High Wind in Nebraska

Events

3,649

Deaths

3

Injuries

28

Damage

$33 million

• 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.
• High Wind and Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 4 to 5, 20252 deaths · 61 kt wind · 33 eventsA deep surface low pressure, which dropped down to near 988mb, passed just south of the Nebraska/Kansas state line the morning of the 4th. This system, paired with a corridor of strong northerly 50-65 mph just above the surface, drove widespread gusty north-northwesterly winds.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, March 23, 20099 injured · $1.0 million · EF2 · 38 eventsAn intense upper level low pressure system tracked from eastern Colorado into southeast South Dakota from March 23rd into March 24th. This caused a surface low pressure system to move from western Nebraska into southeast South Dakota during that time.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, May 5 to 6, 20073 injured · $1.9 million · EF2 · 55 eventsA warm front that was along the Kansas and Nebraska border early Saturday morning May 5th, lifted north during the day bringing widespread heavy rain and severe weather, including tornadoes, to eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, December 15, 2021$6.8 million · EF1 · 121 eventsA historic onslaught of swift moving severe thunderstorms with embedded tornadoes, followed by several hours of severe gradient winds and areas of blowing dust/smoke (and even a touch of wind-whipped snow) unfolded within South Central Nebraska on this Wednesday…
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, May 29 to 31, 2008$4.3 million · EF2 · 57 eventsA warm front lifted north across the region during the afternoon and evening of May 29th followed by a weak cool front passage later that night.
• Flash Flooding and Blizzard in Nebraska, March 13 to 21, 2019$49 million · 59 kt wind · 77 eventsExcessive rainfall, blizzard conditions, and high winds occurred on this Tuesday night, Wednesday and Thursday, and they were followed by extensive and significant flooding that lasted for days afterward.
• Wildfire and High Wind in Nebraska, March 6, 201817 injured · $1.0 million · 57 kt wind · 4 eventsHigh winds on the backside of an upper level storm system reached the ground in Hitchcock and Red Willow counties. The peak wind gust was 66 MPH at McCook. The high winds also fueled a wildfire which consumed a house on the north side of McCook.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, December 25, 2016$24 million · EF1 · 35 eventsThe weather on Christmas 2016 was so significant and unusual that it's probably a safe bet to categorize it as once in a lifetime Christmas weather for this 24-county South Central Nebraska area.
• 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.
• High Wind in Nebraska, April 25 to 26, 19961 death · 1 injured · $16,000 · 61 kt wind · 30 eventsHigh winds sustained from 20 to 40 mph with gusts to 70 mph were found over Eastern Nebraska from early the 25th until early the 26th. Winds gusting to 51 mph toppled a 65 foot tree, killing a 13 year old Omaha boy as he played outside.
• Wildfire and High Wind in Nebraska, April 7 to 12, 20221 death · 2 injured · 59 kt wind · 26 eventsThis Thursday marked the second straight day of intense north-northwest winds across South Central Nebraska, but overall a bit worse than the previous day, as most of the daylight hours featured relentless sustained speeds commonly 30-45 MPH and frequent gusts 50-60 MPH (with…
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, December 15, 20212 injured · EF2 · 81 eventsA low pressure system brought strong (both thunderstorm, and non-thunderstorm) winds, tornadoes, dust, snow, and record temperatures into eastern Nebraska and western Iowa.
• High Wind in Nebraska, April 18, 20021 death · 1 injured · 60 kt wind · 6 eventsA strong low level jet was aided by weakening and dissipating showers and thunderstorms and produced a large area of strong and occasionally damaging gradient winds.
• High Wind in Nebraska, October 3, 20181 death · 1 injured · 58 kt wind · 5 eventsA 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.
• Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, May 12, 2011$3.4 million · EF0 · 33 eventsFor the second day in a row, severe thunderstorms pounded mainly eastern portions of South Central Nebraska, including many of the same areas affected on the 11th.
• Tornadoes and Blizzard in Nebraska, March 23 to 24, 2009$61,000 · EF2 · 16 eventsA strong and slow moving spring storm caused severe thunderstorms to occur across north central Nebraska. As colder was drawn into the system, strong winds and snow combined to produce blizzard conditions across the western half of north central Nebraska.
• Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, May 23, 2024$770,000 · EF1 · 31 eventsIn the evening hours of the 23rd, a few storm cells fired off of a cold front coming in from the northwest. As the evening progressed, the scattered storms formed a well organized line of storms.
• Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, April 15 to 16, 2024$2.2 million · EF0 · 33 eventsA closed upper low/trough was over the Central Plains, which brought an increase in atmospheric lift. Moisture and instability increased across the area during the afternoon of the previous day. Wind shear and helicity increased after sunset.
• High Wind in Nebraska, March 10, 20054 injured · $500,000 · 27 eventsA strong low pressure system moved through Nebraska overnight with high winds affecting the area behind the passing cold front. Northwesterly winds of 35-45 mph with gusts to 60 mph caused low visibility due to blowing dust in isolated areas.
• High Wind in Nebraska, October 26, 2017$5.1 million · 56 kt wind · 3 eventsAlthough there were several windy days across South Central Nebraska during fall 2017, this Thursday was likely the overall-windiest. Starting around 9 a.m.
• Hail and High Wind in Nebraska, June 9, 2020$1.1 million · 2 in hail · 22 eventsIt's quite rare that widespread/severe NON-thunderstorm winds take center stage over thunderstorms during June in South Central Nebraska, but that's exactly what happened on this Tuesday as an anomalously strong low pressure system (by June standards) churned through the Central…
• Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 6 to 7, 2003$1.4 million · 1 in hail · 16 eventsChainsaws once again roared as cleanup began after a third, and most damaging, night of high winds across south-central Nebraska. Once again, thunderstorms began around Holdrege, then moved northeast and dissipated.
• Damaging Winds and High Wind in Nebraska, April 6 to 7, 2024$300,000 · 66 kt wind · 46 eventsAs an upper low approached the Central Plains from the west, a dryline associated with it moved across the Southern Plains and portions of the Central Plains.
• Tornado and Flash Flood in Nebraska, August 26, 2002$332,000 · F0 · 41 eventsWindows were shattered on the State Department of Roads and County Roads Department buildings.

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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.