High Wind, Lincoln
- When
- April 25, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.413, -96.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Minnesota, April 25, 1996
Strong gradient winds of up to 60 mph occurred for most of the day. The winds also caused considerable blowing dust with areas of low visibility and undetermined soil erosion.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 FSD wrote it up.
Strong gradient winds of up to 60 mph occurred for most of the day. The winds also caused considerable blowing dust with areas of low visibility and undetermined soil erosion.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Lyon
- When
- April 25, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.414, -95.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Murray
- When
- April 25, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Murray forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -95.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- April 25, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.007, -95.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Nobles
- When
- April 25, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nobles forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -95.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Jackson
- When
- April 25, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -95.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pipestone
- When
- April 25, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Pipestone forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -96.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Rock
- When
- April 25, 9:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Rock forecast zone
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -96.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 25 to 26, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, April 25 to 26, 1996
- Wildfire in Virginia, April 25 to 28, 1996
- Wildfire in Virginia, April 25 to 28, 1996
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 25, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, April 25, 1996
- High Wind in Ohio, April 25, 1996
- Wildfire in Virginia, April 25, 1996
- Wildfire in Virginia, April 25, 1996
- High Wind in Indiana, April 25, 1996
- High Wind in South Dakota, April 25, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, April 25, 1996
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, April 1996
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: 5545505, 5545506, 5545507, 5545508, 5545509, 5545510, 5545511, 5545512.