High Wind — Dundy, Nebraska

2024-05-23 · Dundy, Nebraska

Event narrative

Mesonet stations near the towns of Benkelman and Haigler measured isolated 59 to 62 mph gusts along or just behind a cold front that moved east across the county. The strongest gust occurred north of Benkelman. Other wind observations in the county ranged from 47 to 54 mph.

Wider weather episode

In 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. The storms produced baseball sized hail, damaging winds up around 85 MPH, one EF1 and one EF0 tornado.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1183148. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.