High Wind, Dakota
- When
- November 2, 1:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.391, -96.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nebraska, November 2, 1997
High winds persisting most of the day caused tree damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- 0
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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.
High winds persisting most of the day caused tree damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Dixon
- When
- November 2, 1:00 AM CST to 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Property damage
- $3,000
- Coordinates
- 42.493, -96.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornado in Florida, November 2, 1997
- Strong Wind in New York, November 2, 1997
- Hurricane in Guam, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in Nebraska, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, November 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Florida, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, November 2, 1997
- Tornado in Pennsylvania, November 2, 1997
- High Wind in North Dakota, November 2 to 3, 1997
- Damaging Wind in North Carolina, November 2, 1997
- Strong Wind in Maryland, November 2, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Virginia, November 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, November 1997
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: 5620347, 5620348.