PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
808 AM CDT SAT OCT 30 2004

...PRE-HALLOWEEN HOWLER...

DEEP LOW PRESSURE MOVING OUT OF THE DAKOTAS INTO THE GREAT LAKES 
BROUGHT HOWLING WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS TO CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL 
NEBRASKA AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS LAST EVENING AND OVERNIGHT.  THE 
PEAK WIND DURING THE EVENING AND EARLY MORNING WAS RECORDED AT THE 
ORD AIRPORT...WHERE WEST WINDS GUSTED TO 59 MPH AT 1228 AM.  THE 
STRONG WINDS TIPPED OVER GARBAGE CONTAINERS...BROKE SMALL TREE 
BRANCHES AND LEFT ELECTION YARD SIGNS WITH A SLIGHT TILT TOWARD THE 
EAST.  

THE WINDS WILL DIMINISH ACROSS OUR REGION THIS MORNING BUT STILL 
REMAIN BREEZY AND OUT OF THE NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 25 MPH THIS 
AFTERNOON.

BELOW IS A SUMMARY OF PEAK WIND GUSTS ACROSS OUR REGION THROUGH 7 AM.

...LOCATION...            ...PEAK WIND/TIME OF OCCURRENCE...

ORD AIRPORT                       59 MPH AT 1228 AM 
AURORA AIRPORT                    56 MPH AT  430 AM 
GRAND ISLAND AIRPORT              54 MPH AT  226 AM
YORK AIRPORT                      52 MPH AT  120 AM
HEBRON AIRPORT                    51 MPH AT 1110 PM
HOLDREGE AIRPORT                  51 MPH AT  851 PM
KEARNEY AIRPORT                   50 MPH AT 1015 PM
LEXINGTON AIRPORT                 49 MPH AT  950 PM
HASTINGS AIRPORT                  48 MPH AT 1017 PM
HAYS AIRPORT                      45 MPH AT  435 AM
BELOIT                            43 MPH AT 1219 AM
RUSSELL AIRPORT                   41 MPH AT  453 AM
CONCORDIA AIRPORT                 39 MPH AT 1255 AM
SMITH CENTER                      37 MPH AT 1247 AM
PHILLIPSBURG                      37 MPH AT  355 AM
STOCKTON                          34 MPH AT  340 AM
OSBORNE                           31 MPH AT  201 AM

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