Heat in Nebraska, July 19 to 30, 1999

Name: Heat in Nebraska, July 19 to 30, 1999
Start: 1999-07-19T00:01
End: 1999-07-30T23:59
Location: Nebraska

July 19 to 30, 1999 · NWS OAX · 30 events in 30 counties and zones

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 30 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 2
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $3.3 million
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 30

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 OAX wrote it up.

From July 19th through the 30th high temperatures over eastern Nebraska and southwest Iowa reached 90 degrees or better all but a day or two, and even then highs were well into the 80s. In addition, overnight lows stayed mostly above 70 degrees. The high temperatures were accompanied by high humidities which caused afternoon heat indicies to reach between 105 and 120 degrees. The highest temperatures in this period were observed on the 29th and 30th with highs both days in the upper 90s to low 100s across the region. Lincoln recorded 104 degrees on the 29th while Omaha Eppley reached 100. Two deaths were determined to be caused from the heat. A 34 year old male died while jogging or walking near Macy on 7/27/99 and a 75 year old man died in his mobile home on 7/28/99 after his air-conditioner broke and temperatures inside the trailer reached over 110 degrees. The heat was directly responsible for also killing at least 5000 head of cattle worth an estimated 3.3 million dollars.

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

30 heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Heat, Antelope

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Antelope forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.177, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Boone

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Boone forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.707, -98.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Burt

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Burt forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.852, -96.329 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Butler

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Butler forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.226, -97.132 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Cass

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cass forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.910, -96.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Cedar

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cedar forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.599, -97.252 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Colfax

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Colfax forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.574, -97.086 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Cuming

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Cuming forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.916, -96.787 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Dodge

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Dodge forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.578, -96.654 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Douglas

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Douglas forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.295, -96.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Gage

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Gage forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.262, -96.689 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Jefferson

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Jefferson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.176, -97.143 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Johnson

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Johnson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.393, -96.265 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Knox

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Knox forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.637, -97.892 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Lancaster

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Lancaster forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.784, -96.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Madison

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Madison forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Nemaha

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Nemaha forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.388, -95.850 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Otoe

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Otoe forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.649, -96.135 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Pawnee

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pawnee forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.132, -96.237 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Pierce

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Pierce forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.264, -97.601 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Platte

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Platte forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.571, -97.521 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Richardson

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Richardson forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.125, -95.717 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Saline

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Saline forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.524, -97.141 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Sarpy

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Sarpy forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.113, -96.112 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Saunders

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Saunders forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.226, -96.637 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Seward

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Seward forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 40.872, -97.139 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Stanton

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Stanton forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.917, -97.194 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Thurston

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Thurston forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.158, -96.544 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Washington

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Washington forecast zone
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 41.531, -96.222 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Heat, Wayne

When: July 19, 12:01 AM CST to July 30, 11:59 PM CST
Where: Wayne forecast zone
Deaths: 2 direct, 0 indirect
Property damage: $3.3 million
Reported by: OFFICIAL NWS OBS.
Coordinates: 42.209, -97.119 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

The people who died

As the offices recorded each death: direct deaths were caused by the weather itself, indirect ones by something it set in motion.

Event	Date	Age	Sex	Where	Kind
Heat, Wayne	1999-07-27	34	Male	Outside/Open Areas	Direct
Heat, Wayne	1999-07-28	75	Male	Mobile/Trailer Home	Direct

What these are

Heat: Heat below excessive heat criteria that still caused deaths, injuries or significant impacts.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 1999 Every state in 1999 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, July 1999

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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5710761, 5710762, 5710763, 5710764, 5710765, 5710863, 5710864, 5710865, 5710866, 5710867, 5710868, 5710869, 5710870, 5710871, 5710872, 5710873, 5710874, 5710875, 5710876, 5710877, 5710878, 5710879, 5710880, 5710881, 5710882, 5710883, 5710884, 5710885, 5710886, 5710887.