Thunderstorm Wind — Buffalo, Nebraska

2024-08-26 · near Odessa, Buffalo, Nebraska

Event narrative

A wind gust of 64 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located one mile east of Odessa.

Wider weather episode

Scattered thunderstorms developed over southwest Nebraska and western Kansas during the late afternoon hours of August 26th, then shifted east-northeast during the evening hours along the resultant outflow boundary. The vast majority of this activity was only loosely organized due to generally weak deep layer wind shear. However, a couple severe wind gusts in the 60-65 MPH range were observed by mesonets in Buffalo County between 9-10PM CDT. No additional severe weather occurred with this event as a broad shield of rain and embedded weak storms continued eastward across the remainder of south central Nebraska into the overnight.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1199429. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.