Kimball storm history

Scotts Bluff Emergency Manager and KNEB station manager reported blizzard conditions in Kimball County for well over 3 hours. KNEB Station Manager reported Highway 71 closed between the town of Kimball and Gering due to blizzard conditions. Wind gusts were in excess of 50 mph on …

Large hail damaged much of Kimball, NE, with 40 to 50 percent of the city reporting excessive damage.

Peak gust measured at Foxtrot AWOS site near Dix Nebraska.

Most observations sites in Kimball County reported strong wind gusts between 58 to 67 MPH. Peak wind gust of 67 MPH were measured at Delta AWOS site north of Kimball and at Kimball Airport.

Peak wind gust of 61 MPH recorded at Kimball Airport.

Five miles west of Kimball. Storm Chaser submitted photo of 1.75 inch hail via social media.

Storm Chaser reported quarter sized hail near Dix, Nebraska.

Public reports quarter size hail.

Public reports quarter size hail.

Storm Chaser reporting ping pong ball sized hail in Dix.

Trained spotter reports ping pong ball size hail southwest of Kimball Nebraska.

AWOS site in Kimball reported a 70mph wind gust.

Thunderstorm wind gust of 63mph reported 3 WNW Brownson.

A trained spotter just east of Pine Bluffs and the Nebraska and Wyoming border reported 1 inch diameter hail along Interstate 80.

A trained spotter north of Kimball Nebraska reported 1.25 inch diameter hail.

Trained Spotter north of Kimball Nebraska reported a maximum hail stone size of 1.50 inches in diameter.

Union Pacific Railroad site near Dix Nebraska reported a maximum wind gust of 60 mph with a severe thunderstorm.

Union Pacific railroad station reported a peak gust of 60 mph near Dix Nebraska.

Peak gust of 60 mph occurred at the DIX2 (UP261) UPR site 1 mile east of Dix at 2:59 PM on February 25th.

Overnight low temperatures fell to near -15 F across Kimball County from 1/20 into 1/21, with daytime highs generally remaining under 5 F during the afternoon on 1/20. The cold temperatures combined with gusty winds resulted in a prolonged period of extreme wind chills under -30 …

Kimball Airport AWOS station (KIBM) measured wind gust.

AWOS station K1EW located 6 miles southeast of Pine Bluffs Wyoming reported this wind gust.

Trained storm spotter reported golf ball sized hail at this location. Delayed report, so time estimated from radar.

Kimball AWOS (KIBM), located 3 miles south of Kimball reported this peak wind gusts. Mesonet sites, Dix, Echo and Kilo also reported wind gusts in excess of 58 mph during this time. Blizzard conditions began to develop around 738 PM MST.

COOP observer south of Kimball reported storm total snow of 8.1 inches on the morning of the 10th of February. Nebraska Department of Roads closed Interstate 80 at the Wyoming state line to mile marker 8 due to winter weather conditions and multiple accidents between 10 530PM and…

A second wave of extreme cold occurred across Kimball County from 1/15 through 1/16, with minimum observed air temperatures ranging from -20 F to -30 F. The cold temperatures combined with gusty winds resulted in a prolonged period of extreme wind chills under -40 F. Minimum obse…

Overnight low temperatures fell to near -20 F across Kimball County from 1/12 into 1/13, with daytime highs generally remaining under -10 F during the afternoon on 1/13. The cold temperatures combined with gusty winds resulted in a prolonged period of extreme wind chills under -4…

AWOS station including Delta (Kimball) - K1DW reported visbility between half and one-quarter mile in snow and blowing snow 11 mile northeast of Bushnell with wind gusts up to 56 mph. Numerous nearby AWOS stations including Echo (Pine Bluffs) - K1EW located 9 miles south-southwes…

A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail 2 miles W of Dix.

Emergency Management reported quarter sized hail in Dix.

Public report of 1 inch hail north of Kimball.

At approximately 6:47 PM, video evidence from multiple sources shows a satellite tornado formed to the northeast of the original tornado after it dissipated. This tornado lasted about 1 to 2 minutes and remained over open farmland near the intersection of County Road 10 and 31. N…

Quarter sized hail was reported 11 miles NW of Bushnell.

The public measured 3.5-inch diameter hail in the town of Bushnell.

A storm chaser reported ping-pong ball sized hail 1 mile S of Kimball.

Golf ball sized hail was reported in the city of Kimball.

Ping-pong ball sized hail was reported 1 mile S of Kimball by a trained spotter.

An Emergency Manager reported tennis ball sized hail 3 miles SE of Kimball.

Baseball sized hail was observed 12 miles SE of Kimball by local Emergency Management officials.

Three-inch diameter hail was reported 4 miles S of Dix.

An NWS Employee observed a brief tornado 2 miles S of Kimball.

The public measured 3.5-inch diameter hail 7 miles S of Dix.

Trained weather spotters observed a brief tornado approximately 3 miles NW of Bushnell.

An Emergency Management Official reported quarter sized hail approximately 3 miles south of Bushnell.