High Wind — Gage, Nebraska

2025-03-14 · Gage, Nebraska

Event narrative

AWOS KBIE measured 64 mph wind gust. Law enforcement estimated 70 mph wind gust with visibility down to 100 yards on Highway 77 and 41.

Wider weather episode

On March 14, 2025, a low pressure system moving across eastern Nebraska into western Iowa extended a dryline across the region, triggering storm development in eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa during the afternoon and evening. Elevated instability, dry air near the surface (evident in inverted-V sounding profiles), and strong speed shear aloft contributed to the development of storms capable of producing severe winds'with gusts up to 78 mph'and hail up to 1 inch in diameter.

By evening, a primary arc of thunderstorms organized in southeast Nebraska and pushed northward into northeast Nebraska and western Iowa. In the wake of this main thunderstorm complex, strong non-thunderstorm wind gusts persisted, reaching 65 to 79 mph. These winds prompted a High Wind Warning for portions of southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1245171. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.