Drought, Red Willow
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Red Willow forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought in Nebraska, July 1 to 31, 2000
Extreme drought conditions continued for most of the month. Many rivers and creeks remained dry, and watering restrictions were declared across parts of far southwest Nebraska.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 GLD wrote it up.
Extreme drought conditions continued for most of the month. Many rivers and creeks remained dry, and watering restrictions were declared across parts of far southwest Nebraska.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 drought. Local standard time, as filed.
Drought, Dundy
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dundy forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -101.688 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Drought, Hitchcock
- When
- July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 12:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hitchcock forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -101.042 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Drought
- A drought reaching severe (D2) or worse on the US Drought Monitor, or with notable impacts.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, July 1 to 4, 2000
- Rip Current in New Jersey, July 1 to 2, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, July 1 to 31, 2000
- Hail in Nebraska, July 1, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Nebraska, July 1 to 3, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, July 1, 2000
- Flash Flood in Texas, July 1, 2000
- Flash Flood in New Mexico, July 1, 2000
- Drought in Texas, July 1 to 31, 2000
- Cold in New York, July 1 to 31, 2000
- Drought in New Mexico, July 1 to 31, 2000
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, July 2000
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: 5163270, 5175843, 5175844.