123
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$6.8M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Frontier County, Nebraska: 123 recorded events between 1960 and 2024. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #1,894 nationally and #50 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Frontier County, Nebraska: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Frontier County is the 2010s, when 35 of the county's 123 recorded events were logged. Comparing decades is useful for spotting active periods, but the earliest years are thin because systematic reporting for this hazard began later.
Within the Frontier County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 22.9% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,894 for this hazard and #50 within Nebraska, putting it in the 39.6 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jul is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Frontier County with 35 recorded events, while Jan is the quietest. Seasonality here is a property of the archive as much as the climate: reports cluster where population and spotter networks are densest.
Most recent
Latest recorded events
| Date | Location | Magnitude | Damage |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 2024 | HARRY STRUNK LAKE | 52 | $0 |
| Jul 4, 2024 | EUSTIS | 51 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | HARRY STRUNK LAKE | 64 | $0 |
| Jun 3, 2024 | STOCKVILLE | 63 | $0 |
| May 21, 2024 | EUSTIS | 61 | $10K |
| May 4, 2024 | HARRY STRUNK LAKE | 58 | $0 |
| Sep 9, 2023 | STOCKVILLE | 51 | $0 |
| Sep 9, 2023 | MAYWOOD | 58 | $0 |
| Aug 25, 2023 | HARRY STRUNK LAKE | 56 | $0 |
| Aug 25, 2023 | STOCKVILLE | 52 | $0 |
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From the record
What the reports say
Written by National Weather Service staff at the time of the event · public domain
A bow echo produced straight-line winds that were estimated up to 80 mph for nearly 30 minutes. The wind damage encompassed over 50 square miles in central and northeast Frontier County, in an area from east of Stockville and west of West Canyon Road to the south and west of Eustis. The high winds produced damage at 12 farmsteads. The most extensive damage just north of County Road 741, where two large metal buildings and nine 10 to 15 thousand bushel silos were destroyed. The wind damage included roofs of homes and outbuildings, windows blown out, over 60 center pivot irrigation systems overturned, large tree limbs down and livestock killed. The strong winds took down power lines and snapped 40 power poles, where the McCook Public Power District reported 173 consumers lost power.
Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds in Moorefield. Also in and near Moorefield, a greenhouse was destroyed as a metal shed was picked up from its foundation, lifted over a van, and dropped onto the greenhouse. Wood from inside the shed was driven into the side of a wooden truck box. Lightning struck a cedar tree and killed a bull standing nearby. Irrigation pipe throughout the area was blown and tossed about.
Thunderstorms moved through Frontier County produced damaging wind. In and near Moorefield, a greenhouse was destroyed as a metal shed was picked up from its foundation, lifted over a van and dropped onto the greenhouse. Wood from the inside the shed was driven into the side of a wooden truck box. Also, numerous trees were broken or damaged by the wind. Lightening struck a cedar tree and killed a bull standing nearby. Irrigation pipe throughout the area was blown around.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Frontier County, Nebraska?
123 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Frontier County between 1960 and 2024, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Frontier County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Frontier County measured 90.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Frontier County come from?
All events come from the NOAA/NCEI Storm Events Database, the federal public-domain archive of severe weather reports. Dates are UTC, damage is as reported and not inflation-adjusted, and the most recent entries may still be revised.
Cite this page
“Thunderstorm Wind in Frontier County, Nebraska.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/nebraska/frontier-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.