An intense low pressure system moving from Minnesota into the upper Great Lakes created strong northwest winds across portions of western and north central Nebraska on Wednesday October 27th, 2010. Sustained northwest winds of 40 mph or greater and occasional gusts to near 60 mph occurred over portions of the area throughout the day.
Every event with a place to put it; 14 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
The episode as NWS LBF wrote it up.
An intense low pressure system moving from Minnesota into the upper Great Lakes created strong northwest winds across portions of western and north central Nebraska on Wednesday October 27th, 2010. Sustained northwest winds of 40 mph or greater and occasional gusts to near 60 mph occurred over portions of the area throughout the 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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 27, 2:43 AM CST, 6 hours 17 minutes earlier.
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14 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The Ainsworth AWOS site in Brown county measured a 58 mph wind gust at 0950 CST. Sustained winds also reached as high as 38 mph between 0900 and 1400 CST.
The Valentine ASOS site in eastern Cherry county measured 41 mph sustained winds at 0933 CST. Peak wind gusts also reached as high as 53 mph.
Nearby Alliance ASOS recorded a peak gust of 58 mph at 1007 MST. Sustained winds of 40 mph or greater also occurred at times across Sheridan county between 0930 and 1130 MST.
COOP Observer near Oshkosh estimated sustained winds of 40 mph or greater across Garden county between 1000 and 1300 MST.
A COOP Observer estimated sustained winds of 40 mph or greater across Grant county between 1000 and 1300 MST.
A COOP Observer in Arthur estimated sustained winds of 40 mph or greater between 1000 and 1300 MST.
A COOP weather observer near Big Springs reported a 61 mph wind gust at 1120 MST from his davis weather instrument.
The North Platte ASOS site in Lincoln county measured sustained winds of 46 mph and a peak wind gust of 59 mph at 1205 CST.
Sustained winds of 40 mph or greater occurred during the late morning and afternoon hours across Hayes county. The nearby Imperial ASOS site measured sustained winds of 44 mph and a peak wind gust of 56 mph at 1305 CST.
A COOP observer near Curtis estimated sustained winds of 40 mph or greater occurred during the late morning and afternoon hours across Frontier county.
The Ogallala AWOS site in Keith county measured a 59 mph wind gust at 1250 MST. Sustained winds also reached as high as 38 mph between 1100 and 1500 MST.
A COOP Observer in Merriman estimated sustained winds of 40 mph or greater across western Cherry county between 1100 and 1500 MST.
The Imperial ASOS site in Chase county measured sustained winds of 44 mph and a peak wind gust as high as 56 mph at 1205 MST.
Sustained winds of 40 mph or greater occurred during the late morning and afternoon hours across Perkins county. The nearby Imperial ASOS site measured sustained winds of 44 mph and a peak wind gust of 56 mph at 1205 MST.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2010Every state in 2010This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, October 2010
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: 263638, 263639, 263626, 263627, 263628, 263629, 263630, 263634, 263636, 263637, 263631, 263632, 263633, 263635.