Thunderstorm Wind, Buffalo
- When
- August 13, 5:25 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, 11 mi NW of Pleasanton
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Coordinates
- 41.080, -99.230
Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 13, 1997
A severe thunderstorm in northwest Buffalo county caused considerable crop damage with the combination of high wind and hail. South of Ravenna, another severe thunderstorm damaged two outbuildings on a farmstead.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $70,000
- Crop damage
- $1.2 million
- Events
- 4
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 severe thunderstorm in northwest Buffalo county caused considerable crop damage with the combination of high wind and hail. South of Ravenna, another severe thunderstorm damaged two outbuildings on a farmstead.
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 107 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:23 UTC.
Event by event
3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Buffalo
- When
- August 13, 5:35 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo County, 8 mi S of Ravenna
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Coordinates
- 40.920, -98.930
Hail, Valley
- When
- August 13, 5:36 PM CST
- Where
- Valley County, Ord
- Measured
- 2 in hail
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 41.600, -98.930
Thunderstorm Wind, Phelps
- When
- August 13, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps County, Holdrege
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 40.450, -99.370
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.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
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- Tornado in New Jersey, August 13, 1997
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, August 13, 1997
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- Damaging Winds in New York, August 13, 1997
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: 5612949, 5612950, 5612951, 5612952.