High Wind in Nebraska, October 27, 2010

Name: High Wind in Nebraska, October 27, 2010
Start: 2010-10-27T08:00
End: 2010-10-27T15:00
Location: Nebraska

October 27, 2010 · NWS CYS · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

Strong upper level winds, in combination with a strong surface pressure gradient, produced high winds across the Nebraska Panhandle.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
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 happened

The episode as NWS CYS wrote it up.

Strong upper level winds, in combination with a strong surface pressure gradient, produced high winds across the Nebraska Panhandle.

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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 27, 4:51 AM MST, 3 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 27, 4:51 AM MST, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 27, 3:34 AM MST, 4 hours 26 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 27, 5:07 AM MST, 2 hours 53 minutes before

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Event by event

4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Dawes

When: October 27, 8:00 AM MST to 2:00 PM MST
Where: Dawes forecast zone
Measured: 58 kt (67 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 42.720, -103.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The ASOS at Chadron measured sustained winds in excess of 40 mph from 800 to 1000LST on the 27th, with a peak gust of 60 mph at 714LST.

The highway sensor on 385 at Ester Canyon measured sustained winds in excess of 40 mph from 800 to 1400 on the 27th, with a peak gust of 67 mph at 946LST.

High Wind, North Sioux

When: October 27, 8:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
Where: North Sioux forecast zone
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) measured gust
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 42.488, -103.759 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The highway sensor at Summer Crest on highway 20 reported sustained winds in excess of 40 mph from 800 to 1000LST 27th, with a peak gust of 65 mph at 904LST.

The sensor at the Oglala Grasslands reported sustained winds in excess of 40 mph from 800 to 1500LST on the 27th, with a peak gust of 58 mph at 834LST.

High Wind, Box Butte

When: October 27, 10:07 AM MST
Where: Box Butte forecast zone
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) measured gust
Reported by: ASOS
Coordinates: 42.220, -103.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Cheyenne

When: October 27, 11:00 AM MST to 3:00 PM MST
Where: Cheyenne forecast zone
Measured: 35 kt (40 mph) measured sustained
Reported by: Mesonet
Coordinates: 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The sensor at 1 south of Dalton reported sustained winds in excess of 40 mph during this time frame, with a peak gust of 56 mph at 1201LST.

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 2010 Every state in 2010 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, October 2010

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 260490, 260497, 260498, 263280.