High Wind, Dixon
- When
- October 30, 2:00 AM CST to 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dixon forecast zone
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 42.493, -96.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Nebraska, October 30, 2004
The winds caused minor tree damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 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
- 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.
High winds behind a cold front produced sustained winds of around 40 mph with gusts to near 60 mph for about three hours.The winds caused minor tree damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flash Flood in Hawaii, October 30, 2004
- High Wind in Michigan, October 30, 2004
- High Wind in Michigan, October 30, 2004
- High Wind in Iowa, October 30, 2004
- High Wind in Ohio, October 30, 2004
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Indiana, October 30, 2004
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, October 30, 2004
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Lake Michigan, October 30, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, October 30, 2004
- Damaging Winds in Arkansas, October 30, 2004
- Strong Wind in Michigan, October 30, 2004
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, October 30, 2004
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2004Every state in 2004This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, October 2004
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 2026-09-30. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5427467.