Flash Flood, Dixon
- When
- July 2, 8:50 AM CST to 10:30 AM CST
- Where
- Dixon County, 4 mi W of Ponca
- Property damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.493, -96.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
Flash flooding from over 3 inches of rain in a half hour covered streets with 2 feet or more of water, making travel impossible in places. Flooding also occurred in basements, yards and public land.
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
- $1.0 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Flash flooding from over 3 inches of rain in a half hour covered streets with 2 feet or more of water, making travel impossible in places. Flooding also occurred in basements, yards and public land. Floodwaters deposited mud and debris which caused further damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 3, 1999
- Flash Flood in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Tornado in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Flooding in Iowa, July 2 to 7, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in South Dakota, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
- Hail in Nebraska, July 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings 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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5712512.