Tornado, Dixon
- When
- July 28, 5:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 42.680, -96.970
Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, July 28, 1986
3 tornado, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 1
- Property damage
- $50 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 7
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
Event by event
3 tornado, 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dixon
- When
- July 28, 5:50 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.570, -96.700
Tornado, Dakota
- When
- July 28, 6:15 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Rating
- F4
- Path length
- 20 mi
- Path width
- 73 yd
- Injuries
- 1 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $25 million
- Coordinates
- 42.530, -96.680
Hail, Dakota
- When
- July 28, 6:30 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 1.5 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.420, -96.420
Tornado, Cedar
- When
- July 28, 6:50 PM CST
- Where
- Cedar County
- Rating
- F0
- Path length
- 0.1 mi
- Path width
- 20 yd
- Property damage
- $250
- Coordinates
- 42.770, -97.170
Hail, Dakota
- When
- July 28, 7:55 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -96.420
Thunderstorm Wind, Sarpy
- When
- July 28, 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Sarpy County
- Coordinates
- 41.270, -96.000
What these are
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Hail in Iowa, July 28, 1986
- Tornadoes and Hail in South Dakota, July 28, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, July 28, 1986
- Tornado and Hail in Alabama, July 28, 1986
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 28, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 28, 1986
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 28, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Idaho, July 28, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 28, 1986
- Damaging Wind in West Virginia, July 28, 1986
- Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 28, 1986
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1986Every state in 1986This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 1986Warnings in Nebraska, July 1986
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 10080244, 10080245, 10080246, 10080247, 10080248, 10080249, 10080250.