High Wind in Nebraska, November 24, 2001

Name: High Wind in Nebraska, November 24, 2001
Start: 2001-11-24T12:00
End: 2001-11-24T16:30
Location: Nebraska

November 24, 2001 · NWS GID · 24 events in 24 counties and zones

Sustained winds of 40 mph with gusts to 60 mph belted south-central Nebraska for almost 5 hours on the afternoon of November 24th. The winds resulted from very strong low pressure moving east into Iowa.

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.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
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.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Nov 24, 2:10 AM CST, 9 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Nov 24, 2:10 AM CST, 9 hours 50 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
210 AM CST SAT NOV 24 2001

STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW WAS SEEN SPINNING OVER KANSAS AT THIS HOUR
PER WATER VAPOR IMAGERY AND PROFILERS. DRY SLOT OVER EASTERN KANSAS
SUGGESTS A TROP FOLD THERE ALLOWING INTRUSION OF STRATOSPHERIC AIR
...AIDING IN DEEPENING SURFACE LOW NEAR CNK. MEANWHILE LATEST UPPER
AIR ANALYSIS HAD AN IMPRESSIVE 170KT JET CORE OVER NRN CA AT 300MB.
PACIFIC MOISTURE STILL STREAMING IN FROM THE WEST. AT THE SFC...
AFOREMENTIONED SURFACE LOW APPEARS TO BE DEEPENING. TIGHT GRADIENT ON
THE BACK SIDE IS PUSHING SURFACE WINDS INTO ADVISORY CRITERIA. STILL
THOUGH...CAA IS NOT ALL THAT IMPRESSIVE.

AS FOR THE MODELS...NOT MUCH DIFFERENTIATION TO SPEAK OF UNTIL OUT TO
60 HRS. THE AVN WANTS TO GO A BIT NORTH WITH NEXT SYSTEM ROLLING
IN MONDAY MORNING WHILE THE ETA IS SOUTH. WONT GET WORKED UP ABOUT
THAT THIS FAR OUT BUT SOLUTION PROBABLY LIES SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.

IN THE NEAR TERM...WIND AND TEMPS ARE THE CONCERN. WESTERN SECTIONS
OF THE CWA ARE ALREADY AT ADV CRITERIA LEVEL. GUSTY WINDS WILL
PROBABLY PERSIST THROUGH THE DAY AS SFC LOW MOVES NE AND TIGHTER
GRADIENT MOVES IN. SO WILL POST AN ADVISORY TODAY FOR ENTIRE CWA.
TEMPS WILL ALSO BE TRICKY. WELL MOST LIKELY HIT OUR HIGH EARLY THIS
MORNING WITH TEMPS FALLING THRU THE REST OF THE AFTN.

WE GET A SHORT REPRIEVE FROM THE WEATHER TONIGHT AND SUNDAY. PROGGED
500MB HT INCREASES OF 15 DAM OVER THE PLAINS AND STRONG SUBSIDENCE
SHOULD REDUCE CLOUD COVER AND HELP TEMPS RECOVER A BIT SUNDAY AFTN
WHEN SFC WINDS SHIFT SE. IT WILL PROBABLY TURN BREEZY SUNDAY AFTN
AS A DEVELOPING SFC LOW INTENSIFIES NEAR SE CO IN RESPONSE TO NEXT
UPPER LEVEL WAVE MOVING OVER THE MTNS.

SIMILAR WEATHER SYSTEM AS OF LATE COMES INTO PLAY SUNDAY NIGHT. AS
MENTIONED CYCLOGENESIS OVER SE CO SHOULD AGAIN PUMP WARMER AIR MASS
INTO THE AREA. AT THIS POINT WILL PUT HIGHER POPS WESTERN CWA
SUNDAY NIGHT. PCPN SHOULD BE WELL UNDERWAY BY MONDAY. EXPECT PCPN TO
START OUT AS RAIN THEN GRADUALLY CHANGE OVER TO SNOW BY AFTN IN WRN
CWA. THIS SYSTEM APPEARS TO HAVE MORE OF A CAA PUNCH WITH IT. IF
MODEL QPFS HOLD TRUE...KS CWA WOULD SEE LITTLE IN THE WAY OF PCPN.
AT THIS POINT THOUGH...SMALL POPS ARE AT LEAST WARRANTED DUE TO
UNCERTAINTIES.

.GID...WIND ADVISORY ENTIRE CWA TODAY.

DEE

The radar

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Event by event

24 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Adams

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Adams forecast zone
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.525, -98.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Buffalo

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Buffalo forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.855, -99.075 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Clay

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Clay forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.524, -98.051 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Dawson

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Dawson forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.870, -99.820 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Fillmore

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Fillmore forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.525, -97.596 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Franklin

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Franklin forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.953 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Furnas

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Furnas forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.177, -99.912 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Gosper

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Gosper forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.515, -99.831 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Greeley

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Greeley forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.567, -98.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hall

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Hall forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.873, -98.502 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Hamilton

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Hamilton forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.874, -98.023 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Harlan

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Harlan forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.177, -99.405 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Howard

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Howard forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.220, -98.517 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Kearney

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Kearney forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.507, -98.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Merrick

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Merrick forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.170, -98.038 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Nance

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Nance forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.397, -97.992 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Nuckolls

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Nuckolls forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.047 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Phelps

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Phelps forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.511, -99.414 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Polk

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Polk forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.187, -97.568 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Sherman

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Sherman forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.221, -98.976 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Thayer

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Thayer forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Valley

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Valley forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 41.567, -98.982 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Webster

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: Webster forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.176, -98.500 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, York

When: November 24, 12:00 PM CST to 4:30 PM CST
Where: York forecast zone
Property damage: $2,000
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
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

Every storm in Nebraska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, November 2001

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: 5270276, 5270277, 5270278, 5270279, 5270280, 5270281, 5270282, 5270283, 5270284, 5270285, 5270286, 5270352, 5270353, 5270354, 5270355, 5270356, 5270357, 5270358, 5270359, 5270360, 5270361, 5270362, 5270363, 5270364.