Thunderstorm Wind, Dakota
- When
- July 16, 9:05 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County, South Sioux City to Homer
- Measured
- 70 kt (81 mph)
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Crop damage
- $3.0 million
- Coordinates
- 42.480, -96.420
Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage over most of Dakota county. The winds caused widespread tree damage, blew down power lines and poles, destroyed many farm buildings, and damaged many homes.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Crop damage
- $3.0 million
- Events
- 1
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.
What happened
The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds caused widespread damage over most of Dakota county. The winds caused widespread tree damage, blew down power lines and poles, destroyed many farm buildings, and damaged many homes. Livestock loss resulted from some of the destroyed farm buildings. Crops were also damaged, although most of the crop damage was attributed to accompanying large hail.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 126 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:03 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- 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
- Flood in Iowa, July 16 to 18, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- High Wind in California, July 16, 1996
- Flood in Iowa, July 16 to 18, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- Hail in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Flood in Nebraska, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 16 to 17, 1996
- Damaging Wind in Nebraska, July 16, 1996
More
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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: 5556811.