High Wind, Scotts Bluff
- When
- March 27, 10:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Scotts Bluff forecast zone
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.851, -103.708 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nebraska, March 27, 1997
Strong winds occurred over the Nebraska panhandle. Sustained winds were 40 to 50 MPH with a gust to 63 MPH at Scottsbluff at 257 PM.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 6 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
- 6
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 occurred over the Nebraska panhandle. Sustained winds were 40 to 50 MPH with a gust to 63 MPH at Scottsbluff at 257 PM. The strong winds also created areas of poor visibility due to blowing dust.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
6 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kimball
- When
- March 27, 10:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Coordinates
- 41.198, -103.715 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Box Butte
- When
- March 27, 10:00 AM MST to 6:00 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte forecast zone
- Measured
- 49 kt (56 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Banner
- When
- March 27, 10:00 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 27, 10:00 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, Cheyenne
- When
- March 27, 10:00 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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, March 27, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 27, 1997
- Flood in Montana, March 27, 1997
- High Wind in Wyoming, March 27, 1997
- High Wind in Colorado, March 27, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, March 27, 1997
- Flooding in Minnesota, March 27 to 31, 1997
- Flooding in South Dakota, March 27 to 31, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, March 27 to 31, 1997
- Flood in Minnesota, March 27 to 30, 1997
- Flood in South Dakota, March 27 to 29, 1997
- High Wind in Montana, March 27, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 1997
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: 5596519, 5596520, 5596521, 5596522, 5596523, 5596524.