McPherson County, Nebraska
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 1974 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
14
Tornado reports
209
Hail reports
1
Floods since 1996
427
All events
0
Deaths
$1.5M
Property damage
Tornado paths in McPherson County
The part of each tornado’s path NOAA recorded in this county, 14 in all. Zoom in and the paths widen to their surveyed width.
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NOAA's storm database records tornadoes back to 1950 and hail and thunderstorm wind back to 1955, but floods only from 1996 on. Older floods are missing here. For those, the U.S. Geological Survey's stream gauge records and flood reports are the place to look.
Most significant events
The strongest tornadoes, deadliest events and biggest damage here, up to 50.
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Corrects previous thunderstorm wind gust report from 3 miles east southeast of Tryon.
Hail Hail
Public report from Mpng.
Hail Hail
Golf ball to baseball sized reported from social media.
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted over northeastern portions of McPherson County through the end of June. Over the remainder of the county, extreme (D3) drought improved to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of the month. The Cocorahs station at Tryon 11.3 ENE repo…
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted over all of McPherson County through the end of May.
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted over far western portions of McPherson County through the end of April. Across the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions transitioned to extreme (D3) drought conditions by the end of April.
High Wind High Wind
Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 50 mph or higher were common across McPherson County during the morning hours into the mid afternoon hours. A mesonet site 3 miles east southeast of Tryon recorded a peak wind gust of 56 mph at 505 am CST. The nearby North Plat…
Drought Drought
Moderate (D1) drought conditions, transitioned to severe (D2) drought over most of McPherson County by the end of March. Over far northwestern portions of the county, Moderate (D1) drought transitioned to extreme (D3) drought by the end of the month.
High Wind High Wind
Northwest winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 75 mph were common across McPherson County mainly during the morning hours on December 18th. A mesonet site 3 miles east southeast of Tryon recorded a peak wind gust of 77 mph at 800 am CST.
High Wind High Wind
Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph were common across McPherson County during the morning hours into the mid afternoon hours. A mesonet site 3 miles east southeast of Tryon recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph at 147 pm CST.
Tornado EFU Tornado
Tornado briefly touched down over open rangeland with no damage reported.
Hail Hail
Hail Hail
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions over far southwestern portions of the county, improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of June. Over the remainder of the county, moderate (D1) drought conditions improved to abnormally dry (D0) drought conditions by the end of the month.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions over far eastern and northeastern portions of McPherson County, improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of May. Over far southwestern portions of the county, moderate (D1) drought deteriorated to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of the…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over far eastern and northeastern portions of McPherson County through the end of April. Over the remainder of the county, moderate (D1) drought conditions continued through the end of April.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across McPherson County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 20 below or colder began during the early morning hours on January 18th through the early morning hours on February 20th. Although winds remained generally light throughout the event, winds combined to pro…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over northeastern, far eastern and far northwestern portions of McPherson County through the end of February.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over northeastern, far eastern and far northwestern portions of McPherson County through the end of January.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over northeastern, far eastern and far northwestern portions of McPherson County through the end of December.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions over most of McPherson County, improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of November. The exception was over northeastern, far eastern and far northwestern portions of the county where severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through t…
Drought Drought
Abnormally dry (D0) conditions deteriorated to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of October over all but the far southwestern corner of McPherson County.
Tornado EF1 Tornado
Tornado largely remained over open terrain, though minor damage was observed at a non occupied home.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across McPherson County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the evening hours on January 12th through the morning hours on January 16th. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred at times during the event. The winds combined t…
Blizzard Blizzard
Northerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph at times occurred during the event, causing blizzard conditions. The nearby North Platte ASOS recorded visibilities of a quarter mile or less at times during the afternoon hours on December 25th. Considerable blowing and drifti…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions over far northeastern McPherson County, improved to abnormally dry (D0) drought conditions by the end of October.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of September over far northeastern McPherson County.
Hail Hail
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions over northeastern McPherson County by the end of August. Over most of the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to abnormally dry (D0) conditions by the end of the month. The ex…
Hail Hail
Public reported ping pong ball size hail near Ringgold.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of July over all of McPherson County.
Hail Hail
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of June over all of McPherson County.
Hail Hail
Public reported hail ranging in size from pennies to quarters at this location.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of May over far northwestern McPherson County. Over the remainder of the county, extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought by the end of the month.
Hail Hail
Thunderstorm Wind Thunderstorm Wind
Public reports thunderstorm wind gusts around 70 MPH with blowing dust and little to no rainfall.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of April over far northwestern McPherson County. Over the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought conditions by the end of the month.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of March over all of McPherson County.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across McPherson County, dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early morning hours on February 23nd through the morning hours on February 23rd. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred to produce a lowest wind chill of 34 below at the nearby T…
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought conditions over the western two-thirds of McPherson County by the end of February. Over the eastern third of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
A CoCoRaHS observer 11 miles east of Tryon reported 15 inches of snowfall. The nearby North Platte ASOS reported visibilities of a quarter to a half mile at times from 230 am MST through 1 pm MST on January 18th. Snowfall across McPherson County ranged from 14 to 16 inches. North…
Winter Storm Winter Storm
The nearby North Platte ASOS recorded freezing rain during the afternoon and early evening hours followed by snow during the overnight hours into the morning hours of January 3rd. Visibility was as low as a quarter mile at times during the early morning hours. Up to a tenth of an…
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted over the western two-thirds of McPherson County through the end of January. Over the eastern third of the county, drought conditions improved from extreme (D3) to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of the month.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across McPherson County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early afternoon hours on January 21st and continued until the early morning hours on January 24th. Northerly winds as high as 25 to 35 mph with gusts to around 50 mph oc…
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions occurred across McPherson County as northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 50 mph caused widespread blowing and drifting and visibility of a quarter mile or less at times. Total snowfall ranged from 4 to 7 inches. Blizzard conditions began at 10 am CST …
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted over all of McPherson county through the end of December.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions over northwestern McPherson County, deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought conditions by the end of November. Over the remainder of the county, extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over northwestern McPherson county through the end of October. Extreme (D3) drought conditions persisted over southwestern portions of the county through the end of the month. Over the remainder of McPherson county, severe (D2) drought con…
Hail Hail
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 | 0 |
| 2025 | 11 | 1 |
| 2024 | 5 | 1 |
| 2023 | 20 | 0 |
| 2022 | 16 | 0 |
| 2021 | 4 | 0 |
| 2020 | 12 | 0 |
| 2019 | 10 | 0 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 |
| 2016 | 19 | 2 |
| 2015 | 4 | 0 |
| 2014 | 17 | 0 |
| 2013 | 24 | 0 |
| 2012 | 22 | 1 |
| 2011 | 9 | 0 |
| 2010 | 15 | 0 |
| 2009 | 17 | 0 |
| 2008 | 6 | 0 |
| 2007 | 21 | 0 |
| 2006 | 7 | 0 |
| 2005 | 21 | 3 |
| 2004 | 12 | 1 |
| 2003 | 10 | 1 |
| 2002 | 10 | 0 |
| 2001 | 15 | 1 |
| 2000 | 17 | 0 |
| 1999 | 5 | 0 |
| 1998 | 10 | 0 |
| 1997 | 7 | 0 |
| 1996 | 26 | 0 |
| 1995 | 3 | 0 |
| 1994 | 4 | 0 |
| 1993 | 1 | 0 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0 |
| 1991 | 2 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 | 0 |
| 1982 | 3 | 0 |
| 1981 | 3 | 0 |
| 1979 | 3 | 0 |
| 1977 | 3 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1 | 0 |
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