A cold front moving through the area produced wind gusts from 50 to 61 mph. The strong winds flipped a bounce toy at a pumpkin patch near Lincoln, NE, injuring 1 child and killing another.
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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 OAX wrote it up.
A cold front moving through the area produced wind gusts from 50 to 61 mph. The strong winds flipped a bounce toy at a pumpkin patch near Lincoln, NE, injuring 1 child and killing another.
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 Oct 3, 11:30 AM CST, 3 hours 47 minutes earlier.
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</html>Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Omaha/Valley NE 1138 AM CDT Wed Oct 3 2018 IAZ043-056-080-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-042>044-050-051-065- 066-078-088>090-092-040645- Monona-Shelby-Montgomery-Page-Knox-Cedar-Thurston-Antelope-Pierce- Wayne-Boone-Madison-Stanton-Cuming-Burt-Platte-Colfax-Dodge- Butler-Saunders-Seward-Lancaster-Saline-Jefferson-Gage-Johnson- Pawnee- 1138 AM CDT Wed Oct 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Iowa...west central Iowa...east central Nebraska...northeast Nebraska and southeast Nebraska. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight There is a chance for a few non-severe showers and thunderstorms across far southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa tonight. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday The overall weather pattern will be active the rest of the week and into early next week. There will be intermittent thunderstorm chances beginning early Thursday with several chances for potentially heavy rains. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed this today or tonight. IAZ055-069-079-090-NEZ045-052-053-067-068-091-093-040645- Harrison-Pottawattamie-Mills-Fremont-Washington-Douglas-Sarpy- Cass-Otoe-Nemaha-Richardson- 1138 AM CDT Wed Oct 3 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of southwest Iowa...east central Nebraska and southeast Nebraska. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight There is a chance for a few non-severe showers and thunderstorms across far southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa tonight. Minor flooding will occur along the Missouri River from Blair downstream to Rulo. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday The overall weather pattern will be active the rest of the week and into early next week. There will be intermittent thunderstorm chances beginning Thursday with several chances for potentially heavy rains. Minor flooding should continue along the Missouri River from Blair downstream to Rulo. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed today or tonight.
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
5 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
The ASOS south of Norfolk, NE reported a 61 mph wind gust as a cold front moved through.
The ASOS at Tekamah, NE gusted to 58 mph as a cold front moved through.
Winds gusted to 61 mph at the NWS office in Valley, NE as a cold front moved through.
Estimated wind gusts to 59 mph as a cold front moved through. Two children were playing on a bounce toy at a pumpkin patch on the north side of Lincoln, NE when it was tossed by the wind. 1 child was injured with a broken arm. Another child received extensive injuries after being trapped in the bounce house. This child later passed away after a couple of days in the hospital.
Winds gusted to 59 mph at the Lincoln, NE airport as a cold front moved through.
As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.
| Event | Date | Age | Sex | Where | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Wind, Lancaster | 2018-10-03 | 2 | Male | Outside/Open Areas | Direct |
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2018Every state in 2018This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, October 2018
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: 780420, 780423, 780426, 780430, 780429.