High Wind in Eastern Cherry, Nebraska

High Wind March 12, 2026 · Eastern Cherry, Nebraska

62 mph

Measured gust (54 kt)

What the National Weather Service wrote

Westerly winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts around 60 mph occurred across eastern Cherry County during the late morning hours into the evening hours. The Valentine ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 62 mph at 450 pm CST.

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 1318002. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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