Dawson storm history

Snowfall amounts ranged from 2 to 4 inches across the county, partially based off totals from surrounding counties. Local totals included 4.0 inches, reported by a CoCoRaHS observer located four miles east-southeast of Sumner, and 2.0 inches, reported by CoCoRaHS observer located…

Snowfall totals ranged from 2 to 5 inches, with the highest amounts occurring in northwestern portions of the county. A single fatality accident occurred late in the afternoon of the 24th near Interstate 80 interchange near Gothenburg.

A 46 year old female from Eustis died from injuries sustained in an automobile accident when she encountered flood waters over Highway 21 approximately 4 miles south of Cozad. The vehicle left the highway into a water-filled ditch and rolled onto its roof. The other occupant of t…

Emergency management reported widespread significant damage across Cozad from large hail up to four inches in diameter. The local hospital was damaged enough from broken windows, roof damage, and leaking water that patients had to be transferred to nearby hospitals for a period o…

There widespread reports of quarter to baseball size hail along and near this approximately 27 mile long path, causing widespread damage to vehicles, homes, and crops. The largest hail and most widespread vehicle and building damage occurred in Cozad. This hail was accompanied by…

An 81 MPH wind gust was measured by a mesonet station located 1 mile north-northeast of Cozad. Emergency management reported tree damage and downed power lines in the area, along with overturned pivots. One of the more notable damage scenes involved Cozad High School, where a lar…

Hail ranging in size from quarters to baseballs was reported in town by trained spotters and law enforcement officials.

A wind gust of 68 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles southeast of Eddyville.

The combination of a passing synoptic cold front and an outflow boundary from convection well to the north produced wind gusts near 60 MPH at times. A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located two miles north-northwest of Gothenburg. These wind gusts along wit…

The combination of a passing synoptic cold front and an outflow boundary from convection well to the north produced wind gusts over 50 MPH at times. These wind gusts along with the dry conditions across the area resulted in widespread blowing dust, at times dropping visibility to…

Snowfall amounts ranged from a trace in western portions of the county to near 4 inches in the far east-southeast. The highest reported totals included 3.0 inches from six miles southwest of Lexington and 2.0 inches from three miles west of Sumner. This snow, combined with the st…

Wind gusts anywhere from 55 to near 70 MPH were common across the area. The peak measured wind gust for the county was 64 MPH, measured by a mesonet station located near Gothenburg.

The peak measured wind gust was 62 MPH, recorded by a mesonet station located one mile north-northeast of Gothenburg.

Snowfall totals across the county were generally in the 2 to 6 inch range, with the highest reported total of 6.5 inches from a CoCoRaHS observer located six miles southwest of Lexington.

Some of the coldest wind chills of the event were recorded across the county, including -46 degrees by the Lexington Airport AWOS, -46 degrees by a Nebraska Mesonet station located four miles south of Lexington, and -44 degrees by a Nebraska Mesonet station located two miles nort…

Snowfall totals across the county generally ranged from a dusting to around 4 inches, with the highest totals located across northeastern portions of the county.

Snowfall totals across the county were generally in the 2 to 5 inch range, based on surrounding area observations.

Storm total amounts generally in the 2 to 5 inch range were reported across the county.

Wind gusts were estimated to be near 60 MPH.

A wind gust of 59 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles north-northwest of Sumner.

A wind gust of 65 MPH was measured by a mesonet station located four miles southeast of Eddyville.

Wind gusts of 60 MPH were measured by mesonet stations located three miles north of Overton and two miles east-southeast of Overton.

Hail ranging in size from quarters to tennis balls was reported along this path.

Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported in the area.

Hail up to two inches in diameter was reported in the area.