Dust Storm in Nebraska

Events

36

Deaths

4

Injuries

25

Damage

$840,000

• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, April 29, 20182 deaths · $600,000 · 54 kt wind · 11 eventsSunday the 29th and Monday the 30th were two of the windiest consecutive days of spring 2018 within South Central Nebraska, especially in terms of SOUTH winds.
• Dust Storm in Nebraska, May 22, 20022 deaths · 8 injured · 1 eventHigh gradient winds up to 50 mph whipped blinding dust across interstate 80 just east of the Beaver Crossing interchange west of Lincoln. Visibilities, which were suddenly reduced to zero in the blowing dust, caused a 10-vehicle pileup that killed 2 people and injured 8 others.
• Wildfire and Dust Storm in Nebraska, April 22 to 29, 20221 death · 5 injured · 71 kt wind · 8 eventsA significant weather system impacted the High Plains throughout the day on April 22nd and into the early morning hours of April 23rd.
• Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 5, 20049 injured · $195,000 · 62 kt wind · 6 eventsThunderstorms moving across south-central Nebraska produced little rain, but mainly strong winds. The winds toppled trees in Hall, Howard, Merrick, Polk and Adams counties. Several communities were without power for a time.
• Dust Storm and Hail in Nebraska, May 14, 2025$350,000 · 1.5 in hail · 13 eventsIsolated strong to severe thunderstorms formed in the early evening hours across a small part of central Nebraska along the tail end (i.e. south end) of a line of thunderstorms which extended north.
• Dust Storm and Hail in Nebraska, May 12, 20221 injured · $200,000 · 1.5 in hail · 13 eventsA fast moving cold front brought severe thunderstorms across portions of central into north central Nebraska during the afternoon hours of May 12. Thunderstorm wind gusts up to 90 MPH and ping pong ball sized hail was reported.
• Tornado and Dust Storm in Nebraska, May 30, 20265 injured · 3.5 in hail · 20 eventsStrong to severe thunderstorms initiated over far southwestern Nebraska and the Nebraska Panhandle during the late afternoon hours of May 30th. As this activity progressed slowly east into the evening hours, numerous large hail and damaging wind gusts were reported.
• Dust Storm and Hail in Nebraska, April 30, 2018$100,000 · 1 in hail · 6 eventsSunday the 29th and Monday the 30th were two of the windiest consecutive days of spring 2018 within South Central Nebraska, especially in terms of SOUTH winds.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, April 30, 20183 injured · $11,000 · 50 kt wind · 12 eventsStrong southerly winds ahead of southeastward moving cold front in eastern Nebraska. Newly worked fields for spring planting combined with dry conditions caused zero visibilities on various sections of highways.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, April 7, 2022$17,000 · 62 kt wind · 4 eventsThe weather pattern changed little from the previous day of high winds and blowing dust. The upper level disturbance continued to slide northeast over the Upper Midwest. High winds rounding the backside of the disturbance were able to reach the ground over Southwest Nebraska.
• Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 28, 201652 kt wind · 7 eventsA series of boundaries interacted and provided a focus for thunderstorms to develop in southwest Nebraska. Damaging wind gusts were reported with these storms with damage including downed trees and power lines.
• Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 14, 202564 kt wind · 7 eventsDuring the evening a group of thunderstorms moved northeast through part of Southwest Nebraska. The main threat with these storms was straight-line winds with the storm activity.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, December 15, 202170 kt wind · 6 eventsDuring the morning to early afternoon hours, an intense low pressure system moved away from the Colorado Front Range and across the Central High Plains. This system was responsible for generating two rounds of high winds in extreme Southwest Nebraska.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, December 2, 202259 kt wind · 6 eventsIn the latter half of the morning on December 2nd, strong, dry southwesterly winds began picking up dirt and dust in Eastern Colorado and Western Kansas.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, April 6 to 7, 202461 kt wind · 6 eventsA low pressure system entered southwestern Nebraska on the 6th and quickly moved east. There was a steep pressure rise as the low was leaving the area through the 7th.
• Dust Storm and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 2, 2025$10,000 · 61 kt wind · 6 eventsIn the late afternoon of the 2nd, a cluster of storms formed in far western Kansas and proceeded to the north-northeast into southwestern Nebraska. Across southwestern Nebraska, these storm produced winds up to 64 MPH.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, May 12, 202262 kt wind · 5 eventsAs a cold front moved across the High Plains, high winds with gusts up to 62 mph were produced across extreme Southwest Nebraska. Along with the high winds, blowing dust occurred and tracked southeast across Dundy, Hitchcock, and Red Willow counties.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, April 6, 202261 kt wind · 4 eventsDuring the day a strong upper level disturbance centered over the upper Midwest caused wind gusts up to 70 MPH to occur over Southwest Nebraska. The highest wind gust occurred in Dundy County. The high winds over dry ground caused localized dust storms to occur.
• Dust Storm and High Wind in Nebraska, April 17, 201864 kt wind · 3 eventsA strong cold front brought high winds and blowing dust to Southwest Nebraska. The high winds led to some wind damage across the area. In addition, the winds caused zero visibility in the widespread blowing dust.
• Dust Storm in Nebraska, March 31, 20142 eventsA cold front moved through Southwest Nebraska during the early morning. Strong winds behind the initial frontal passage caused blowing dust to develop as the front moved through, causing visibilities to fall to less than a quarter mile briefly.
• Dust Storm in Nebraska, March 7, 20171 eventNear zero visibility was reported in blowing dust along Highway 161 south of Benkelman, extending past the state line into Kansas.

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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.