Richardson storm history

A swath of destructive straight line winds impacted portions of southeast Richardson County including Falls City. The Falls City ASOS measured a 91 miles per hour wind gust at 1:09 pm CDT, and again at 1:12 pm CDT. The ASOS lost power and stopped transmitting data at 1:15 pm CDT.…

Freezing rain accumulated between 1/2 and 1 inch across the county causing widespread moderate to major tree damage. Power lines and other damage was also noted with many power outages reported, some lasting a few days.

Personal weather station measured wind gust of 62 mph near Falls City, NE.

KFNB ASOS measured heat index up to 103 degrees with a minimum heat index of 79 degrees through the period.

Storm chaser videos indicate that an intermittent weak tornado tracked just south of Highway 8, beginning in an open field east of Highway 50, and continuing with an intermittent ground-level circulation and dust until ending prior to reaching 631 road. The ground level dust circ…

Storm chaser report of hail measured up to 1 in diameter.

KFNB measured gust of 61 and 60 mph.

Trained spotter measured 79 mph wind gust.

Public report of mostly smaller hail, but a couple of soft hail stones up to the size of a quarter.

Mesonet measured wind gust of 58 mph.

General snowfall amounts of 1 to 3 inches throughout the county. Surrounding conditions supporting blizzard criteria. Wind gusts up to 65 mph.

KFNB measured wind gust of 60 mph.

Wind chill got as low as -31 in the county.

The office received snowfall reports of 4.5 to 5.5 across the county from both CoCoRaHS and public. The heaviest snowfall was estimated around the northern edge of the county.

The first reports of winter storm criteria snowfall being reached came to the office just before noon on the 5th. By the end of the event, the office received numerous reports from the county from the public, trained spotters, and emergency management of snowfall ranging from 7 i…

Emergency management reported 6 train cars on a double-stacked train that were leaning from a tree that had fallen on them. Time was estimated by radar.

A hot and humid airmass brought two consecutive days of excessive heat across Richardson County. The first afternoon, a max heat index of 115 degrees was measured by the Falls City ASOS. The following afternoon, a mesonet 5 miles southwest of Rulo measured a 111 degree heat index…

A combination of hot temperatures and high dew points brought excessive heat during the afternoon hours. Heat indices climbed as high as 111 degrees for portions of the county.

A maximum heat index of 114 degrees was observed the afternoon of the 15th.

A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail which fell for a few minutes.

After the first of the month, flood waters continued to rise along this stretch of the Missouri River. River levels crested at 0130 CST on 7/2, reaching a height of 24.01 feet. At 3 pm CDT on 7/1, photos were taken by emergency management of waters rising under a bridge that cros…

Excessive rainfall across much of eastern South Dakota resulted in river flooding along the Missouri River at the end of June. Moderate flood stage was observed along the Missouri. The Missouri River flooding in Richardson County did not crest until July 1, and will be included o…

A max heat index of 112 degrees was observed at the Falls City AWOS.

The Falls City ASOS recorded a 60 miles per hour wind gust.

A trained spotter recorded a wind gust of 71 miles per hour.

The office received a public report of golf ball sized hail.

The National Weather Serivce in Topeka relayed a report to the Omaha-Valley National Weather Service of a funnel cloud in Richardson County, to the east of Du Bois.

The Falls City ASOS recorded a 58 mile per hour wind gust.

The Emergency Manager called reporting a tornado touchdown approximately two miles north of Salem, Nebraska. No damage was found nor video evidence taken by those in the area.

Report received of a tornado touchdown a mile to the south-southwest of Rulo, Nebraska over NAWAS. No damage was observed after the fact, so a rating could not be assigned.

Wind chills across the county dropped under 30 degrees below zero every night during the duration of this event. The coldest wind chills were felt on January 13th and 14th. The coldest recorded wind chill in the county was minus 38 degrees, observed in Rulo on the evening of the …

An estimated 3 to 5 inches of snow fell across the county from this winter storm. This included public reported snowfall totals of 5 inches in Shubert, 5 inches in Verdon, and 3 inches in Falls City. Peak wind gusts across the county during this event were estimated to be between…

An estimated 5 to 8 inches of snow fell across the county for this winter storm. This includes a 5 inch snowfall report from Shubert, and a 6.5 inch snowfall report from Falls City. Blowing and drifting snow was noted across the county on the morning of the 9th.

For 7 days, the high temperature in Falls City was above 97 for all but August 20. The highest observed temperature was 103, occurring on both August 23 and August 24. The peak heat index reached at least 114 each day. The highest calculated heat index was a 128 on August 19. Thi…

Falls City ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 60 mph.

Falls City ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 64 mph.

Falls City ASOS had a heat index near and above 110 for approximately 5 hours. The peak heat index was 114.

NWS employee reported an estimated 60 mph wind gust.

A storm chaser reported 2-inch hail.

The public submitted a picture via Twitter of 4-inch hail.

Public personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 68 mph.

A public personal weather station measured a peak wind gust of 73 mph.

Falls City ASOS measured a peak wind gust of 66 mph.

NWS Employee reported 1-inch hail.

COOP Observer reported 1-inch hail.

Public reported 4.0 inches of snowfall via social media.

Wind chill temperatures at the Falls City ASOS remained mostly below -30 for 26 hours.

COOP observer reported 1.1 inches of snow. The AWOS at Falls City also reported freezing precipitation and visibility less than a mile for 3 hours.

Park service reported a few trees split and limbs down in Indian Cave State Park.