High Wind in Western Cherry, Nebraska

High Wind March 12, 2026 · Western Cherry, Nebraska

63 mph

Measured gust (55 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Westerly winds as high as 40 to 50 mph with gusts near 70 mph occurred across western Cherry County during the morning hours through the afternoon hours. A mesonet site 21 miles south of Merriman recorded a peak wind gust of 63 mph at 300 pm MST. The nearby Gordon AWOS also recorded a peak wind gust of 66 mph at 255 pm MST.

The wider storm

Deep surface low pressure over the Northern Plains caused high winds across western Nebraska during the morning hours into the afternoon hours on March 12th. Strong westerly winds as high as 40 to 50 mph with gusts near 70 mph occurred. The highest wind gust recorded was 69 mph at a mesonet site near Lewellen.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1318001. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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