Tornadoes · United States · Nebraska
Tornadoes in Morrill County, Nebraska
55 tornadoes have crossed Morrill County since 1950, 18th of the 93 counties in Nebraska with a tornado on record, an average of one every 1.4 years. They have killed 2 people and injured 30. 1 was rated F4 or EF4 and above.
The rating scale
Tracks are drawn in the color of the rating. The United States rated tornadoes on Ted Fujita’s F scale until 31 January 2007 and on the Enhanced Fujita scale after it. Both run from 0 to 5, and both rate the damage rather than measure the wind: the speeds are what that damage is taken to imply.
F0 / EF040 to 72 mph on the F scale, 65 to 85 mph on the EF scale
Light damage. Surface peeled off some roofs, gutters and siding damaged, branches broken, shallow-rooted trees pushed over.
F1 / EF173 to 112 mph on the F scale, 86 to 110 mph on the EF scale
Moderate damage. Roofs badly stripped, mobile homes overturned or badly damaged, exterior doors lost, windows broken.
F2 / EF2113 to 157 mph on the F scale, 111 to 135 mph on the EF scale
Considerable damage. Roofs torn off well-built houses, frame homes shifted on their foundations, mobile homes destroyed, large trees snapped or uprooted, cars lifted off the ground.
F3 / EF3158 to 206 mph on the F scale, 136 to 165 mph on the EF scale
Severe damage. Whole stories of well-built houses destroyed, large buildings badly damaged, trains overturned, trees debarked, heavy cars lifted and thrown.
F4 / EF4207 to 260 mph on the F scale, 166 to 200 mph on the EF scale
Devastating damage. Well-built houses leveled, structures with weak foundations moved some distance, cars thrown and large missiles generated.
F5 / EF5261 to 318 mph on the F scale, over 200 mph on the EF scale
Incredible damage. Strong frame houses swept off their foundations, car-sized missiles thrown more than 100 meters, steel-reinforced concrete badly damaged, high-rise buildings deformed.
Unrated
The survey recorded a tornado but could not put a number on it, most often because it crossed open country and damaged nothing a rating can be read from.
Now
- Tornadoes
- 55
- Deaths
- 2
- Injuries
- 30
- F4 and above
- 1
- Worst on record
- F4, June 27, 1955
The deadliest in Morrill County
The strongest
- F4, Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties, NebraskaJune 27, 1955
- EF2, Morrill and Box Butte counties, NebraskaJune 12, 2017
- F2, Banner, Kimball and Morrill counties, NebraskaAugust 31, 1978
- F2, Morrill County, NebraskaJune 13, 1965
- F2, Morrill County, NebraskaJuly 6, 1994
- F2, Scotts Bluff and Morrill counties, NebraskaJune 9, 1977
- F2, Morrill County, NebraskaJune 1, 1958
Every year with a tornado
The 36 years of the 76 in the record with a tornado in Morrill County. Each year links to every tornado in Nebraska that year.
| Year | Tornadoes | Deaths | Injuries | Strongest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1 | Unrated | ||
| 2023 | 2 | Unrated | ||
| 2017 | 2 | EF2 | ||
| 2016 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2015 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2013 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2010 | 2 | EF1 | ||
| 2009 | 1 | EF0 | ||
| 2008 | 1 | EF1 | ||
| 2003 | 3 | F1 | ||
| 2000 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1999 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1998 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 1996 | 3 | F1 | ||
| 1994 | 2 | 1 | F2 | |
| 1993 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 1990 | 5 | F0 | ||
| 1989 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 1988 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1984 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1982 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1980 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1978 | 1 | F2 | ||
| 1977 | 3 | F2 | ||
| 1976 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 1975 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1971 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1969 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1968 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1966 | 1 | F0 | ||
| 1965 | 1 | F2 | ||
| 1962 | 1 | F1 | ||
| 1960 | 2 | F1 | ||
| 1958 | 1 | F2 | ||
| 1955 | 1 | 2 | 29 | F4 |
| 1951 | 1 | F1 |
Every tornado that crossed Morrill County
55 tornadoes, newest first.
| Date | Time | Rating | Where | Path (mi) | Width (yd) | Deaths | Injuries | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 17, 2025 | 5:40 PM MDT | Unrated | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| August 8, 2023 | 4:50 PM MDT | Unrated | Morrill | 0.1 | 25 | |||
| June 23, 2023 | 9:51 PM MDT | Unrated | Morrill | 0.5 | 50 | |||
| June 12, 2017 | 7:19 PM MDT | EF2 | Morrill | 31.6 | 300 | $3.5 million | ||
| June 12, 2017 | 7:13 PM MDT | EF1 | Morrill | 0.2 | 50 | |||
| July 29, 2016 | 5:22 PM MDT | EF0 | Morrill | 1.3 | 30 | |||
| June 25, 2015 | 5:23 PM MDT | EF0 | Morrill | 1.9 | 50 | |||
| May 18, 2013 | 4:58 PM MDT | EF0 | Morrill | 1.0 | 50 | |||
| June 7, 2010 | 8:28 PM MDT | EF0 | Morrill | 1.0 | 100 | |||
| June 7, 2010 | 7:54 PM MDT | EF1 | Morrill | 2.0 | 100 | $60,000 | ||
| June 10, 2009 | 2:38 PM MDT | EF0 | Morrill | 3.7 | 30 | $10,000 | ||
| April 23, 2008 | 5:32 PM MDT | EF1 | Morrill | 1.5 | 350 | $300,000 | ||
| May 3, 2003 | 5:35 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 50 | |||
| May 3, 2003 | 5:00 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 4.0 | 100 | $100,000 | ||
| May 3, 2003 | 4:00 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 40 | |||
| July 5, 2000 | 5:36 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 30 | |||
| June 27, 1999 | 5:55 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 40 | |||
| July 2, 1998 | 9:02 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 30 | |||
| May 20, 1998 | 6:58 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 1.0 | 30 | |||
| August 2, 1996 | 8:10 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 50.0 | 50 | |||
| June 5, 1996 | 10:10 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.4 | 50 | |||
| June 5, 1996 | 9:40 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 0.5 | 100 | $20,000 | ||
| July 6, 1994 | 5:00 PM MDT | F2 | Morrill | 6.0 | 150 | 1 | $500,000 to $5 million | |
| June 8, 1994 | 1:50 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.5 | 20 | |||
| June 22, 1993 | 2:24 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 2.0 | 30 | |||
| June 22, 1993 | 2:24 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 2.0 | 30 | |||
| July 11, 1990 | 10:45 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| May 18, 1990 | 4:46 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| May 13, 1990 | 1:23 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| May 13, 1990 | 1:23 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| May 13, 1990 | 1:18 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | under $50 | ||
| June 25, 1989 | 5:13 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 0.1 | 30 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 25, 1989 | 4:55 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 30 | $50 to $500 | ||
| August 9, 1988 | 2:55 PM MDT | F1 | Banner | 14.0 | 40 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 3, 1984 | 5:17 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.2 | 30 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| May 29, 1982 | 7:32 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 0.3 | 30 | under $50 | ||
| June 14, 1980 | 5:30 PM MDT | F1 | Scotts Bluff | 9.0 | 60 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| August 31, 1978 | 1:30 PM MDT | F2 | Banner | 25.9 | 440 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| August 24, 1977 | 4:30 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| August 7, 1977 | 3:00 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 9, 1977 | 6:40 PM MDT | F2 | Scotts Bluff | 2.3 | 70 | $50,000 to $500,000 | ||
| July 30, 1976 | 7:45 PM MDT | F1 | Morrill | 0.3 | 30 | |||
| July 9, 1976 | 4:05 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 20 | |||
| June 30, 1975 | 9:35 PM MDT | F0 | Cheyenne | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| July 3, 1971 | 9:46 PM MDT | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| July 9, 1969 | 5:20 PM GMT-6 | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| July 26, 1968 | 3:30 PM GMT-6 | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 4, 1966 | 7:48 PM GMT-6 | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | |||
| June 13, 1965 | 6:30 PM GMT-6 | F2 | Morrill | 8.7 | 10 | |||
| June 20, 1962 | 5:45 PM GMT-7 | F1 | Kimball | 59.9 | 10 | |||
| August 15, 1960 | 5:30 PM GMT-7 | F0 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| May 24, 1960 | 3:00 PM GMT-7 | F1 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | $5,000 to $50,000 | ||
| June 1, 1958 | 7:10 PM GMT-7 | F2 | Morrill | 0.1 | 10 | $500 to $5,000 | ||
| June 27, 1955 | 3:45 PM GMT-7 | F4 | Scotts Bluff | 26.0 | 10 | 2 | 29 | $50,000 to $500,000 |
| August 8, 1951 | 2:00 PM GMT-7 | F1 | Morrill | 0.1 | 440 | $5,000 to $50,000 |
Nearby
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What this means
Ratings are the survey's, read off the damage rather than measured; the rating scale is above. Tornado counts rise through the record as reporting improved, so a year in the 1950s is not comparable with one today except for the strongest tornadoes, which were always noticed.
Sources
NOAA Storm Prediction Center tornado database, 1950-2025, the official record kept by NOAA's Storm Prediction Center.