Thunderstorm Wind, Box Butte
- When
- September 5, 5:05 PM MST to 5:11 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte County, 20 mi W of Alliance
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.100, -103.270
Damaging Wind in Nebraska, September 5, 1996
Very strong thunderstorm winds were observed at KilpatrickLake, which is 20 miles west of Alliance.
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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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 CYS wrote it up.
Very strong thunderstorm winds were observed at KilpatrickLake, which is 20 miles west of Alliance.
The radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:06 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
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Hurricane in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- Lightning Strike in Kentucky, September 5, 1996
- High Wind in South Carolina, September 5, 1996
- Hurricane in North Carolina, September 5 to 6, 1996
- High Wind in Virginia, September 5 to 6, 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: 5566063.