Custer storm history

Fire initiated during the afternoon hours of December 19th near Round Valley Road and 803 Drive, approximately 3 miles northeast of the Broken Bow Municipal Airport. Aided by strong northwesterly winds, the fire raced southeast, consuming approximately 2800 acres of mainly grassl…

A winter storm brought heavy snow to the western half of Custer County during the late morning and afternoon hours on March 18th, 2014. A Cooperative Observer in Arnold reported 12 inches of snowfall, while a Cooperative Observer 8 miles west of Callaway reported 11 inches of sno…

Moderate snowfall occurred across Custer County beginning during the early morning hours and persisted through noon MST. The snowfall and slick roads on Highway 2 indirectly resulted in the death of a 15 year old male when he lost control of his vehicle approximately 2 miles east…

Fire initiated along highway 2 in the vicinity of the Cooksley Ranch, 6 miles northwest of Anselmo during the morning hours of April 12th. Known as the Cooksley Complex Fire, strong southerly winds pushed the fire to the north and north northwest during the afternoon hours of the…

Severe drought conditions (D2), which began the month of June, intensified to extreme drought conditions (D3) and to an exceptional drought (D4) in most of the eastern half the county by the end of the month. Pastures that make up close to 63 percent of the land use in Custer Cou…

Northwest winds of 35 to 45 mph with gusts to around 70 mph were common across Custer County mainly during the late evening hours on December 17th and the morning hours on December 18th. The Broken Bow ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 72 mph at 906 am CST and 69 mph at 1153 pm C…

Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts as high as 64 mph were common across Custer County during the mid afternoon hours into the mid evening hours. The Broken Bow ASOS site recorded a peak wind gust of 64 mph at 905 pm CST and a gust to 60 mph at 739 pm CST.

Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph were common across Custer County during the morning hours into the mid afternoon hours. A mesonet site near Sargent recorded the highest peak wind gust of 67 mph at 106 pm CST, while the Broken Bow ASOS site recorded a p…

Brief touchdown in a field with no damage reported.

Emergency management reports a brief touchdown of a tornado. No damage was reported.

Personal weather station measured a 59 MPH thunderstorm wind gust at this location.

Severe (D2) drought conditions over northwestern Custer County, Improved to moderate (D1) and abnormally dry (D0) drought conditions by the end of July. The cooperative observer at Callaway 8WSW reported 8.03 inches of precipitation for July. The cooperative observer at Broken Bo…

Gust measured at the Broken Bow Airport.

Water over multiple county roads in far northeastern Custer County.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over northwestern Custer County through the end of June. Over south central and southeastern portions of the county, moderate (D1) drought conditions continued through end of the month. Over north central and northeastern portions of the c…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over most of Custer County through the end of May. Over south central and southeastern portions of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at…

Severe (D2) drought condition persisted over almost all of Custer County through the end of April. Moderate (D1) drought continued over far southeastern portions of the county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Callaway 8WSW reported 1.18 inches of precipit…

The Broken Bow ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph at 658 am CST on March 19th. Northerly winds of 30 to 40 mph and gusty occurred across Custer County during the evening hours on March 18th into the morning hours March 19th.

The Broken Bow ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 61 mph at 926 pm CST. Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph and gusty occurred across Custer County during the late morning, through the afternoon into the evening hours.

The Broken Bow ASOS recorded a peak wind gust of 66 mph at 448 pm CST. Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph and gusty occurred across Custer County during the late morning, through the afternoon hours on March 4th.

Fire broke out during the mid afternoon hours of February 24th. Aided by strong winds and low relative humidity, the fire consumed approximately 900 acres before being contained on February 26th. The fire then flared up and was renamed the East Table Fire. Two firefighters were i…

Across Custer County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 20 below or colder began during the early morning hours on January 18th through the early morning hours on February 20th. Although winds remained generally light throughout the event, winds combined to produc…

Severe (D2) drought condition persisted over almost all of Custer County through the end of February. Moderate (D1) drought continued over far southeastern portions of the county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Callaway 8WSW reported 0.28 inches of preci…

Severe (D2) drought condition persisted over almost all of Custer County through the end of January. Moderate (D1) drought continued over far southeastern portions of the county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Callaway 8WSW reported 0.22 inches of precip…

Severe (D2) drought condition persisted over almost all of Custer County through the end of December. Moderate (D1) drought continued over far southeastern portions of the county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Anselmo 2WSW reported 0.00 inches of precip…

Severe (D2) drought conditions, improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions over far southeastern Custer County by the end of November. Over the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Anselmo 2W…