Nebraska, 2001

Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 18, 2001

June 18, 2001 · NWS GID · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
3

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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 1:10 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:10 PM CST, 4 hours 3 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
210 PM CDT MON JUN 18 2001

CDFNT PROGRESSING ACRS NWRN NEB THIS AFTN WITH PREFRONTAL TROF AND
DRYLINE OVR SWRN NEB/WRN KS.  STATIONARY FRONT/850 SHEAR AXIS FM SRN
MN...ACRS IA ...THRU THE SRN ZONES OF THE GID CWA IS THE FIRST AREA
OF SVR CONCERN AS THE 13 TO 15 DEG C CAP AT 700 MB ON THE MRNG UAA
WL BE ERODED WITH APPCHG THERMAL TROF AS WELL AS STEADY
FRONTOGENETICAL FORCING.  LAPS CAPES WERE APPROACHING 3K J/KG AS OF
18Z FOR ZONES TO THE E OF ROUTE 281...WHERE SFC DPS ARE ABOUT 10 DEG
HIGHER THAN WRN ZONES.  MID LVL LAPSE RATES ARE 8-9 C/KM...SO
ANYTHING THAT DOES POP WL PROBABLY GO RAPIDLY SVR.  WL STAY WITH
LIKELY POPS NR THIS BOUNDARY...WHICH WL REQUIRE A REORIENTATION OF
THE ZONES.  EXPECT WIND ADVISORY CONDITIONS TO SAG S/EWD WITH
BOUNDARY.  WINDY MENTION SHOULD HANDLE THE SOON-TO-BE-FORMER-
ADVISORY ZONES.

OVRNGT...SD LOW WL MOV EWD AND DRAG THE CDFNT THRU THE AREA.  WL
MAINTAIN CHC POPS FOR THE FRONTAL PASSAGE.  ONGOING TEMPS IN THE MID
50S N TO ARND 60 S LK OK...AND ARE SPPRTED BY A SPLIT-GUIDANCE
APPROACH.

TUE AND WED...SWD PROGRESS OF FRONT WL DEFINE ALL...FOR NOW...
CDFNT WL SAG INTO KANSAS ON TUE BEFORE STALLING AS LOW DVLPS OVR
SWRN KS.  POPS WL BE REQUIRED BY TUE NGT...MAINLY FOR THE SRN CWA AS
ERLY FLOW DVLPS AND IS SPPRTED BY PROGGED DVRGNC IN THE RRQ.  LAPSE
RATES ARE NOT THAT IMPRESSIVE...THUS SHRA WORDING WITH TSTMS.  IN
GENL FOR THE AREA...TEMPS WL SPLIT GUIDANCE BUT WITH RANGE REDUCED
ON WED WITH SOME LLVL CLDINESS AS PER RTNG DPS/LOW COND PRES DEFS.

IN THE EFP...MRF/CANADIAN AND SUPPORTING CAST OF MDLS CONT TO
PRODUCE THE BLDG RIDGE SOLN.  WL MAINTAIN THE DRY TREND AS THE
FRONT IS PUSHED SWD...BUT BREAK UP THE CURRENT PROG FOR WARMING
TEMPS WITH ABOVE SEASONAL NMBRS FOR THE WEEKEND.

.GID...NONE.

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The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:14 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Buffalo

When
June 18, 5:13 PM CST
Where
Buffalo County, Amherst
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.833, -99.267

Thunderstorm Wind, Hall

When
June 18, 6:30 PM CST
Where
Hall County, Grand Is Arpt
Measured
51 kt (59 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
40.967, -98.317

Hail, Fillmore

When
June 18, 10:46 PM CST
Where
Fillmore County, Exeter
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.650, -97.450

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
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.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5262699, 5262700, 5262701.