High Wind, Sioux
- When
- March 1, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Sioux forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
High Wind in Nebraska, March 1, 1996
Strong winds were over the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 7 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 CYS wrote it up.
Strong winds were over the area.
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, Dawes
- When
- March 1, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Dawes forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.720, -103.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Box Butte
- When
- March 1, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Scotts Bluff
- When
- March 1, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Banner
- When
- March 1, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Banner forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.546, -103.710 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Morrill
- When
- March 1, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Morrill forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.716, -103.010 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kimball
- When
- March 1, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.198, -103.715 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- March 1, 11:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -102.995 (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
- Drought in Kansas, March 1 to 31, 1996
- Drought in New Mexico, March 1 to 31, 1996
- Winter Storm in Virginia, March 1 to 2, 1996
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- Winter Storm in Maryland, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Heavy Snow in South Dakota, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- Blizzard in Wyoming, March 1, 1996
- Heavy Snow in Michigan, March 1 to 2, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 1996
- High Wind in Alaska, March 1 to 2, 1996
- Flood in Ohio, March 1, 1996
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 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: 5540057, 5540058, 5540059, 5540060, 5540061, 5540062, 5540063, 5540064.