Nebraska, 2001Tornado in Nebraska, August 17, 2001
August 17, 2001 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone
1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 3
- Property damage
- $3.0 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 forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 17, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 17, 2:30 PM CST, 2 hours 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
330 PM CDT FRI AUG 17 2001
IN THE FIRST PD...2 MAIN BNDRYS WL AFFECT CWA. FIRST ONE IS A SFC
TROF MOVG ACRS SERN CWA. THIS SHOW UP WELL ON SAT WITH CU FIELD
AHEAD OF TROF FM FSD-YKN. TCU EVIDENT JUST SE OF FSD. WEAK INSTABIL
ASSOCD WITH THIS TROF AND CAN NOT RULE OUT A FEW TRW AHEAD OF THIS
FEATURE. NEXT FEATURE IS A CDFNT MOVG THRU SRN ND AND NW SD.
INSTABIL MUCH GREATE WITH VERY COLD H5 AIR RUSHING DOWN INTO SERN ND
ATTM. LAPSE RATE OF 7-9 DEG PROGGED ACRS CWA WITH THIS FNT TONITE
WITH BEST LIFT ACRS NW IA AND SW MN BETWEEN 00Z AND 06Z. WL GO WITH
HIGHEST POPS ACRS THESE AREAS TONITE AND WL LEAVE SW CWA DRY AS DPS
HAVE DROPPED INTO THE 40S BEHIND FIRST BNDRY. THREAT OF PRECIP SHUD
END OVR FAR SERN CWA AFT 06Z. QUESTION IS WHEHTER ANY SVR TRW WL GET
GOING THIS EVE ACRS SW MN AND NW IA WITH CDFNT. MAIN THEAT WL BE
HAIL WITH THE COLD AIR ALOFT.
ON SAT...INTIT UNDER CYC FLOW SO CU SHUD DEVELOP FAIRLY QUICKLY OVR
ERN CWA AND MAY EVEN SEE AN ISOLD RW OVR SW MN. BUT FOR NOW WL LEAVE
FCST DRY WITH COOLER TEMPS. HIGH PRES OVR CWA ON SUN SHUD PRODUCE
FINE WX WITH PLEASANT TEMPS EXPECTED.
PATTERN BEGINS TO CHG TO A MORE ACTIVE PATTERN SUN NITE INTO NEXT
WEEK. FOR SUN NITE...DECENT WAA PATTERN WITH S/W MOVG ACRS SD. CUD
SEE SCT TRW DEVELOP OVR WRN CWA SUN NITE AND SPREAD INTO THE E ON
MON. THEN PATTERN ALOFT BEGINS TO CHANGE WITH WRN US UPPER RIDGE
SHIFTING E AND TROF MOVES INTO PAC W. THIS WL SET UP A PATTERN WITH
S/WS RIDING ACRS THE NRN PLAINS WITH TROPICAL CONNECTION
DEVELOPING. THIS WL BRING A CHC OF TRW TO THE CWA NEXT WEEK WITH
TIMING OF EACH WAVE DIFFICULT. NONETHELESS...LOOKS LIKE AN ACTIVE
PATTERN AND WL NEED TO MENTION CHC OF TRW MOST AREAS IN THE EFP.
SHUD ALSO BECOME MORE WARM AND HUMID AS PERSISTENT H85 JET ADVECTS
DEEPER MOISTURE N...ESPEC OVR ERN CWA.
.FSD...NONE.
Tornado, Dakota
- When
- August 17, 4:45 PM CST to 4:49 PM CST
- Where
- Dakota County, Jackson
- Rating
- F2
- Path length
- 1.5 mi
- Path width
- 400 yd
- Injuries
- 3 direct, 0 indirect
- Property damage
- $3.0 million
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 42.450, -96.567
A tornado completely destroyed at least ten houses and heavily damaged several others. The tornado heavily damaged the town school, including taking most of the roof off the school. The only church in town and a telephone company building were also heavily damaged. Power lines, poles, and trees were blown down, and electricity and water service were knocked out. Three empty box cars on the southeast side of Jackson were toppled. Three injuries included a woman with a broken leg and cuts rescued from the rubble of a house, and two children with minor injuries.
- Tornado
- A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
- Rip Current in Michigan, August 17, 20011 death · 1 event
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, August 17, 2001$318,000 · F1 · 9 events
- Wildfire in California, August 17 to 20, 2001$800,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Iowa, August 17, 2001$100,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail in Nebraska, August 17, 2001$202,000 · 1.75 in hail · 5 events
- Damaging Wind in Arizona, August 17, 2001$200,000 · 1 event
- Tornado in Iowa, August 17, 2001$50,000 · F1 · 1 event
- Hail in Minnesota, August 17, 2001$40,000 · 2.75 in hail · 15 events
- Hail in Minnesota, August 17, 20011.75 in hail · 43 events
- Damaging Winds in Kansas, August 17, 2001$25,000 · 56 kt wind · 3 events
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 17, 2001$25,000 · 50 kt wind · 1 event
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, August 17 to 18, 20011 injured · $10,000 · 1 in hail · 9 events
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: 5265285.