Blizzard, Dakota
- When
- November 10, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.391, -96.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Blizzard in Nebraska, November 10, 1998
Snow accumulating 3 to 6 inches combined with winds as strong as 60 mph to cause zero visibilities in snow and blowing snow, drifting snow, and damage to trees and power lines with resultant power outages. Some roads were closed and people were stranded in vehicles.
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
- $50,000
- 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.
Snow accumulating 3 to 6 inches combined with winds as strong as 60 mph to cause zero visibilities in snow and blowing snow, drifting snow, and damage to trees and power lines with resultant power outages. Some roads were closed and people were stranded in vehicles. Businesses and schools were forced to close as the blizzard shut down the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 blizzard. Local standard time, as filed.
Blizzard, Dixon
- When
- November 10, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon forecast zone
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Reported by
- OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
- Coordinates
- 42.493, -96.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Blizzard
- Sustained winds or frequent gusts of 35 mph or more with falling or blowing snow that cuts visibility below a quarter mile for three hours or longer.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10 to 11, 1998
- Tornado in Missouri, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Kentucky, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Wisconsin, November 10, 1998
- Tornado and High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
- High Wind in Iowa, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, November 10, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Illinois, November 10, 1998
- High Wind in Michigan, November 10 to 11, 1998
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, November 1998
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: 5676234, 5676235.