Thunderstorms produced two tornadoes in extreme northeast Nebraska, one of which crossed into Dixon County from the south. There were also reports of large hail.
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The episode as NWS FSD wrote it up.
Thunderstorms produced two tornadoes in extreme northeast Nebraska, one of which crossed into Dixon County from the south. There were also reports of large hail. The storms affected the area during the late afternoon and evening of June 16th. Persistent moderate to heavy rain from the thunderstorms caused areal flooding which lasted into the morning of June 17th.
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 Jun 16, 2:28 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
328 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 328 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF BECOMING
CONCENTRATED OVER THE EASTERNMOST PART OF THE AREA INTO THIS EARLY
EVENING. THIS INCLUDES EXPECTED NEW DEVELOPMENT IN NORTHWEST IOWA BY
THE END OF THIS AFTERNOON. THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH WILL BE CONTINUED
AS IS FOR NOW WITH THIS EXPECTED NEW DEVELOPMENT AS RICH MOISTURE
WILL FEED THE NEW STORMS IN NORTHWEST IOWA. STORMS SHOULD THEN
DECREASE FROM THE WEST THROUGH THE EVENING...ALTHOUGH THE EXTENT OF
THE NEW DEVELOPMENT AND STORMS IN THE CURRENT LINE LINGERING COULD
SLOW THE ENDING DOWN A BIT FROM FSD EAST AND SOUTH. IN ANY EVENT THE
LAST OF THE LINGERING STORMS SHOULD END A LITTLE AFTER 1 AM CDT AS
UPPER SUPPORT MOVES EAST. LOW TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE MOSTLY IN THE
65 TO 70 RANGE WITH A WARM HUMID AIR FLOW AT LOW LEVELS...AND THIS
MEANS NOT TOO MUCH OF A DROP FROM SOME OF THE RAIN COOLED AIR THIS
AFTERNOON. THE EXTENT OF CLEARING LATE TONIGHT IS NOT CERTAIN DUE TO
THE EXPECTED DEVELOPMENT OF AT LEAST SOME LOW CLOUDS...AND A SOLID
DECK CANNOT BE RULED OUT. AT THIS TIME WILL NOT INTRODUCE FOG INTO
THE FORECAST WITH ANY STRATUS NOT EXPECTED TO BE REAL LOW AND
PERHAPS AIDING THE PREVENTION OF FOG FORMATION...BUT WE WILL HAVE TO
WATCH.
TUESDAY WILL BE A DAY MARKED BY WARMING...CAPPING...AND PERHAPS SOME
DRYING OVER THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE FORECAST AREA WHERE THE
STRONGEST WARMING WILL ALSO BE PRESENT. THIS SHOULD BRING A MINIMUM
OF STORMS THROUGHOUT THE DAY...WITH WHAT DEVELOPS CONFINED TO THE
NORTHERN PART OF THE AREA...OR NORTH OF THE WARM FRONT. WILL GO WITH
A SLIGHT CHANCE OR LOW CHANCE IN THE AFTERNOON...MAINLY NORTH OF
INTERSTATE 90. TEMPERATURES WILL DEFINITELY BE WARMER ACROSS THE
BOARD...IN SPITE OF MORNING STRATUS. HIGHS ARE EXPECTED TO VARY FROM
THE MID 80S TO LOWER 90S...WITH ONLY PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
MORE THAN A COUPLE DEGREES FROM 90 FOR HIGHS. SOUTHERLY WINDS WILL
GET ON THE BREEZY SIDE SOUTH OF THE WARM FRONT IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND MUCH OF NORTHWEST IOWA.
.LONG TERM...(TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 328 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
A SLIGHT INCREASE IN STORMS IS EXPECTED IN THE NORTH FOR TUESDAY
EVENING BUT THEY SHOULD STILL BE PRETTY SPOTTY. THE CAPPING FACTOR
WILL THE BE OVERCOME LATE WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A STRONG
UPPER WAVE AND SURFACE SYSTEM MOVE IN. ALONG WITH THE PROLIFERATION
IN STORMS WILL COME A RETURN TO A DECENT...AND POSSIBLY
STRONG...SEVERE THREAT. TEMPERATURES AGAIN SHOULD WARM INTO THE MID
80S TO LOWER 90S WITH THE HEATING NOT LIKELY TO BE DESTROYED
UNTIL LATE AFTERNOON.
THURSDAY WILL BE A COOLER DAY...BUT THE UPPER LOW WILL STILL BE WEST
TO NORTHWEST OF THE AREA...AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL LINGER OVER THE
EASTERN PART OF THE AREA...SO A MENTION OF STORMS IS
APPROPRIATE...ESPECIALLY EAST. THE COOLER LOW LEVEL AIR FLOW WILL
ALSO BE ACCOMPANIED BY COOLER AIR ALOFT...THUS THE INSTABILITY.
CHANCES FOR STORMS IN A REGIME OF CLOSE TO OR VERY SLIGHTLY ABOVE
NORMAL TEMPERATURES FOR FRIDAY THROUGH MONDAY ARE QUESTIONABLE. THE
UPPER LOW PASSES BY TO THE NORTH FRIDAY. THE GFS THE SLIDES IT EAST
SOUTHEAST WITH A WEST NORTHWESTERLY UPPER FLOW AND SURFACE RIDGING
DEVELOPING. THE EC TAKES THE LOW MORE STRAIGHT EAST BEFORE TURNING
IT EAST SOUTHEAST OVER THE GREAT LAKES. THIS WOULD LEAVE ROOM FOR A
VERY MODEST CHANCE OF SHOWERS/STORMS NORTH AND EAST FRIDAY AND
FRIDAY NIGHT...AND PERHAPS AGAIN SUNDAY WHEN SOME WARM ADVECTION
STARTS UP AGAIN. WILL GO WITH THAT FOR NOW IN THE UNCERTAIN
PATTERN...THE CHOICE IN A WET PERIOD LEANING TO THE WET. WILL KEEP
MONDAY DRY.
&&
.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z TUESDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 1241 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
VFR CONDITIONS WILL LOWER LOCALLY TO CEILINGS 2-3K FEET AND
VISIBILITIES 3-5SM IN SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHRA/TSRA THROUGH
ABOUT 17/03Z. CONVECTION SHOULD END 03Z-06Z BUT AREAS OF CEILINGS
1-3K FEET AND VISIBILITIES 3-5SM/BR ARE EXPECTED AFTER 17/06Z TO
&&
.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR SDZ067-070-071.
MN...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR MNZ072-080-081-
089-090-097-098.
IA...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR IAZ001>003-
012>014-020>022-031-032.
NE...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR NEZ013-014.
&&
SHORT TERM...
LONG TERM...
AVIATION...HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 600 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097- 098-NEZ014-SDZ056-062-067-071-171100- LYON-OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-SIOUX-OBRIEN-CLAY-PLYMOUTH-CHEROKEE- BUENA VISTA-WOODBURY-IDA-LINCOLN-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-NOBLES-JACKSON- PIPESTONE-ROCK-DAKOTA-MOODY-MINNEHAHA-UNION- 600 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE REGION LATE THIS MORNING INTO THIS AFTERNOON. LARGE HAIL TO THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS...70 MPH WINDS...AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AFTER 11 AM. AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS CONTINUE TO RUN VERY HIGH OR IN FLOOD STAGE AFTER RECENT HEAVY RAINFALL AND THE FAILURE OF THE LOWER DAM AT BLUE MOUND STATE PARK. FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF THE BIG SIOUX...SPLIT ROCK CREEK...PIPE STONE CREEK...THE ROCK RIVER...THE LITTLE SIOUX AND WEST FORK DITCH UNTIL AT LEAST TUESDAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TUESDAY EVENING...AND ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. HEAT INDICIES OF 95 TO 100 WILL BE POSSIBLE SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 11 AM. NEZ013-SDZ038>040-050-052>055-057>061-063>066-068>070-171100- DIXON-BEADLE-KINGSBURY-BROOKINGS-GREGORY-JERAULD-SANBORN-MINER- LAKE-BRULE-AURORA-DAVISON-HANSON-MCCOOK-CHARLES MIX-DOUGLAS- HUTCHINSON-TURNER-BON HOMME-YANKTON-CLAY- 600 AM CDT MON JUN 16 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NEBRASKA...EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...AND ARE EXPECTED TO LIFT NORTHEAST THROUGH THE MORNING ACROSS THE AREA. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE PRODUCING HAIL TO THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS...AND WIND GUST TO 60 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE MAINLY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 TUESDAY EVENING...AND ONCE AGAIN ACROSS THE REGION WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE POSSIBLE AFTER 7AM TODAY.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
440 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0410 PM TSTM WND GST 5 SSE ELLSWORTH 43.45N 96.00W
06/16/2014 E60 MPH LYON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
THREE INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN
&&
JSHEEHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
441 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 PM TSTM WND GST 4 NW LAKE PARK 43.49N 95.38W
06/16/2014 E60 MPH DICKINSON IA EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
JSHEEHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
447 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0435 PM HAIL 2 ESE TERRIL 43.30N 94.92W
06/16/2014 E1.75 INCH DICKINSON IA TRAINED SPOTTER
MOSTLY PEA TO QUARTER IN SIZE
&&
JSHEEHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
452 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0443 PM TSTM WND GST LAKE PARK 43.45N 95.32W
06/16/2014 E70 MPH DICKINSON IA EMERGENCY MNGR
&&
JSHEEHANPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
455 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0454 PM HAIL N PETERSON 42.92N 95.34W
06/16/2014 E1.75 INCH CLAY IA CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
ADAMSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
456 PM CDT MON JUN 16 2014
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0437 PM HAIL 4 S BERGEN 43.73N 94.99W
06/16/2014 E1.00 INCH JACKSON MN TRAINED SPOTTER
WIND GUST 60 MPH. LEAVES TREE BRANCHES DOWN
&&
JSHEEHANThe Omaha radar (KOAX), 112 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 21:59 UTC.
3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado, crossing into Dixon County from the south, severely damaged the roof and garage of a farm home. The tornado also blew down power poles and lines, and caused tree and crop damage.
A brief tornado caused no reported damage.
Persistent moderate to heavy rain caused flooding of some fields and other lowlands, including several roads. This flooding lasted into the morning hours of June 17th.
Persistent moderate to heavy rain caused flooding of some fields and other lowlands, including several roads. This flooding lasted into the morning hours of June 17th.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2014Every state in 2014This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 2014Warnings in Nebraska, June 2014
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: 525631, 520242, 520245, 520526, 520529, 520289, 520291.