Hall County NEGenWeb

Hall County, Nebraska: Where the Platte Valley Pioneers Put Down Roots

  
                                                                                                           
Weather in Hall County

TEMPESTUOUS WEATHER IN HALL COUNTY

Since the early settlement of Hall County, the tempestuous weather has played an important part of lives in its residents. On these pages there will be history of the major storms that affected the early settlers or residents, and read first hand events of what and how they dealt with and survived these tempsestuous weather had handed them.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Unexpected Storm of November 6, 1857
Easter Storm of 1873
The Blizzard of 1888
The Bradshaw Cyclone, York County, June 3, 1890
How the citizens of Grand Island came to the aid of the "Bradshaw Sufferers"
The Cyclone of August 12, 1919
Miscellaneous Storms from 1875 - 1919

  
Courtsey of Ken Dewey, School of Natural Resources, UNL

Some Current Hall County turmoltous weather in the present days: "The June 3, 1980 Tornados of Grand Island" recorded in "The Independent" of Grand Island. If you aren't a member of the newspaper you can read about this article on The Real Night of the Twisters - June 3 1980.