Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- August 8, 8:05 PM MST
- Where
- Red Willow County, 4 mi NE of Bartley
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $100
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.283, -100.250
Large tree down
Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 8, 2002
4 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $11,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 4
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 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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 8, 7:15 PM MST, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 7:15 PM MST, 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS 815 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2002 WILL BE UPDATING FORECAST TO STRIPE POPS HIGHER IN THE NORTH TO SLOWER IN THE SOUTH. NEXT AXIS OF STORMS...IN MY COLORADO COUNTIES AT 02Z...MOVING EASTWARD. EXPECTED STORMS TO CONTINUE NORTH OF HIGHWAY 36 WITH LESSER COVERAGE SOUTH. OTHER UPDATED DEALS WITH WIND FOR REST OF THE NIGHT AND TOMORROW MORNING AS FRONT WILL BE A BIT SLOWER TO MOVE IN THAN PRESENTED IN ZONES...SO WILL SLOW WIND SHIFT TO MID DAY. .GLD...NONE. ENTWISTLE
The radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 153 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:02 UTC.
Event by event
4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- August 8, 9:50 PM MST
- Where
- Red Willow County, Mc Cook
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.617
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- August 8, 9:50 PM MST
- Where
- Red Willow County, Mc Cook
- Measured
- 65 kt (75 mph)
- Property damage
- $10,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.617
Roof damage to shopping center
Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow
- When
- August 8, 9:50 PM MST
- Where
- Red Willow County, Mc Cook
- Measured
- 60 kt (69 mph)
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 40.200, -100.617
Several power poles down, and minor tree damage.
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
- Tornado and Flash Flood in North Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Flash Flood and Hail in South Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, August 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in Texas, August 8, 2002
- Flood and Damaging Wind in New Mexico, August 8, 2002
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 8, 2002
- Lightning Strike in Texas, August 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, August 8, 2002
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Damaging Wind in North Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Lightning Strike in South Dakota, August 8, 2002
- Damaging Winds in Wyoming, August 8, 2002
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2002Every state in 2002This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, August 2002
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: 5313404, 5313401, 5313402, 5313403.