Sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph with occasional gusts of 50 mph or even isolated wind gusts of 60 mph occurred over a large part of east central Nebraska and western Iowa during the very early morning hours on June 23.  Although thunderstorms moved across much of this same area prior to the onset of the winds, the winds occurred relatively far removed from the thunderstorms and were probably due a large part from other factors like the current surface gradient.The winds caused sporadic damage, such as downing several trees and signs.  Some relatively minor building damage was also observed.  OPPD reported that 5000 customers in east central Nebraska lost their power at the height of the storm. Other power companies over the region reported smaller outages.  Overall, however, the damage was generally not too widespread nor too severe.Although higher wind gusts were estimated to have occurred across these counties, the highest measured wind gusts included 45 mph at Tekamah and Fremont, 43 mph at Lincoln and 40 mph at Omaha Eppley-Airfield.  This was on top of sustained winds in the 30 to 40 mph range.  These strong winds lasted around 3 hours.

High Wind in SEWARD, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in COLFAX, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in CUMING, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in LANCASTER, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in CASS, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in OTOE, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in SARPY, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in DODGE, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 50 EG
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in DOUGLAS, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in BURT, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

Sustained winds of 30 to 40 mph with occasional gusts of 50 or even isolated wind gusts of 60 mph occurred over a large part of east central Nebraska and western Iowa during the very early morning hours on June 23.  Although thunderstorms moved across much of this same area prior to the onset of the winds, the winds occurred relatively far removed from the thunderstorms and were probably due a large part from other factors like the current surface gradient.The winds caused sporadic damage reports such as trees and signs downed and some building damage.  OPPD reported that 5000 customers lost their power at the height of the storm. Other power companies over the region reported small outages.  Overall, however, the damage was generally not too widespread nor too severe.Although higher wind gusts were estimated to have occurred across these counties, the highest measured wind gusts included 45 mph at Tekamah and Fremont, 43 at Lincoln and 40 at Omaha Eppley-Airfield.  This was on top of sustained winds in the 30 to 40 mph range.  These strong winds lasted around 3 hours.

High Wind in MADISON, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in BUTLER, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in THURSTON, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in WASHINGTON, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.

High Wind in SAUNDERS, NEBRASKA
From 23-JUN-03 00:00:00 to 23-JUN-03 02:45:00 (CST)
Magnitude: 35 ES
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.