Western Cherry County, Nebraska
Tornadoes, hail, floods and severe storms recorded here between 2002 and 2026, from NOAA's Storm Events Database. Search an address to see which tornadoes came closest to it.
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Floods since 1996
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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.
Drought Drought
Extreme (D3) drought conditions over the western third of Cherry County, improved to severe (D2) and moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of June. Over north central portions of the county, severe (D2) drought improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of June. Over cent…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over portions of north central Cherry County through the end of May. Across northwestern portions of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought conditions by the end of May. Over the remainder of wester…
Wildfire Wildfire
Lightning started a fire north of Mullen in southern Cherry County during the late evening hours of April 20th. Named the Spike Box fire, and aided by strong winds, the fire grew to approximately 7,000 acres before rainfall helped extinguish the fire on April 22nd. One grass rig …
Wildfire Wildfire
Lightning started a wildfire north of Mullen in southern Cherry County during the evening hours of April 21st. Named the Phipps Fire, the fire grew to approximately 2,500 acres before being extinguished. Residences were evacuated along Calf Creek during the evening of April 22nd.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions over west central, central, and south central Cherry County, deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought by the end of April. Across far northwestern and far north central portions of the county, severe (D2) drought persisted through the end of the month. …
High Wind High Wind
Westerly winds as high as 40 to 50 mph with gusts near 70 mph occurred across western Cherry County during the morning hours through the afternoon hours. A mesonet site 21 miles south of Merriman recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph at 300 pm MST. The nearby Gordon AWOS also recor…
Wildfire Wildfire
Fire started approximately 9 miles south of Kilgore during the afternoon hours of March12th. West winds initially pushed the fire east. By evening, a cold front shifted the winds to the north, forcing the fire south. By the time the fire was totally contained on the 23rd, a total…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions over southwestern Cherry County, deteriorated to extreme (D3) drought conditions by the end of March. Over the remainder of western Cherry County, moderate (D1) drought deteriorated to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of the month. The coop…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across the southwestern corner of Western Cherry County through the end of February. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE reported 0.30 inches of precipitation in February. The cooperative observer at Mullen 22N reported 0.05 inches of …
High Wind High Wind
Northwest winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to as high as 75 mph were common across western Cherry County during the evening hours on December 17th through the morning hours on December 18th. The strongest winds occurred during the evening hours on December 17th. A mesonet site 40…
High Wind High Wind
Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph were common across western Cherry County during the mid afternoon hours into the mid evening hours. A mesonet site 21 miles south of Merriman recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph at 600 pm MST, and a mesonet site 6 miles…
High Wind High Wind
Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph were common across western Cherry County during the morning hours into the early afternoon hours. A mesonet site 13 miles west northwest of Merritt Reservoir recorded the highest peak wind gust of 63 mph at 849 am MST.
Drought Drought
Over north central and northwestern Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of May. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE reported 4.98 inches of precipitation for the month.
Drought Drought
Across far northwestern portions of western Cherry County, extreme (D3) drought conditions improved to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of April. Over west central and southwestern portions of Cherry County, extreme (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) droug…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across western Cherry County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 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 t…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across most of western Cherry County through the end of February. Across far northwestern portions of western Cherry County, extreme (D3) drought conditions continued through the end of the month.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across western Cherry County, dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the morning hours on January 20th through the early morning hours on January 21st. Northwesterly winds of 20 to 30 mph during the morning into the afternoon hours on January 20th produced…
Wildfire Wildfire
A fire started near the Spike Box Ranch on January 16th. The fire start was a result of the combination of strong winds and powerlines. By the time the fire was extinguished on January 17th, 1500 acres of grass was consumed along with utility poles. No injuries or structural dama…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across most of western Cherry County through the end of January. Across far northwestern portions of western Cherry County, extreme (D3) drought conditions continued through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE rep…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted across most of western Cherry County through the end of December. Across far northwestern portions of western Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions, expanded to extreme (D3) drought conditions by the end of the month. The cooperati…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of November across central and western Cherry County. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE reported 1.31 inches of precipitation for November. the cooperative observer at Mullen 22N reported 1.43 inches of precipitation …
Drought Drought
Moderate (D1) drought conditions deteriorated to severe (D2) drought conditions by the end of October over all of western and central Cherry County. The cooperative observer at Kilgore 1NE reported 0.01 inches of precipitation for October. the cooperative observer at Mullen 22N r…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across Western Cherry 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 combi…
Drought Drought
Moderate (D1) drought conditions improved go abnormally dry (D0) conditions over most of western Cherry County by the end of May. Across south central and central Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought by the end of the month.
Wildfire Wildfire
Fire started in the McCann Canyon area approximately 10 miles south of Kilgore. Known as the McCann fire and aided by strong southerly winds, the fire raced 8 miles to the north approaching the town of Kilgore late Tuesday April 11th. The town of Kilgore was evacuated as a precau…
Drought Drought
Moderate (D1) drought conditions continued over most of western Cherry County through the end of April. Across south central and central Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.
Drought Drought
Moderate (D1) drought conditions continued over most of western Cherry County through the end of March. Across south central and central Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across western Cherry County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early morning hours on February 22nd until the morning hours on February 24th. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred during the first half of the event. …
Winter Storm Winter Storm
A CoCoRaHS observer located 8 miles south of Cody reported 7 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts across western Cherry County ranged from 6 to 8 inches. Northerly winds of 25 to 35 mph caused considerable blowing and drifting.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions over most of western Cherry County by the end of February. Across south central Cherry County, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
General public located 20 miles southwest of Merritt Reservoir reported 9 inches of snowfall. Snowfall across western Cherry County ranged from 5 to 10 inches. Northerly winds of 15 to 25 mph caused blowing and drifting.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
General public reported 9 inches of snowfall 22 miles south southwest of Merritt Reservoir. Total snowfall amounts across western Cherry County ranged from 8 to 15 inches. Northwest wind gusting to 30 mph caused blowing and drifting. Most roads became closed during the event.
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over all of western Cherry County through the end of January. The exception was over far western Cherry County where moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month.
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Across western Cherry 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 m…
Blizzard Blizzard
Blizzard conditions occurred across western Cherry 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. Snowfall amounts ranged from 8 to 14 inches. General public reported 12 inch…
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over south central, southwestern, central and north central portions of Cherry county in December. Across far western Cherry county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted. Across a small portion of northwestern Cherry county, extreme …
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over south central, southwestern, central and north central portions of Cherry county in November. Across far western Cherry county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted. Across a small portion of northwestern Cherry county, extreme …
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over south central, southwestern, central and north central portions of Cherry county in October. Across far western Cherry county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted. Across a small portion of northwestern Cherry county, moderate …
Drought Drought
Severe (D2) drought conditions expanded into south central, southwestern, central and north central portions of Cherry county in September. Across far western and portions of northwestern Cherry county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted. Across a small portion of northwe…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
Temperatures to around 10 below zero combined with north winds of 20 to 30 mph to produce dangerous wind chills from 30 below to near 40 below zero across western Cherry County. The nearby Gordon AWOS site recorded dangerous wind chills as low as 38 below zero during the early mo…
High Wind High Wind
The nearby Valentine ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph at 429 pm MST. These high winds were common across western Cherry County during the mid afternoon to early evening hours.
Heavy Snow Heavy Snow
A Cooperative Observer located near Kilgore measured 8 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts from 8 to 10 inches occurred across the northern half of western Cherry County. Winds were northeasterly at 10 to 15 mph, which limited blowing and drifting.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
A Cooperative Observer located 1 mile northeast of Kilgore reported 7 inches of snowfall. East northeast winds of 20 to 35 mph combined with moderate to heavy snowfall to produce winter storm conditions across western Cherry County beginning during the afternoon continuing into t…
Extreme Cold/Wind Chill Extreme Cold/Wind Chill
A RAWS site located 13 miles west northwest of Merritt Dam recorded a lowest wind chill value of 36 below at 649 am on February 15th. Wind chills values of 30 below to 40 below were common across western Cherry County during the late evening hours February 14th, through early to …
High Wind High Wind
The nearby Valentine ASOS recorded a gust of 70 mph at 801 pm MST, December 13th as a cold front moved through. A 70 mph gust was also recorded at 749 pm MST, December 13th, at a mesonet site located 13 miles west of Merritt Reservoir in western Cherry County. Across western Cher…
High Wind High Wind
Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph gusted to as high as 62 mph at a mesonet site located 29 miles south of Merriman at 1054 am MST. Winds of this magnitude were common across western Cherry County during the morning to mid afternoon hours.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
General public located 32 miles south of Merriman reported 9 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts from 4 to 9 inches were common across western Cherry County. North winds ranged as high as 15 to 25 mph at times and caused minor blowing and drifting with visibility as low as a hal…
Frost/Freeze Frost/Freeze
A RAWS site located 13 miles west northwest of Merritt Dam recorded a minimum temperature of 24 degrees. Low temperatures in the mid 20s were common throughout western Cherry County.
Winter Storm Winter Storm
General public located near Merritt Reservoir reported 7 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches were common across the southeastern half of western Cherry County. North winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph caused visibility of 1/4 mile at times with blowing a…
Winter Storm Winter Storm
General public located near Merritt Reservoir reported 7 inches of snowfall. Snowfall amounts of 4 to 8 inches were common across the southeastern half of western Cherry County. North winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph caused visibility of 1/4 mile at times with blowing a…
Events by year, as a table
| Year | Events | Tornadoes |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 4 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | 0 |
| 2022 | 7 | 0 |
| 2021 | 5 | 0 |
| 2020 | 5 | 0 |
| 2019 | 8 | 0 |
| 2018 | 6 | 0 |
| 2017 | 3 | 0 |
| 2016 | 3 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2 | 0 |
| 2014 | 9 | 0 |
| 2013 | 19 | 0 |
| 2012 | 9 | 0 |
| 2011 | 5 | 0 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 |
| 2009 | 7 | 0 |
| 2008 | 10 | 0 |
| 2007 | 1 | 0 |
| 2006 | 6 | 0 |
| 2005 | 4 | 0 |
| 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2003 | 3 | 0 |
| 2002 | 5 | 0 |
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