Flood in Dixon County, Nebraska

Flood March 13, 2019 – March 15, 2019 · Dixon County, Nebraska

$3.5M

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Water was over Highway 20 between 583 Avenue and 5835 Avenue. In addition, flooding resulted in extensive damage to public infrastructure including numerous county and township roads, culverts, and some bridges.

The wider storm

Rainfall of one to three inches on frozen ground and into a snow pack with between 1 and 3 inches of liquid water equivalent resulted in considerable areal flooding and flooding of small streams. Numerous roads were inundated by water, and several bridges compromised by high water, including five in Dakota County. Some of the most damaged roads were 260th Street near Emerson, and K Avenue north of Nebraska Highway 35 and east of Hubbard.

Began near Wakefield (42.2686, -97.0152).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 829258. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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