Cuming County, Nebraska
County storm and disaster record · FIPS 31039 · population 9,013 · 570 sq mi
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 512 records for Cuming County, Nebraska from 1950 through June 30, 2026, on 373 days; the most frequent are hail reports (125 records). The deadliest single record is the June 16, 2014 tornado: 1 death and $1.6 million in damage in 2025 dollars. FEMA has issued 24 declarations naming the county since 1967, 22 of them for natural hazards; the latest for a natural hazard was “Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds” on May 21, 2025.
The record, 1950 to 2026
Storm records filed for the county each year (2026 to June 30, 2026). Before 1996 NOAA recorded only tornadoes (from 1950), thunderstorm wind and hail (from 1955).
- recorded, no damage figure
- under $100,000
- $100,000 or more
- $1 million or more
- $10 million or more, or a death
- $100 million or more, or 10 deaths
- a year's colour: its recorded damage or deaths
- a year with a death
- 1955: wind and hail recorded from 1955
- 1996: all 48 event types from 1996
- Storm records
- 512on 373 days, 1950 to June 30, 2026
- Deaths recorded
- 16 injuries
- Damage, 2025 dollars
- $18Mas filed (scale steps before 1993)
- Tornadoes
- 33strongest EF4
- FEMA declarations
- 24latest 2025
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records through June 30, 2026 (file revision 20260918); damage converted to 2025 dollars with the BLS CPI-U. Search the record at NCEI. BLS consumer price index.
What hazards hit Cuming County most?
The most frequent records are hail reports: 125 since 1957. 53% of its hail reports since 1957 fell in May and June. The rank column places the county among Nebraska's counties by days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land over each hazard's complete period.
| Hazard | Records | Days | First, last | Killed | Injured | Damage | Rank in state |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 125 | 91 | 1957-2026 | 0 | 0 | $1.1M | 80 of 93 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 119 | 91 | 1961-2026 | 0 | 0 | $389K | 38 of 93 |
| Winter storms | 78 | 75 | 1996-2026 | 0 | 2 | – | 40 of 93 |
| Extreme cold | 53 | 53 | 1996-2026 | 0 | 0 | – | 11 of 93 |
| Floods | 38 | 34 | 1996-2021 | 0 | 0 | $2.7M | 15 of 93 |
| Tornadoes | 33 | 19 | 1956-2024 | 1 | 4 | $13M | 61 of 93 |
| High wind and dust storms | 29 | 29 | 1996-2026 | 0 | 0 | $39K | 53 of 93 |
| Heat | 16 | 16 | 1999-2025 | 0 | 0 | – | 24 of 93 |
| Drought | 13 | 13 | 1999-2026 | 0 | 0 | – | 75 of 93 |
| Lightning | 4 | 4 | 1996-1997 | 0 | 0 | $24K | 4 of 93 |
| Fog, smoke and funnel clouds | 3 | 3 | 1996-1998 | 0 | 0 | – | 30 of 93 |
| Heavy rain | 1 | 1 | 2011-2011 | 0 | 0 | – | 62 of 93 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database (county and forecast-zone records attributed to the county; a zone record shows its own totals on each county it covers). Days: dates with at least one record of the hazard in the county. Ranks: days with a record per 1,000 square miles of land (Census Bureau 2024 Gazetteer), since 1950 for tornadoes, 1955 for hail and thunderstorm wind, 1996 for the rest.
How many tornadoes has Cuming County had?
NOAA records 33 tornadoes in Cuming County from 1956 to 2024, the strongest rated EF4, with 1 death and 4 injuries recorded in the county. A tornado that crossed a county line is counted in each county it touched, with the length of its path inside the county.
Counted as whole tornadoes rather than county records, the Storm Prediction Center's database holds 34 tornadoes whose track touched Cuming County since 1950 (NOAA's county records number 33: they file a crossing tornado once per county segment, and the two databases differ on some tracks); along their whole tracks they killed 3 people, 1 of them in Cuming County.
| Date | Tornado | Rating | Path | Killed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-16 15:00, as SPC files it | Pilger | EF4 | 23.94 mi | 1 |
| 2014-06-16 15:13, as SPC files it | Pilger | EF4 | 11.5 mi | 1 |
| 1954-06-17 19:45, as SPC files it | Thurston | F3 | 23.6 mi | 1 |
Map of the strongest tornado tracks in Nebraska.
Every tornado record filed for Cuming County (33)
| Date | Place | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-06-15 | Wisner, Cuming County | EF0 1.08 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2023-07-12 | Bancroft, Cuming County | EF1 0.53 mi x 90 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-12-15 | Beemer, Cuming County | EF1 0.36 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-12-15 | Bancroft, Cuming County | EF1 9.03 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-12-15 | Beemer, Cuming County | EF2 11.22 mi x 200 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-12-15 | Monterey, Cuming County | EF1 4.85 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-12-15 | Monterey, Cuming County | EF1 1.82 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2021-12-15 | Monterey, Cuming County | EF2 6.25 mi x 100 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2017-05-17 | Wisner, Cuming County | EF1 0.37 mi x 50 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2014-06-16 | Wisner, Cuming County | EF4 8.6 mi x 500 yd | 1 | 0 | $1.6M |
| 2014-06-16 | Tilden, Cuming County | EF3 11.17 mi x 500 yd | 0 | 0 | $623K |
| 2001-06-13 | Bancroft, Cuming County | F0 0.5 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1996-06-20 | Beemer, Cuming County | F1 0.3 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | $85K |
| 1994-06-12 | Beemer, Cuming County | F1 0.1 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994-06-12 | West Point, Cuming County | F0 0.1 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994-06-12 | Beemer, Cuming County | F1 0.1 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1994-06-12 | Beemer, Cuming County | F1 0.1 mi x 25 yd | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1992-06-15 | Cuming County | F1 0.5 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1992-06-15 | Cuming County | F1 4 mi x 80 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1992-06-15 | Cuming County | F1 0.5 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 4 | $250K step |
| 1992-06-15 | Cuming County | F1 0.5 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K step |
| 1991-06-04 | Cuming County | F1 0.6 mi x 10 yd | 0 | 0 | $250 step |
| 1988-05-20 | Cuming County | F1 0.5 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1984-06-17 | Cuming County | F1 7 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | $2.5M step |
| 1984-06-17 | Cuming County | F1 0.3 mi x 40 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1984-06-17 | Cuming County | F1 2 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1983-06-13 | Cuming County | F1 2 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1979-06-19 | Cuming County | F1 2 mi x 20 yd | 0 | 0 | $250K step |
| 1968-07-08 | Cuming County | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 1967-08-01 | Cuming County | F2 2 mi x 33 yd | 0 | 0 | $25K step |
| 1959-05-26 | Cuming County | F0 | 0 | 0 | $250 step |
| 1957-07-02 | Cuming County | F1 0.2 mi x 33 yd | 0 | 0 | $30 step |
| 1956-07-01 | Cuming County | F0 0.1 mi x 33 yd | 0 | 0 | $3K step |
A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, tornado records by county (path length in the county, maximum width); ratings as published: F scale before February 1, 2007, EF scale after. Whole-track figures: NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database (1950-2025). SPC severe weather database.
When was the last damaging storm in Cuming County?
The most recent record with damage, injuries or deaths is the March 13, 2019 flash flood ($346,000 in damage in 2025 dollars).
A combination of heavy rain, rapid snow melt and an ice jam 2 miles west of Beemer on the Elkhorn River caused flash flooding in Beemer. Water covered US Highway 275 more than a foot deep and six residences were evacuated in Beemer.
National Weather Service event narrative, NOAA Storm Events Database (search the full record, event 819332)
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-17 | Thunderstorm WindMonterey, Cuming County | 56 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-17 | HailWisner, Cuming County | 1.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-05-17 | HailWisner, Cuming County | 1.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-03-15 | High WindCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-03-03 | DroughtCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-01-23 | Extreme Cold/Wind ChillCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2026-01-21 | High WindCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2026-01-16 | Winter WeatherCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 2025-12-18 | High WindCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-12-10 | High WindCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 52 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-11-25 | High WindCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 50 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2025-07-29 | Thunderstorm WindWest Pt, Cuming County | 51 kt wind | 0 | 0 | – |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database; every record of 2025-2026 is listed, earlier ones when they caused deaths, injuries or $250,000 of damage (2025 dollars), and every tornado.
The deadliest and costliest records
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-16 | TornadoWisner, Cuming County As the tornado continued from Stanton County into Cuming county it increased in size and intensity. The tornado crossed the Elkhorn River about 3 miles west of Wisner and then crossed Highway 275 where significant damage was done to a cattle ranch. Over 300 head of cattle were lost here, as well as numerous ... | EF4 8.6 mi x 500 yd | 1 | 0 | $1.6M |
| 1992-06-15 | TornadoCuming County | F1 0.5 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 4 | $250K step |
| 2009-03-09 | Winter WeatherCuming County · forecast zone Cuming Freezing rain fell across the area for a while during the evening of March 9th followed by plunging temperatures and gusty North winds as an arctic air mass plunged into the region. Although most ice accumulations were under 1/4 inch, the freezing rain created very slick roads. Ice-coated streets in West Point prevent ... | 0 | 2 | – |
A damage figure marked "step" is a record from before 1993: NOAA then filed damage by category, and the figure is the category as entered, in the dollars of that year, not an estimate of the loss.
| Date | Record | Character | Killed | Injured | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-16 | TornadoWisner, Cuming County | EF4 8.6 mi x 500 yd | 1 | 0 | $1.6M |
| 1996-08-04 | FloodCuming County · forecast zone Cuming | 0 | 0 | $1.4M | |
| 1996-06-20 | HailWooldrik, Cuming County | 2.00 in hail | 0 | 0 | $941K |
| 2014-06-16 | TornadoTilden, Cuming County | EF3 11.17 mi x 500 yd | 0 | 0 | $623K |
| 2019-03-13 | Flash FloodBeemer, Cuming County | 0 | 0 | $346K | |
| 1996-06-20 | TornadoBeemer, Cuming County | F1 0.3 mi x 30 yd | 0 | 0 | $85K |
| 1997-06-20 | HailDodge, Cuming County | 2.75 in hail | 0 | 0 | $74K |
Before 1993 NOAA filed damage by category, not amount, so the list above starts in 1993. The highest category filed here before then (entered as $2.5M, in the dollars of the day) holds: June 17, 1984 (tornado, Cuming County).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database: deaths and injuries direct and indirect; damage is property plus crops as estimated by the National Weather Service, converted to 2025 dollars.
Is it getting more frequent?
Records per decade for Cuming County's most frequent hazards. Counts rose everywhere after 1996, when NOAA began recording every event type, so compare decades within a hazard's complete period only (the shaded cells come before it).
| Hazard | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020-26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 42 | 35 | 6 |
| Severe thunderstorm wind | 0 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 26 |
| Winter storms | – | – | – | – | 12 | 29 | 24 | 13 |
| Extreme cold | – | – | – | – | 12 | 17 | 18 | 6 |
| Floods | – | – | – | – | 6 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| Tornadoes | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records per calendar decade; zone records from the CZ_TYPE field (Z).
What time of year?
53% of its hail reports since 1957 fell in May and June. The two busiest months are in violet.
The values, month by month
Jan 53 · Feb 41 · Mar 32 · Apr 29 · May 57 · Jun 111 · Jul 71 · Aug 37 · Sep 21 · Oct 12 · Nov 11 · Dec 37 (records).
Source: NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records by the month they began.
Federal disaster declarations for Cuming County
FEMA's register lists 24 declarations that include Cuming County: 22 major disasters, 2 emergencies and 0 fire management assistance declarations. Most were for severe storm (11) and flood (8).
| Declared | Number | Type | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-05-21 | DR-4868 | Winter Storm | Severe Winter Storm and Straight-Line Winds |
| 2022-07-27 | DR-4662 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Straight-Line Winds |
| 2022-02-23 | DR-4641 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Straight-Line Winds, and Tornadoes |
| 2020-04-04 | DR-4521 | Biological | Covid-19 Pandemic |
| 2020-03-13 | EM-3483 | Biological | Covid-19 |
| 2019-03-21 | DR-4420 | Flood | Severe Winter Storm, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2018-08-27 | DR-4387 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2017-08-01 | DR-4325 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Straight-Line Winds |
| 2014-07-24 | DR-4183 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, Straight-Line Winds, and Flooding |
| 2010-07-15 | DR-1924 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 2010-04-21 | DR-1902 | Flood | Severe Storms, Ice Jams, and Flooding |
| 2010-02-25 | DR-1878 | Severe Storm | Severe Winter Storms and Snowstorm |
| 2008-06-20 | DR-1770 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes, and Flooding |
| 2005-09-13 | EM-3245 | Hurricane | Hurricane Katrina Evacuees |
| 2004-05-25 | DR-1517 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes and Flooding |
| 2003-07-21 | DR-1480 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms and Tornadoes |
| 1993-07-19 | DR-998 | Flood | Severe Storms and Flooding |
| 1993-04-02 | DR-983 | Flood | Ice Jams & Flooding |
| 1991-05-28 | DR-908 | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding |
| 1990-07-04 | DR-873 | Severe Storm | Severe Storms, Tornadoes & Flooding |
| 1984-07-03 | DR-716 | Tornado | Tornadoes & Flooding |
| 1978-03-24 | DR-552 | Flood | Storms, Ice Jams, Snowmelt & Flooding |
| 1971-02-23 | DR-303 | Flood | Floods |
| 1967-07-18 | DR-228 | Flood | Severe Storms & Flooding |
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA Disaster Declarations Summaries (v2), declarations through October 2, 2026; one declaration is counted once however many areas it names. OpenFEMA dataset page.
How many floods has Cuming County had?
NOAA's Storm Events Database holds 38 flood or flash flood records for Cuming County from 1996 to 2021, on 34 days, with 0 deaths. By flood insurance claims since 1978 (OpenFEMA, as of September 8, 2026), Cuming County ranks 1731st of 2,942 U.S. counties.
The National Flood Insurance Program has paid $479,000 on 43 claims filed in Cuming County; the most in one year was 25 in 2019. Claims count insured losses only: uninsured flood damage is not in this file.
The values, year by year
1980: 1 · 1992: 4 · 1993: 1 · 1996: 3 · 2007: 1 · 2010: 8 · 2019: 25; the other years: 0.
Source: FEMA OpenFEMA NFIP Redacted Claims, as of September 8, 2026; claims by year of loss, payments in the dollars of the year paid. OpenFEMA dataset page.
FEMA's modeled risk for Cuming County
FEMA's National Risk Index rates Cuming County Relatively Low overall, with an expected annual loss of $17.4 million. These are FEMA's model estimates of future loss from 18 hazards, not a count of what happened; they can differ from the record above.
| Hazard | Risk rating | Expected annual loss | Modeled frequency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | Relatively High | $4.4M | 6.5 a year (modeled) |
| Drought | Relatively Moderate | $1.5M | 41 modeled event-days a year |
| Strong Wind | Relatively Moderate | $1.3M | 4 a year (modeled) |
| Tornado | Relatively Moderate | $2.4M | once in about 2 years (modeled) |
| Ice Storm | Relatively Moderate | $121K | about once a year (modeled) |
| Wildfire | Relatively Low | $721K | once in about 350 years (modeled) |
| Cold Wave | Relatively Low | $988K | 6.1 a year (modeled) |
| Riverine Flooding | Relatively Low | $5.7M | 1.2 a year (modeled) |
Source: FEMA National Risk Index, county table, December 2025 release. FEMA's National Risk Index map.
Counties that share a border with Cuming County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau county adjacency file; NOAA NCEI Storm Events Database, records since 1950. The Census Bureau's adjacency file.
Next
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- Download Cuming County's FEMA declarations (CSV)24 rows: every declaration that named the county, for your own analysis