151
Recorded events
0
Direct deaths
0
Direct injuries
$17.2M
Property damage
Thunderstorm Wind in Saline County, Nebraska: 151 recorded events between 1956 and 2025. The strongest on record measured 90. That places the county #1,515 nationally and #34 statewide for this hazard.
Decade by decade
Thunderstorm Wind in Saline County, Nebraska: events per decade
Reporting practice changed over time — early decades are undercounted, not calmer.
The busiest decade for thunderstorm wind in Saline County is the 2000s, when 56 of the county's 151 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 Saline County archive, thunderstorm wind makes up 28.2% of all recorded severe weather across 8 hazard types. Nationally the county sits at #1,515 for this hazard and #34 within Nebraska, putting it in the 51.7 percentile of all U.S. counties.
Seasonality
Events by month
Jun is the peak month for thunderstorm wind in Saline County with 39 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 2025 | DORCHESTER | 51 | $0 |
| Sep 14, 2025 | FRIEND | 61 | $0 |
| Sep 14, 2025 | TOBIAS | 70 | $0 |
| Aug 22, 2025 | DORCHESTER | 70 | $0 |
| Aug 22, 2025 | DORCHESTER | 70 | $0 |
| Aug 9, 2025 | FRIEND | 78 | $16.1M |
| Jul 31, 2024 | CRETE | 65 | $3K |
| Jul 31, 2024 | FRIEND | 51 | $0 |
| Jul 31, 2024 | FRIEND | 55 | $0 |
| Jul 6, 2024 | WESTERN | 52 | $0 |
Other hazards here
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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 line of fast moving thunderstorms bowed across southeast Nebraska and southwest Iowa this day bringing thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 80 mph. This was the first report of damage in the Omaha/Valley NWS coverage area with this line. As the storm went through Friend, more than 10 farmsteads sustained damage to outbuildings and equipment. At one farm a roof was blown off of a horse barn and machine shed, and a horse trailer was destroyed injuring 2 horses, also a fifth-wheel camper trailer was rolled. Irrigation pivots were also overturned, damaged and/or destroyed.
A measured wind gust to 65 mph was recorded in Wilber. The wind downed large tree branches in the city of Wilber. The wind also downed power poles to the west of Wilber that resulted in many rural electrical customers in Saline County to lose power.
A cooperative observer near Friend measured a thunderstorm wind gust at 65 mph. The winds downed many trees and large tree limbs in the area. Some of the fallen trees damaged the roofs of a few homes, blocked several streets in town and caused scattered power outages.
Quick answers
Frequently asked
How many thunderstorm wind events are on record in Saline County, Nebraska?
151 thunderstorm wind events are recorded in Saline County between 1956 and 2025, causing 0 direct deaths.
What is the strongest thunderstorm wind recorded in Saline County?
The strongest thunderstorm wind on record in Saline County measured 90.
Where does the thunderstorm wind data for Saline 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 Saline County, Nebraska.” Severe Weather History. severeweatherhistory.com/county/nebraska/saline-county/thunderstorm-wind/ · Data: NOAA/NCEI, FEMA, U.S. Census — public domain.