Thunderstorm Wind — Thurston, Nebraska

2020-08-10 · near Walthill, Thurston, Nebraska

Event narrative

Emergency manager reported a large tree down from wind.

Wider weather episode

An initially unimpressive thunderstorm complex over northeast Nebraska rapidly intensified during the morning of August 10, 2020. After a few sporadic early morning damage reports, the intensifying storms began to more readily produce damaging winds in excess of 50 kts around 1340Z. Those damaging winds increased in coverage and intensity as the storms moved east into Iowa. The portion of the thunderstorm complex that moved through the NWS Omaha forecast area marked the approximate beginning of an intense derecho that tracked across portions of Iowa, Illinois, Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio. Within the NWS Omaha forecast area, there were more than 20 local storm reports of wind damage and measured severe wind gusts, including more than 50,000 power outages.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 915726. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.