Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 29, 2000

Name: Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 29, 2000
Start: 2000-05-29T21:40
End: 2000-05-29T22:00
Location: Nebraska

May 29, 2000 · NWS OAX · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $100,000
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.

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The Omaha radar (KOAX), 123 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:39 UTC.

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Event by event

2 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Platte

When: May 29, 9:40 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
Where: Platte County, 3 mi NW of Lindsay
Measured: 95 kt (109 mph)
Property damage: $100,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.733, -97.733

An intense bow echo line of thunderstorms caused a swath of damage 3 miles wide and 10 miles long centered near and just north of Lindsay. Wind gusts were measured at 109 mph by a wind recording instrument at the Lindsay Manufactoring Co., causing around 40 thousand dollars worth of damage at the plant itself. The winds overturned at least 10 center pivot irrigation units in this area, toppled a metal silo 1.5 miles northeast of Lindsay and destroyed the top of a cement silo 1 mile west of Lindsay.

Thunderstorm Wind, Madison

When: May 29, 9:40 PM CST
Where: Madison County, Newman Grove
Measured: 95 kt (109 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.750, -97.783

Extreme southwest Madison county was affected by the swath of wind damage reported below for Platte county. The storm uprooted or broke many trees in Newman Grove.

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.

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The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2000 Every state in 2000 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, May 2000

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: 5146483, 5147328.