High Wind, Box Butte
- When
- November 2, 8:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte forecast zone
- Measured
- 69 kt (79 mph)
- Coordinates
- 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nebraska, November 2, 1997
A gust of wind caught a new 26-foot travel trailer being towed westbound on Interstate 80 at 1315, and the trailer became unhooked and rolled at milepost 22 near Kimball. Also, a gust to 79 MPH was recorded at the office of the Alliance Times-Herald newspaper.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
A gust of wind caught a new 26-foot travel trailer being towed westbound on Interstate 80 at 1315, and the trailer became unhooked and rolled at milepost 22 near Kimball. Also, a gust to 79 MPH was recorded at the office of the Alliance Times-Herald newspaper.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Kimball
- When
- November 2, 8:00 AM MST to 4:00 PM MST
- Where
- Kimball forecast zone
- Measured
- 40 kt (46 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 41.198, -103.715 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, November 2, 1997
- Strong Wind in New York, November 2, 1997
- Hurricane in Guam, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, November 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, November 2, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in North Dakota, November 2 to 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 2, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, November 2, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, November 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, November 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: 5621549, 5621550.