Nebraska, 2002Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 24, 2002
July 24, 2002 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- 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 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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 2:30 PM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:30 PM CST, 8 hours 30 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
330 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2002
FORECAST CONCERNS CONTINUE TO CENTER AROUND PRECIP CHANCES AND
TEMPS RELATING TO FRONTAL BOUNDARIES.
SYNOPSIS...WARM FRONT FROM LOW N CNTRL SD SEWD NEAR MO RVR INTO SERN
NEB WILL LIKELY BE REINFORCED BY OUTFLOW FROM ONGOING CONVECTION.
THE AREA WILL REMAIN IN LOW LVL MOIST ADVN AS LOW LVL JET INCREASES
THIS EVE.
SHORT TERM...STILL LOOKS LIKE A GOOD CHC TSTMS ESPECIALLY IN NRN AND
ERN ZONES. SEVERE POTENTIAL PER MCD.
MID TERM...AFTER SFC LOW AND UPPER WAVE PASS TO OUR EAST...A WEAK
CDFNT WILL DROP INTO NRN KS...POSSIBLY RESULTING IN SOME TSTMS IN
THE SOUTH FIRST. COOLING WILL BE VERY MINOR AS WARM ADVN GETS GOING
BY THU AFTN ALOFT. ANOTHER CHC TSTMS WITH RETURN OF FRONT AHEAD OF
NEXT WAVE MAINLY FRI AFTN INTO FRI NIGHT. AS TEMPS CONTINUE TO
WARM ALOFT...AVN QPF BULLSEYE IS ALMOST CERTAINLY OVERDONE.
ETA EXTENSION APPEARS TO BRING ANOTHER COLD FRONT THROUGH ON SAT...
BUT AVN WAITS UNTIL SUNDAY. CHC PRECIP BOTH DAYS. WILL NOT GO
AS HOT ON TEMPS SAT AS SOME NEIGHBORS.
HAVE NO BIG DISAGREEMENTS WITH HPC GUIDANCE LATER IN THE EXTENDED.
.OMA...NONE.
POLLACK
Thunderstorm Wind, Knox
- When
- July 24, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Knox County, 7 mi N of Crofton
- Measured
- 55 kt (63 mph)
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.833, -97.483
Thunderstorm wind gusts did extensive damage to some rental storage units north of town on highway 121.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2002$12 million · F0 · 14 events
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$3.0 million · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
- Hail in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$500,000 · 2.5 in hail · 1 event
- Hail and Lightning Strike in Georgia, July 24, 2002$250,000 · 0.88 in hail · 3 events
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, July 24, 2002$83,000 · 57 kt wind · 11 events
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$100,000 · 69 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 24, 2002$33,000 · F0 · 12 events
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, July 24, 2002$50,000 · 55 kt wind · 1 event
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 24, 2002$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 24, 2002$50,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 24, 2002$25,000 · 61 kt wind · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, July 24 to 25, 2002F0 · 20 events
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: 5309210.