High Wind, Kearney
- When
- October 29, 4:30 PM CST to 8:30 PM CST
- Where
- Kearney forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Property damage
- $40,000
- Crop damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 40.507, -98.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nebraska, October 29, 1996
A strong cold front and associated low pressure ushered in intense northwest winds to south central Nebraska. In Dawson county, windows were shattered and there were numerous reports of roof and tree damage.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $40,000
- 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.
A strong cold front and associated low pressure ushered in intense northwest winds to south central Nebraska. In Dawson county, windows were shattered and there were numerous reports of roof and tree damage. Sustained winds of 35 to 50 mph were observed with gusts to 70 mph. In Minden, trees and roofs were damaged and power was unavailable for a time during the evening. Unharvested corn suffered minor stalk breakage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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 Colorado, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, October 29 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 29 to 30, 1996
- Hail in Wisconsin, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Colorado, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 29 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, October 29 to 30, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Indiana, October 29, 1996
- High Wind in Minnesota, October 29 to 30, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, October 29 to 30, 1996
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1996Every state in 1996This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, October 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5573943.