Nebraska, 2024

Excessive Heat in Nebraska, July 13 to 15, 2024

July 13 to 15, 2024 · NWS FSD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Very warm temperatures with highs in the lower to mid 90s paired with oppressive dew point readings in the upper 70s to lower 80s produced afternoon and evening heat indices generally from 100 to 110 degrees with little overnight recovery. The most widespread oppressive conditions occurred during the afternoon and evening on July 13, with a secondary peak of heat across northeast Nebraska on…

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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.

Very warm temperatures with highs in the lower to mid 90s paired with oppressive dew point readings in the upper 70s to lower 80s produced afternoon and evening heat indices generally from 100 to 110 degrees with little overnight recovery. The most widespread oppressive conditions occurred during the afternoon and evening on July 13, with a secondary peak of heat across northeast Nebraska on July 15.

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 Jul 13, 11:38 AM CST, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 11:38 AM CST, 22 minutes before
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The radar

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Event by event

2 excessive heat. Local standard time, as filed.

Excessive Heat, Dixon

When
July 13, 12:00 PM CST to July 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Dixon forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
42.493, -96.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Daily afternoon and evening heat indices ranged from 100 to 107 degrees with a maximum heat index of 107 degrees at a Road Weather Information System site near Concord on July 13. The heat index returned to 100 degrees near Concord on July 15.

Excessive Heat, Dakota

When
July 13, 12:00 PM CST to July 15, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Dakota forecast zone
Reported by
Department of Highways
Coordinates
42.391, -96.564 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Daily afternoon and evening heat indices ranged from 100 to 109 degrees with a maximum heat index of 109 degrees at a personal weather station near Dakota City and 102 degrees at a personal weather station in South Sioux City on July 13. The heat index returned to 108 degrees near Dakota City on July 15.

What these are

Excessive Heat
Heat at or above the local excessive heat warning criteria, or heat that caused deaths.

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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 1204962, 1204986.