCountyEvent typeMagnitudeDamage estimateDeathsInjuriesOn record for
KeithTornadonot recorded$25 thousand01County
DodgeTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
PhelpsTornadoF1$25 thousand00County
ColfaxTornadoF3$250 thousand00County
SaundersTornadonot recorded$3 thousand00County
Box ButteTornadonot recorded$3 thousand00County
AdamsTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
HallTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
HamiltonTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
ArthurTornadonot recorded$250 thousand00County
GrantTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
LincolnTornadoF1$25 thousand00County
CherryTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
CherryTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
DawsonTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
HallTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
HallTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
HitchcockTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
Scotts BluffTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
WebsterTornadoF0$25 thousand00County
YorkTornadoF1$250 thousand00County
SalineTornadoF1$250 thousand00County
KimballTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
CheyenneTornadoF2$25 thousand00County
ThurstonTornadonot recorded$2.5 million00County
BurtTornadonot recorded$2.5 million00County
LincolnTornadonot recorded$250 thousand00County
CherryTornadoF2$250 thousand00County
ArthurTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
McPhersonTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
CherryTornadoF1$25 thousand00County
DodgeTornadonot recorded$250 thousand00County
ThurstonTornadonot recorded$250 thousand00County
ThayerTornadonot recorded$250 thousand00County
LancasterTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
WashingtonTornadonot recorded$2.5 million00County
MorrillTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
HallTornadonot recorded$250 thousand00County
AdamsTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County
ClayTornadonot recorded$25 thousand00County

A damage figure is an estimate in the NCEI record. Deaths and injuries are the direct and indirect counts of NCEI.

FEMA disaster declarations in 1977

Disaster declarations for Nebraska with a date in 1977, with the count of counties that each names
DeclaredNumberTypeIncident typeTitle in the FEMA recordCounties
EM-3022EmergencyDroughtDROUGHT2

NCEI storm events through 30 Jun 2026. OpenFEMA disaster declarations through 1 Oct 2026. NFIP claims through 8 Sep 2026. All years of Nebraska