Garden storm history

An individual was struck by lightning resulting in death. Reported by the Garden County Sheriff's Department.

Flat roof was rolled back halfway on a commercial building.

Severe drought conditions (D2), which began the month of June, intensified to extreme drought conditions (D3) by the end of the month. Pastures that make up close to 81 percent of the land use in Garden County (2007 Census USDA) was rated 69% poor or very poor. The lack of rain l…

Northwest winds of 30 to 40 mph with gusts to around 60 mph were common across Garden County during the evening hours on December 17th through the mid morning hours on December 18th. The strongest winds occurred during the evening hours on December 17th. A RAWS site near Crescent…

Northwest winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts as high as 60 mph were common across Garden County during the mid afternoon hours into the mid evening hours. A mesonet site 3 miles west of Lewellen recorded a peak wind gust of 60 mph at 656 pm MST.

Power lines were reported downed in portions of Oshkosh.

Trained spotter reports thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 MPH at this location.

A large pine tree was uprooted at the high school.

Severe (D2) drought conditions over west central Garden County, improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of September. Abnormally dry (D0) conditions were present over the remainder of the county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Lisco repor…

Severe (D2) drought conditions over west central Garden County persisted through the end of August. Moderate (D1) and abnormally dry (D0) conditions persisted over the remainder of the county through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 1.49 inches of …

Severe (D2) drought conditions over west central Garden County persisted through the end of July. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 2.88 inches of precipitation for July. This was 0.40 inches above the normal of 2.48 inches. The cooperative observer at Crescent Lakes NWR…

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 MPH at this location.

Severe (D2) drought conditions over western Garden County, improved slightly by the end of June. Over the remainder of the county, moderate (D1) drought and abnormally dry (D0) conditions persisted through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 2.84 inch…

Thunderstorm wind gust of 59 MPH measured at this location.

A thunderstorm wind gust of 63 MPH was measured at this location.

Severe (D2) drought conditions over western Garden County, improved slightly by the end of May. Over the remainder of the county, moderate (D1) drought conditions persisted through the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 4.56 inches of precipitation for M…

Track of tornado one. Tornado moved over open range.

Brief touchdown of an anticyclonic tornado with location estimated by radar, video and photographic evidence. No damage was reported.

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over the western half of Garden County in April. Over the remainder of the county, severe (D2) drought conditions improved to moderate (D1) drought conditions by the end of the month. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 0.46 inches …

Across Garden County, dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early morning hours on February 20th. Although winds remained generally light throughout the event, winds combined to produce a lowest wind chill of 32 below zero at a mesonet site 6 miles no…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over the northern 2/3rds of Garden County through the end of February. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 0.73 inches of precipitation for February. This was 0.11 inches above the normal of 0.62 inches. The cooperative observer at …

Across Garden County, dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder began during the early morning hours on January 20th through the early morning hours on January 21st. Northwesterly winds of 20 to 30 mph during the early morning hours on January 20th produced wind chill val…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over the northern 2/3rds of Garden County through the end of January. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 0.78 inches of precipitation for January. This was 0.31 inches above the normal of 0.47 inches. The cooperative observer at Cr…

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over the northern 2/3rds of Garden County through the end of December. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 0.02 inches of precipitation for December. This was 0.58 inches below the normal of 0.60 inches. The cooperative observer at …

Severe (D2) drought conditions persisted over the northern 2/3rds of Garden County through the end of November. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 0.86 inches of precipitation for November. This was 0.27 inches above the normal of 0.59 inches. The cooperative observer at …

Abnormally dry (D0) conditions deteriorated to severe (D2) drought conditions over the northern 2/3rds of Garden County by the end of October. The cooperative observer at Lisco reported 0.09 inches of precipitation for October. This was 1.14 inches below the normal of 1.23 inches…

Coop observer estimated 70 MPH winds at this location.

Winds associated with a heat burst.

Thunderstorm wind gusts estimated at 60 to 70 MPH at this location.

Garden county Sheriff's office reports flooding in several places along highway 26 between Lisco and Oshkosh. Location estimated with MRMS data.

Brief touchdown in open rangeland. No damage reported.

Across Garden County, a long duration of dangerous wind chill values of 30 below or colder at times began during the evening hours on January 12th through the morning hours on January 16th. Northerly winds as high as 20 to 35 mph occurred at times during the event. The winds comb…

Northerly winds of 25 to 35 mph with gusts to 45 mph at times occurred during the event, causing blizzard conditions. The nearby Ogallala AWOS recorded visibilities of a quarter mile or less at times during the afternoon and evening hours on December 25th. Considerable blowing an…

Observer says 60 mph winds blew potted plants off the porch.