Thunderstorm Wind, Webster
- When
- July 22, 10:15 AM CST
- Where
- Webster County, Red Cloud
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -98.530
Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 22, 1996
Morning thunderstorms moved across southern Nebraska resulting in some property and crop damage. Damage to the computer room was incurred at the Gothenburg High School.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- 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.
Morning thunderstorms moved across southern Nebraska resulting in some property and crop damage. Damage to the computer room was incurred at the Gothenburg High School. A grain bin was moved from its base north of Inavale and a portion of a roof torn off from a business in downtown Red Cloud.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
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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: 5560787.