Colorado

Storm History: Morgan County, Colorado

550 episodes, 993 events since 1955

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Morgan County, Colorado: 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
993
Deaths
0
Injuries
17
Damage
$43 million
Episodes
550

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
Tornado37400$2.3 million
Hail31503$5.3 million
Flash Flood7300$3.2 million
High Wind6201$279,000
Thunderstorm Wind56010$20,000
Winter Storm3300
Blizzard2600
Flood1300$32 million
Lightning700$11,000
Cold/Wind Chill700
Winter Weather600
Wildfire503
Heavy Snow400
Drought400
Funnel Cloud200
Heavy Rain200
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Dust Storm100
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill100

The deadliest

None recorded.

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 Morgan County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Morgan CountyEvery warning in Morgan County since 1986Every county in Colorado

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.