Nebraska

Storm History: Morrill County, Nebraska

421 episodes, 609 events since 1951

Every storm the National Weather Service has filed in Morrill 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
609
Deaths
0
Injuries
4
Damage
$13 million
Episodes
421

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
Hail26100$1.6 million
Tornado10301$8.2 million
Flash Flood5300$1.1 million
High Wind4800$50,000
Thunderstorm Wind3500$146,000
Blizzard2201$1.5 million
Heavy Snow2200
Winter Storm2100
Winter Weather1402$7,000
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill1100
Flood1000
Heavy Rain600
Avalanche200
Strong Wind100$500

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 Morrill County, with its track

Every episode, newest first

Earlier years, state by state:

More

Tornadoes in Morrill CountyEvery warning in Morrill 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.