Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 2001

Name: Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 13, 2001
Start: 2001-06-13T17:20
End: 2001-06-13T22:28
Location: Nebraska

June 13, 2001 · NWS GID · 48 events in 12 counties and zones

A wild night of weather struck south-central Nebraska with high winds, hail and tornadoes. Of the five tornadoes confirmed, the most damaging one occurred southeast of Hubbell.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $2.5 million
Crop damage: $11 million
Events: 48

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 GID wrote it up.

A wild night of weather struck south-central Nebraska with high winds, hail and tornadoes. Of the five tornadoes confirmed, the most damaging one occurred southeast of Hubbell. One farmstead sustained around one-half million dollars in damage, including losing several outbuildings, grain bins, and an exterior wall on the home. The other tornadoes were quite brief, but one did manage to produce minor damage on a farm in eastern Furnas county.Another area of widespread destruction occurred with straight-line winds in extreme southern Clay and northern Nuckolls counties. Winds estimated at 90 mph tore through grain bins, outbuildings, and trees. Major damage was had at a turkey farm near Lawrence. The damage extended east along State Highway 4 across northern Nuckolls county to the tune of over one million dollars. There were dozens of other reports of large hail across south-central Nebraska, which caused significant crop damage in some locations.

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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 2:40 PM CST, 2 hours 40 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
340 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

FRONT APPEARS TO HAVE FINALLY STALLED ACROSS CENTRAL CWFA...
BASICALLY ALONG A LINE FROM PALMER...TO KGRI...JUNIATA...AND
THEN TO BLOOMINGTON.

THE CONCERN IS CONVECTION TONIGHT...WHERE AND WHEN. FRONT WILL
HOLD STEADY TONIGHT...AND BE FOCUS FOR CONVECTION. BELIEVE AREAS
JUST TO NORTHEAST OF CWFA MAY SEE THINGS FIRE FIRST. BACK BUILDING
POSSIBLE...WITH CAPPING LIMITING SOUTHERN CWFA DEVELOP. ONCE SURFACE
LOW STARTS CHURNING IN SOUTHWEST KANSAS AREA IN RESPONSE TO UPPER
WAVE MOVING...AND LOW LEVEL STRONG LOW LEVEL JET KICKS IN...MUCH OF
CWFA WILL ERUPT INTO WIDESPREAD STORMS FOR THE OVERNIGHT. SEVERE
STORMS POSSIBLE...BUT TORNADO THREAT SEEMS TO BE DURING THE EVENING
HOURS...IF STORMS GET GOING THEN. RECENT HOT AND DRY TREND PRECLUDES
ANY ISSUANCE OF FFA FOR REGION.

LATEST MESOETA NOW MOVES UPPER LOW JUST A TOUCH FURTHER NORTH
ON THURSDAY...BUT AT ABOUT THE SAME SPEED. SOUTHERN CWFA WILL
BE IN DRY SLOT...AND COULD WARM NICELY WITH STRONG WEST FLOW.
WILL DROP OZF TEMPS JUST A BIT BUT AT LEAST AT GUIDANCE LEVELS
THERE. NORTHERN AREAS IN CLOUDS BEFORE BREAKING OUT...AND COOLER
TEMPERATURE ZONE. 60S LIKELY NORTHWEST ZONES. STILL A CHANCE
FOR SHOWERS/STORMS AND BELIEVE SEVERE THREAT WILL BE JUST TO
OUR NORTHEAST. WILL BE MAKING MINOR ADJUSTMENTS TO OZF POPS
THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

WARM...WEST FLOW FRIDAY SHOULD LEAD TO MILD TEMPERATURES UNDER
SUNSHINE.

.GID...NONE.

MORITZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:55 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-140100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CNTRL NE/NORTH CNTRL KS - UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
455 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. BUT
WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT MAY GIVE US
SEVERE WEATHER.

THE FIRST AREA LOOKS HAVE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING EAST
OF HIGHWAY 281.  THIS AREA HAS DEW POINTS NEAR 70 DEGREES AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S.  WITH SUNSET A FEW MORE
HOURS AWAY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR IN THIS AREA.  THE
PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL...BUT
TORNADOS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

THE NEXT AREA IS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT HAS BECOME NEARLY
STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION.  LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE FRONT WAS
FROM NEAR FULLERTON TO GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG
KANSAS.  AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS GAINING STRENGTH IN SOUTHEAST
COLORADO AND WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY INTO THE REGION TONIGHT.  AS
IT DOES...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT.
AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...BUT STRONG WINDS
AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY STILL OCCUR.  THE BEST TIME FOR THE
SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA WILL BE FROM 8 PM UNTIL 2 AM.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACTIVATE IF STORMS
DEVELOP NEAR YOUR AREA.

KISNER

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 3:55 PM CST, 1 hour 25 minutes before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-140100-

SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK - SOUTH CNTRL NE/NORTH CNTRL KS - UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE   CORRECTION TO 2ND PARA
455 PM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS STILL LIKELY THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT
ACROSS NORTH-CENTRAL KANSAS AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA...

THE AREA REMAINS UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. BUT
WE ARE LOOKING AT TWO DIFFERENT WEATHER SYSTEMS THAT MAY GIVE US
SEVERE WEATHER.

THE FIRST AREA LOOKS TO HAVE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING EAST
OF HIGHWAY 281.  THIS AREA HAS DEW POINTS NEAR 70 DEGREES AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S.  WITH SUNSET A FEW MORE
HOURS AWAY...THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT MAY OCCUR IN THIS AREA.  THE
PRIMARY THREAT THIS EVENING WILL BE PRIMARILY LARGE HAIL...BUT
TORNADOS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

THE NEXT AREA IS ALONG A COLD FRONT THAT HAS BECOME NEARLY
STATIONARY ACROSS THE REGION.  LATE THIS AFTERNOON...THE FRONT WAS
FROM NEAR FULLERTON TO GRAND ISLAND NEBRASKA TO PHILLIPSBURG
KANSAS.  AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IS GAINING STRENGTH IN SOUTHEAST
COLORADO AND WILL SLOWLY WORK ITS WAY INTO THE REGION TONIGHT.  AS
IT DOES...ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT.
AGAIN THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL...BUT STRONG WINDS
AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO MAY STILL OCCUR.  THE BEST TIME FOR THE
SEVERE WEATHER IN THIS AREA WILL BE FROM 8 PM UNTIL 2 AM.

EMERGENCY MANAGERS AND SPOTTER GROUPS ARE URGED TO CONTINUE TO
MONITOR WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE READY TO ACTIVATE IF STORMS
DEVELOP NEAR YOUR AREA.

KISNER

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Event by event

34 hail, 6 thunderstorm wind, 5 tornado, 3 funnel cloud. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 1 mi SE of Fairmont
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $75,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.617, -97.550

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 5:38 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, Geneva
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $200,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.533, -97.583

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 5:38 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, Fairmont
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $200,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.633, -97.567

Hail, York

When: June 13, 5:45 PM CST
Where: York County, 3 mi E of Mc Cool Jct
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.750, -97.533

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 5:50 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, Geneva
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.533, -97.583

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 5:55 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, Burress
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.583, -97.483

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 6:06 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 2 mi W of Exeter
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.650, -97.483

Hail, Thayer

When: June 13, 6:45 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, 1 mi E of Deshler
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.150, -97.700

Hail, Thayer

When: June 13, 7:00 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, 6 mi SE of Hubbell
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 39.950, -97.417

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 7:05 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 2 mi SW of Ohiowa
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $200,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.400, -97.483

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 7:35 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 2 mi W of Fairmont
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $75,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.633, -97.600

Hail, Thayer

When: June 13, 7:40 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, Hubbell
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.017, -97.500

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 7:41 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, Fairmont
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $75,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.633, -97.567

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 7:41 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 2 mi E of Geneva
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.533, -97.550

Hail, Dawson

When: June 13, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Dawson County, 5 mi N of Farnam
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.750, -100.233

Funnel Cloud, Thayer

When: June 13, 7:55 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, 3 mi E of Davenport
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.176, -97.595 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, York

When: June 13, 7:56 PM CST
Where: York County, Waco
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $75,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.900, -97.450

Hail, York

When: June 13, 8:00 PM CST
Where: York County, Gresham
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.033, -97.400

Hail, Dawson

When: June 13, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Dawson County, Cozad
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.867, -99.967

Hail, Dawson

When: June 13, 8:00 PM CST
Where: Dawson County, Gothenburg
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $75,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.933, -100.150

Tornado, Thayer

When: June 13, 8:05 PM CST to 8:10 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, 4 mi E of Hubbell
Rating: F1
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 150 yd
Property damage: $500,000
Crop damage: $2.0 million
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.017, -97.417

Brief tornado in Thayer county reported by the public

Thunderstorm Wind, Thayer

When: June 13, 8:07 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, Hubbell
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Property damage: $150,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 40.017, -97.500

Hail, York

When: June 13, 8:15 PM CST
Where: York County, 4 mi SE of York
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.833, -97.533

Hail, Furnas

When: June 13, 8:18 PM CST
Where: Furnas County, 4 mi S of Wilsonville
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.067, -100.117

Tornado, Furnas

When: June 13, 8:25 PM CST to 8:27 PM CST
Where: Furnas County, 3 mi NE of Edison
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 30 yd
Property damage: $8,000
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 40.317, -99.733

Brief tornado in Furnas county.

Tornado, Thayer

When: June 13, 8:25 PM CST to 8:27 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, 6 mi E of Hubbell
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.5 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Reported by: OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
Coordinates: 40.017, -97.383

Brief tornado in Thayer county.

Hail, Furnas

When: June 13, 8:30 PM CST
Where: Furnas County, 4 mi E of Wilsonville
Measured: 1.25 in hail
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.117, -100.033

Tornado, Fillmore

When: June 13, 8:31 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 2 mi N of Fairmont
Rating: F0
Path length: 0.2 mi
Path width: 20 yd
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.667, -97.567

Very brief tornado in Fillmore county

Hail, Thayer

When: June 13, 8:38 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, 3 mi N of Hubbell
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.067, -97.500

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 8:44 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 5 mi W of Geneva
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $200,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.533, -97.683

Hail, Thayer

When: June 13, 8:45 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, 3 mi S of Gilead
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.083, -97.467

Hail, York

When: June 13, 8:45 PM CST
Where: York County, 1 mi E of York
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $200,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.867, -97.567

Hail, Harlan

When: June 13, 8:46 PM CST
Where: Harlan County, 1 mi E of Stamford
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $200,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.133, -99.567

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 8:50 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 3 mi N of Geneva
Measured: 1 in hail
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.583, -97.583

Thunderstorm Wind, Phelps

When: June 13, 8:50 PM CST
Where: Phelps County, Atlanta
Measured: 65 kt (75 mph)
Property damage: $20,000
Crop damage: $50,000
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.367, -99.467

Hail, Thayer

When: June 13, 8:54 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, Alexandria
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.250, -97.383

Funnel Cloud, Fillmore

When: June 13, 8:54 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, 1 mi N of Geneva
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.525, -97.596 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 9:03 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, Exeter
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $200,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.650, -97.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Franklin

When: June 13, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, Campbell
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.300, -98.733

Hail, Webster

When: June 13, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Webster County, Blue Hill
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: NWS EMPLOYEE(OFF DUTY)
Coordinates: 40.333, -98.450

Thunderstorm Wind, Webster

When: June 13, 9:30 PM CST
Where: Webster County, 7 mi W of Bladen
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.317, -98.717

Tornado, Thayer

When: June 13, 9:45 PM CST to 9:50 PM CST
Where: Thayer County, 2 mi N of Gilead
Rating: F0
Path length: 3 mi
Path width: 50 yd
Crop damage: $500,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.167, -97.467

A brief tornado occurred north of Gilead.

Hail, Adams

When: June 13, 9:50 PM CST
Where: Adams County, Ayr
Measured: 3 in hail
Property damage: $50,000
Crop damage: $1.0 million
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.417, -98.417

Funnel Cloud, Adams

When: June 13, 9:55 PM CST
Where: Adams County, 2 mi S of Hastings
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.525, -98.501 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Thunderstorm Wind, Nuckolls

When: June 13, 10:10 PM CST
Where: Nuckolls County, Lawrence
Measured: 80 kt (92 mph)
Property damage: $1.4 million
Crop damage: $3.0 million
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 40.300, -98.267

Hail, Nuckolls

When: June 13, 10:20 PM CST
Where: Nuckolls County, 6 mi E of Lawrence
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.300, -98.150

Hail, Fillmore

When: June 13, 10:23 PM CST
Where: Fillmore County, Geneva
Measured: 1 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates: 40.533, -97.583

Thunderstorm Wind, Clay

When: June 13, 10:28 PM CST
Where: Clay County, Edgar
Measured: 61 kt (70 mph)
Property damage: $250,000
Crop damage: $1.5 million
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 40.367, -97.967

What these are

Hail: Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Funnel Cloud: A rotating column of cloud extending from a thunderstorm that did not reach the ground.
Tornado: A violently rotating column of air in contact with the ground and extending from a thunderstorm, filed with its path, width and Fujita or Enhanced Fujita rating from the damage survey.
Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.

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The same day elsewhere

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5262516, 5262517, 5262518, 5262519, 5262520, 5262521, 5262522, 5262523, 5262524, 5262525, 5262526, 5262527, 5262528, 5262529, 5262594, 5262595, 5262596, 5262597, 5262598, 5262599, 5262600, 5262601, 5262602, 5262603, 5262604, 5262605, 5262606, 5262607, 5262608, 5262609, 5262610, 5262611, 5262612, 5262613, 5262614, 5262615, 5262616, 5262617, 5262618, 5262619, and more.