Hail, Holt
- When
- July 3, 12:25 AM CST
- Where
- Holt County, 1 mi S of Ewing
- Measured
- 1.75 in hail
- Property damage
- $6,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 42.250, -98.350
Hail in Nebraska, July 3, 2001
1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $6,000
- 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 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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 2, 6:40 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 6:40 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 255 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2001 HAVE UPDATED THE ANW AND O'NEILL ZONES FOR SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. SFC ANALYSIS SHOWS DISTINCT WM FRONT FROM JUST SOUTH OF MHN TO JUST SOUTH OF ONL. WW WILL BE ISSUED SHORTLY WITH MAIN FOCUS FOR SVR AND HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE FRONT OVER BLAINE...LOUP...GARFIELD AND WHEELER COUNTY. .LBF...NONE. KAR
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 2, 8:51 PM CST, 3 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
951 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM 10 WSW SARGENT NE .75 INCH HAIL
07/02/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
0935 PM 6 W SARGENT NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/02/01 CUSTER REPORTED BY SPOTTERSp
JMLocal storm report, Jul 2, 9:02 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
1002 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0955 PM 4 NE LYNCH NE 1.50 INCH HAIL
07/02/01 BOYD REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
JZLocal storm report, Jul 2, 9:24 PM CST, 3 hours 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
1024 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM 1 W EWING NE 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/02/01 HOLT REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
JZSpecial weather statement, Jul 2, 10:00 PM CST, 2 hours 25 minutes before
NEZ004-022>025-035>037-056>059-069>071-030430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE 1100 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2001 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #497 HAS EXPIRED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEBRASKA. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR SHERIDAN... GARDEN...DEUEL...CHERRY...GRANT...HOOKER...THOMAS...ARTHUR... MCPHERSON...LOGAN...KEITH...PERKINS...LINCOLN...CHASE.. .HAYES...AND FRONTIER COUNTIES. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED FOR TONIGHT. KAR
Local storm report, Jul 2, 10:12 PM CST, 2 hours 13 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
1112 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1105 PM WOOD LAKE NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/02/01 CHERRY REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
JZLocal storm report, Jul 2, 10:45 PM CST, 1 hour 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
1145 PM CDT MON JUL 2 2001
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1130 PM 22 W SPRINGVIEW NE 2.75 INCH HAIL
07/02/01 KEYA PAHA REPORTED BY SPOTTERS
JMThe radar
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 187 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:23 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Hail
- Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 3, 2001
- Flash Flood in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in South Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Hail in Wyoming, July 3, 2001
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Missouri, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in California, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 3, 2001
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 2001
- Damaging Wind in Florida, July 3, 2001
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, July 2001
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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5255649.