Storm History: McPherson County, Nebraska
Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in McPherson County, Nebraska: 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
- 427
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Damage
- $3.3 million
- Episodes
- 341
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.
Every year
By kind of event
Counted under the kind that heads each episode.
| Kind of event | Events | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hail | 164 | 0 | 0 | $167,000 |
| Tornado | 78 | 0 | 0 | $426,000 |
| Drought | 58 | 0 | 0 | $2.5 million |
| Winter Storm | 40 | 0 | 0 | |
| High Wind | 29 | 0 | 1 | $32,000 |
| Flash Flood | 15 | 0 | 0 | $2,000 |
| Blizzard | 12 | 0 | 0 | $30,000 |
| Extreme Cold/Wind Chill | 11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Thunderstorm Wind | 9 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Heavy Snow | 7 | 0 | 0 | $5,000 |
| Wildfire | 2 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Lightning | 1 | 0 | 0 | $50,000 |
| Frost/Freeze | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The deadliest
None recorded.
The costliest
Damage within this county, in the dollars of its year.
- Drought, June 20, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Tornado, March 18, 2012
- Tornado, June 11, 2010
- Tornado, June 17, 2018
- Hail, July 26, 2000
- Tornado, July 8, 2003
- Thunderstorm Wind, February 18, 1994
- Hail, June 22, 1999
- Wildfire, August 2, 2012
- Lightning, August 2, 2012
- Tornado, July 1, 2000
- Blizzard, April 4, 2009
- Tornado, July 10, 1977
- High Wind, November 1, 1997
- Tornado, June 29, 2000
- Hail, July 23, 2009
- Hail, July 4, 2001
- Hail, June 15, 2006
- High Wind, April 19, 2006
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 episode, newest first
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2026
- Hail, June 9, 2026
- Drought, June 1, 2026
- Drought, May 1, 2026
- Drought, April 1, 2026
- High Wind, March 15, 2026
- Drought, March 1, 2026
- High Wind, December 17, 2025
- High Wind, November 25, 2025
- Tornado, August 3, 2025
- Hail, July 19, 2025
- Drought, June 1, 2025
- Drought, May 1, 2025
- Drought, April 1, 2025
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 18, 2025
- Drought, February 1, 2025
- Drought, January 1, 2025
- Drought, December 1, 2024
- Drought, November 1, 2024
- Drought, October 1, 2024
- Tornado, June 25, 2024
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 12, 2024
- Blizzard, December 25, 2023
- Drought, October 1, 2023
- Drought, September 1, 2023
- Hail, August 4, 2023
- Drought, August 1, 2023
- Hail, July 14, 2023
- Drought, July 1, 2023
- Hail, June 26, 2023
- Drought, June 1, 2023
- Hail, May 4, 2023
- Drought, May 1, 2023
- Hail, April 27, 2023
- Thunderstorm Wind, April 13, 2023
- Drought, April 1, 2023
- Drought, March 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 22, 2023
- Drought, February 1, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 17, 2023
- Winter Storm, January 2, 2023
- Drought, January 1, 2023
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 21, 2022
- Blizzard, December 13, 2022
- Drought, December 1, 2022
- Drought, November 1, 2022
- Drought, October 1, 2022
- Hail, September 16, 2022
- Drought, September 1, 2022
- Drought, August 1, 2022
- Drought, July 1, 2022
- Hail, May 7, 2022
- Drought, May 1, 2022
- High Wind, April 22, 2022
- High Wind, April 5, 2022
- Drought, April 1, 2022
- High Wind, December 15, 2021
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 14, 2021
- Winter Storm, February 5, 2021
- High Wind, January 13, 2021
- High Wind, December 22, 2020
- Tornado, August 13, 2020
- Hail, July 20, 2020
- Hail, July 19, 2020
- Hail, July 13, 2020
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 9, 2020
- Flash Flood, May 23, 2020
- Frost/Freeze, May 10, 2020
- Winter Storm, December 27, 2019
- Winter Storm, November 25, 2019
- High Wind, October 20, 2019
- Flash Flood, September 11, 2019
- Hail, June 8, 2019
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2019
- High Wind, March 13, 2019
- Winter Storm, March 13, 2019
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, March 3, 2019
- Winter Storm, December 1, 2018
- Hail, July 25, 2018
- Hail, July 22, 2018
- Hail, July 2, 2018
- Thunderstorm Wind, June 30, 2018
- Tornado, June 17, 2018
- Tornado, May 25, 2018
- Hail, May 23, 2018
- Blizzard, April 13, 2018
- High Wind, March 5, 2018
- Blizzard, January 21, 2018
- Hail, August 2, 2017
- Hail, July 2, 2017
- Winter Storm, February 23, 2017
- Winter Storm, November 17, 2016
- Tornado, September 4, 2016
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2016
- Tornado, July 6, 2016
- Hail, June 26, 2016
- Hail, May 30, 2016
- Flash Flood, May 9, 2016
- Heavy Snow, April 29, 2016
- Winter Storm, March 23, 2016
- Blizzard, February 1, 2016
- Winter Storm, December 15, 2015
- Hail, August 13, 2015
- Wildfire, March 28, 2015
- Winter Storm, February 3, 2015
- Hail, October 1, 2014
- Flash Flood, August 9, 2014
- Thunderstorm Wind, July 11, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 27, 2014
- Flash Flood, June 18, 2014
- Drought, June 1, 2014
- Drought, May 1, 2014
- High Wind, April 28, 2014
- Hail, April 27, 2014
- Drought, April 1, 2014
- Drought, March 1, 2014
- Drought, February 1, 2014
- High Wind, January 16, 2014
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 5, 2014
- Drought, January 1, 2014
- Drought, December 1, 2013
- Drought, November 1, 2013
- Drought, October 1, 2013
- Drought, September 1, 2013
- Drought, August 1, 2013
- Drought, July 1, 2013
- Hail, June 24, 2013
- Tornado, June 16, 2013
- Hail, June 3, 2013
- Drought, June 1, 2013
- Hail, May 28, 2013
- Hail, May 18, 2013
- Drought, May 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, April 9, 2013
- Drought, April 1, 2013
- Winter Storm, March 9, 2013
- Drought, March 1, 2013
- Heavy Snow, February 20, 2013
- Blizzard, February 9, 2013
- Drought, February 1, 2013
- Drought, January 1, 2013
- Drought, December 1, 2012
- Drought, November 1, 2012
- High Wind, October 17, 2012
- Drought, October 1, 2012
- Drought, September 1, 2012
- Hail, August 6, 2012
- Hail, August 3, 2012
- Lightning, August 2, 2012
- Wildfire, August 2, 2012
- Drought, August 1, 2012
- Drought, July 1, 2012
- Drought, June 20, 2012
- Hail, May 19, 2012
- Hail, May 5, 2012
- Tornado, April 14, 2012
- Hail, April 12, 2012
- Tornado, March 18, 2012
- Blizzard, February 3, 2012
- High Wind, October 6, 2011
- Hail, October 6, 2011
- Flash Flood, August 4, 2011
- Hail, July 10, 2011
- Blizzard, April 14, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, February 1, 2011
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 31, 2011
- Heavy Snow, January 19, 2011
- Winter Storm, December 30, 2010
- Hail, July 11, 2010
- Tornado, June 25, 2010
- Tornado, June 11, 2010
- Hail, June 10, 2010
- Hail, June 4, 2010
- Hail, June 1, 2010
- Hail, May 24, 2010
- High Wind, April 13, 2010
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, January 7, 2010
- Blizzard, December 23, 2009
- Winter Storm, October 28, 2009
- Heavy Snow, October 9, 2009
- Hail, August 12, 2009
- Hail, August 3, 2009
- Hail, July 23, 2009
- Flash Flood, July 22, 2009
- Tornado, June 23, 2009
- Tornado, May 12, 2009
- Blizzard, April 4, 2009
- Heavy Snow, March 7, 2009
- Heavy Snow, February 13, 2009
- High Wind, January 12, 2009
- Extreme Cold/Wind Chill, December 14, 2008
- Winter Storm, November 6, 2008
- Hail, July 1, 2008
- Tornado, June 26, 2008
- Tornado, June 4, 2008
- Winter Storm, April 10, 2008
- Winter Storm, December 7, 2007
- Hail, October 17, 2007
- Hail, September 28, 2007
- Hail, August 22, 2007
- Hail, July 18, 2007
- Tornado, July 13, 2007
- Tornado, July 12, 2007
- Tornado, June 21, 2007
- Hail, May 19, 2007
- Tornado, April 20, 2007
- Hail, April 2, 2007
- Blizzard, February 24, 2007
- Winter Storm, December 29, 2006
- Blizzard, December 19, 2006
- Hail, June 15, 2006
- High Wind, April 19, 2006
- High Wind, April 7, 2006
- High Wind, April 2, 2006
- Winter Storm, March 19, 2006
- High Wind, November 28, 2005
- Hail, August 3, 2005
- Hail, June 29, 2005
- Hail, June 20, 2005
- Tornado, June 6, 2005
- Tornado, June 4, 2005
- Tornado, May 17, 2005
- Tornado, May 11, 2005
- Hail, May 6, 2005
- Winter Storm, March 21, 2005
- High Wind, March 10, 2005
- Winter Storm, January 5, 2005
- Winter Storm, November 28, 2004
- Hail, September 14, 2004
- Hail, August 3, 2004
- Hail, July 5, 2004
- Tornado, June 10, 2004
- Tornado, May 22, 2004
- Tornado, July 21, 2003
- Hail, July 20, 2003
- Hail, July 19, 2003
- Tornado, July 8, 2003
- Hail, July 3, 2003
- Tornado, May 3, 2003
- Winter Storm, April 6, 2003
- Hail, March 17, 2003
- Tornado, August 26, 2002
- Hail, June 25, 2002
- Hail, June 15, 2002
- Tornado, June 7, 2002
- Hail, May 27, 2002
- High Wind, May 21, 2002
- High Wind, February 9, 2002
- Winter Storm, November 26, 2001
- High Wind, October 23, 2001
Earlier years, state by state:
More
Tornadoes in McPherson CountyEvery warning in McPherson County since 1986Every county in Nebraska
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.