Thunderstorm Wind, Custer
- When
- May 19, 9:50 PM CST
- Where
- Custer County, 2 mi SW of Arnold
- Property damage
- $220,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 41.394, -99.726 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 19, 1999
A thunderstorm produced damaging wind in western Custer County of central Nebraska. Ten power poles were blown down and a solar unit blew off a house roof while the same house sustained the loss of a large television antenna.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $220,000
- 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 LBF wrote it up.
A thunderstorm produced damaging wind in western Custer County of central Nebraska. Ten power poles were blown down and a solar unit blew off a house roof while the same house sustained the loss of a large television antenna. A large tree was blown down. Other damage included grain augers and three center pivot irrigation systems damaged or destroyed. A top blown from a grain bin struck a pickup truck and a house.
The radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 94 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:48 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
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- Heavy Rain in New Jersey, May 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wyoming, May 19, 1999
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- Hail in Colorado, May 19, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, May 19, 1999
- Heavy Rain in New York, May 19, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Florida, May 19, 1999
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: 5698252.