Tornado, Morrill
- When
- June 5, 8:40 PM MST to 8:48 PM MST
- Where
- Morrill County, Bridgeport to 4 mi N of Bridgeport
- Rating
- F1
- Path length
- 0.5 mi
- Path width
- 100 yd
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 41.720, -103.100
Tornado in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
A tornado caused extensive damage to two farms between 4 and5 miles north of Bridgeport. A barn was destroyed and a number of trees were downed.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.
A tornado caused extensive damage to two farms between 4 and5 miles north of Bridgeport. A barn was destroyed and a number of trees were downed.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 156 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:37 UTC.
Event by event
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Kansas, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Tornado in Minnesota, June 5, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, June 5, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5 to 6, 1996
- Flash Flood in Kansas, June 5, 1996
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1996Warnings in Nebraska, June 1996
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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5544568.