Minnesota

Storm History: Morrison County, Minnesota

350 episodes, 528 events since 1954

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Morrison County, Minnesota: 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
528
Deaths
1
Injuries
26
Damage
$25 million
Episodes
350

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
Hail159025$176,000
Tornado15811$11 million
Winter Storm6000
Thunderstorm Wind3000$10,000
Flash Flood2900$5.2 million
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill2400
Blizzard1700
Heavy Snow1000
Winter Weather900
Cold/Wind Chill800
Flood800$8.1 million
Heat600
High Wind400
Funnel Cloud200
Dense Fog100
Frost/Freeze100
Excessive Heat100
Ice Storm100

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 Morrison County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Morrison CountyEvery warning in Morrison County since 1986Every county in Minnesota

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.