Nebraska, 2023High Wind in Nebraska, October 12, 2023
October 12, 2023 · NWS CYS · 1 event in 1 county or zone
Widespread wind gusts of 45 to 55 MPH were observed across the western Nebraska Panhandle from 10/12 into 10/13, with isolated maximum gusts near 58 MPH observed in Cheyenne County.
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
Open the live radar over this ground
- 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.
Widespread wind gusts of 45 to 55 MPH were observed across the western Nebraska Panhandle from 10/12 into 10/13, with isolated maximum gusts near 58 MPH observed in Cheyenne County.
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 12, 4:29 PM MST, 7 hours 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 12, 4:29 PM MST, 7 hours 16 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>High Wind, Cheyenne
- When
- October 12, 11:45 PM MST
- Where
- Cheyenne forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- Mesonet
- Coordinates
- 41.220, -102.995 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
A Mesonet (CWOP) station located 4 miles W of Lorenzo recorded wind gusts near 58 MPH.
- 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.
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, October 12, 2023$367,000 · EF1 · 11 events
- Flash Flooding in Nebraska, October 12, 2023$500,000 · 4 events
- Damaging Wind and Strong Wind in South Dakota, October 12 to 13, 2023$218,000 · 56 kt wind · 18 events
- High Wind in Kansas, October 12 to 13, 202361 kt wind · 12 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in Gulf of Mexico, October 12, 20238 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, October 12, 20235 events
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, October 12 to 13, 20234 events
- Drought in Alabama, October 12 to 26, 20233 events
- High Wind in South Dakota, October 12 to 13, 202351 kt wind · 3 events
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, October 12, 20232 events
- High Wind in Texas, October 12, 202383 kt wind · 2 events
- Hail in Kansas, October 12, 20230.75 in hail · 2 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1135904.