Thunderstorm Wind, Osborne
- When
- July 3, 7:30 PM CST to 7:35 PM CST
- Where
- Osborne County, Osborne
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Coordinates
- 39.430, -98.700
Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 3, 1996
Isolated severe thunderstorms moved slowly south across Smith and Osborne counties. Many cars and some windows were damaged.
Where it happened
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- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $30,000
- Crop damage
- $15,000
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.
Isolated severe thunderstorms moved slowly south across Smith and Osborne counties. Many cars and some windows were damaged. Hail to the size of baseballs damaged thirty cars at a car lot in Downs.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 101 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:28 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Connecticut, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Flash Flood in Maine, July 3 to 4, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Hail in Kansas, July 3, 1996
- Tornado in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Mississippi, July 3, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1996
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, July 3, 1996
- Flood in New York, July 3, 1996
More
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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. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5560204.