High Wind, Adams
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Adams forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.525, -98.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nebraska, March 30, 1999
Intense winds behind strong low pressure gusted over 50 mph for most of the day across south-central Nebraska. Peak wind gusts include 58 mph at Aurora and from 54 to 56 mph at Kearney, Hastings, Grand Island and Holdrege.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 24 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
- $10,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 24
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.
Intense winds behind strong low pressure gusted over 50 mph for most of the day across south-central Nebraska. Peak wind gusts include 58 mph at Aurora and from 54 to 56 mph at Kearney, Hastings, Grand Island and Holdrege. A large window shattered in the vestibule of a Kearney retail store under the stress of the wind. An awning was ripped from a Kearney furniture store and another from the front of a law office in York. The wind teamed with recent dry weather to stoke over 15 wildfires in the area the afternoon of the 30th. Sporadic power loss was also noted.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
24 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Buffalo
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Buffalo forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.855, -99.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Clay
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Clay forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.524, -98.051 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dawson
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dawson forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.870, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Fillmore
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.525, -97.596 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Franklin
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -98.953 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Furnas
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Furnas forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.177, -99.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Gosper
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Gosper forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.515, -99.831 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Greeley
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Greeley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.567, -98.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hall
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hall forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.873, -98.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Hamilton
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Hamilton forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.874, -98.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Harlan
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Harlan forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.177, -99.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Howard
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Howard forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -98.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kearney
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Kearney forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.507, -98.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Merrick
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Merrick forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.170, -98.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Nance
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nance forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.397, -97.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Nuckolls
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Nuckolls forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -98.047 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Phelps
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Phelps forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.511, -99.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Polk
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Polk forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.187, -97.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sherman
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sherman forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 41.221, -98.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Thayer
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Thayer forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Valley
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Valley forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 41.567, -98.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Webster
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Webster forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -98.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, York
- When
- March 30, 8:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- York forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.873, -97.597 (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
- Winter Storm in Oregon, March 30 to 31, 1999
- Heavy Rain in Washington, March 30, 1999
- Wildfire in Florida, March 30 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in Nebraska, March 30, 1999
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Alaska, March 30 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in Iowa, March 30, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, March 30 to 31, 1999
- High Wind in California, March 30, 1999
- High Wind in California, March 30, 1999
- Funnel Cloud in Washington, March 30, 1999
- Winter Storm in California, March 30, 1999
- Heavy Snow in California, March 30, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, March 1999
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: 5686184, 5686185, 5686186, 5686187, 5686188, 5686189, 5686190, 5686191, 5686192, 5686265, 5686266, 5686267, 5686268, 5686269, 5686270, 5686271, 5686272, 5686273, 5686274, 5686275, 5686276, 5686277, 5686278, 5686279.