Thunderstorm Wind, Dixon
- When
- May 17, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County, 5 mi SW of Dixon
- Measured
- 52 kt (60 mph)
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.367, -97.067
Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, May 17, 2000
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 4
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.
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 130 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:29 UTC.
Event by event
3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Dixon
- When
- May 17, 7:28 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County, 5 mi SW of Dixon
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.367, -97.067
Hail, Dixon
- When
- May 17, 7:42 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County, 7 mi SW of Newcastle
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -96.967
Hail, Dixon
- When
- May 17, 8:03 PM CST
- Where
- Dixon County, 6 mi SE of Newcastle
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.583, -96.783
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Wisconsin, May 17 to 18, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Colorado, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Wisconsin, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Iowa, May 17, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, May 17 to 18, 2000
- Hail in Minnesota, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, May 17, 2000
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, May 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: 5145684, 5145685, 5145686, 5145687.