Record Breaking Storms Strike NE, MO, KS, IA MN, WI

A record for severe wind gusts has been broken. These storms caused the most significant 75 mph wind gusts or higher in a day since at least 2004 as noted by the Storm Prediction Center. Remember this is December and less than 2 weeks away from Christmas, this is another outstanding event to note in our history.

There were at least 21 Tornado Reports, 512/61 wind reports, some of which were hurricane force, 18/3 hail reports, some of which were up to 4 inches in diameter totaling up to 552 severe weather reports.