High Wind in Brown, Nebraska

Northwest winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to as high as 70 mph were common across Brown County during the evening hours on December 17th through the early afternoon hours on December 18th. The strongest winds occurred during the late evening hours on December 17th and again during the morning hours on December 18th. A mesonet site 5 miles north of Ainsworth recorded a peak wind gust of 65 mph at 1049 pm CST. Another mesonet site 6 miles northwest of Johnstown recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph at 700 am CST.

Strong northwest winds of 35 to 45 mph with a gusts from 60 to as high as 80 mph occurred across western and north central Nebraska during the mid to late evening hours on December 17th, until the mid afternoon hours on December 18th. Peak wind gusts reached 70 to as high as 80 mph or higher mainly during the morning hours on December 18th. These high winds caused damage across Keith and Lincoln County, with reports of a few roofs blown off, tree damage, and power lines down.