Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 29, 2001

Name: Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 29, 2001
Start: 2001-06-29T18:25
End: 2001-06-29T18:53
Location: Nebraska

June 29, 2001 · NWS GLD · 5 events in 3 counties and zones

3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 5

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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 29, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 1:30 PM MST, 4 hours 55 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
230 PM MDT FRI JUN 29 2001

THE UPPER LOW THAT WAS OVER MISSOURI THIS MORNING HAD BEEN DRIFTING
WEST SLOWLY. NCEP MODEL CONSENSUS WEAKENS THE LOW AND MOVES THE LOW
INTO TEXAS BY LATE SUNDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL RIDGE BUILDS INTO THE
CENTRAL PLAINS. THIS PATTERN SHOULD KEEP TEMPERATURES VERY WARM
WITH MAINLY DRY CONDITIONS OVER NORTHWEST KANSAS AND SURROUNDING
AREAS THIS WEEKEND. AFTER THIS EVENING...ABOUT THE ONLY CHANCE FOR
STORMS WILL BE LATE TOMORROW AND EARLY SATURDAY EVENING AS DAYTIME
HEATING COMBINED WITH LOW LEVEL MOISTURE SUPPORTS WIDELY SCATTERED
CONVECTION. THE MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES HAVE BEEN COOL OVER EASTERN
KANSAS DURING THE LAST 2 DAYS WITH TEMPERATURES AROUND +6C AT TOPEKA.
MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES SHOULD RECOVER THIS WEEKEND AS THE LOW FILLS
AND MOVES SOUTHWEST.

TROF WITH WEAK THERMAL SUPPORT HAS BEEN TRIGGERING CONVECTION ACROSS
NORTHEAST COLORADO AND SOUTHWEST NEBRASKA. CONVECTION FINALLY BROKE
THE CAP JUST NORTHWEST OF NORTH PLATTE AROUND 20Z NEAR CENTER OF
THETA-E RIDGE WITH CENTER OF 360+ K. EXPECT MOISTURE RICH AIR WITH
THETA-E GREATER THAN 355K WILL BE ABLE TO SUPPORT AT LEAST WIDELY
SCATTERED STORMS INTO THIS EVENING INTO NORTHWEST KANSAS AS
BOUNDARY DRIFTS SOUTH.

LOCAL CASE STUDY SHOWS GOOD CORRELATION BETWEEN 700 MB TEMPERATURES
AND HIGH TEMPERATURES. FORECAST YIELDS BASICALLY 95 TO 100 FOR THE
NEXT 3 DAYS. THE NGM TEMPERATURES LOOK REASONABLE...SO WILL FOLLOW.
THE MAV COOLS TEMPERATURES ON SUNDAY (84 AT GLD)...BUT WILL REJECT
THIS AS EVEN CHANCE FOR A BACK DOOR FROPA APPEARS REMOTE GIVEN THE
POSITION AND STRENGTH OF THE RIDGE.

FOR THE EXTENDED...THE CHANCE FOR A BACK DOOR COOL FRONT APPEARS
MUCH BETTER AROUND THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK AS THE TROF AMPLIFIES IN
THE EAST. THE TREND OF THE AVN/MRF HAS BEEN TO DEEPEN THE UPPER LOW
ASSOCIATED WITH THE TROF THAT SINKS TO THE GREAT LAKES AREA BY EARLY
WEDNESDAY. THIS POSITION SHOULD SUPPORT A COOLING TREND LATE NEXT
WEEK.

.GLD...NONE.

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The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 93 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:25 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Dundy

When: June 29, 6:25 PM MST
Where: Dundy County, 14 mi NE of Benkelman
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.150, -101.317

Thunderstorm Wind, Dundy

When: June 29, 6:29 PM MST
Where: Dundy County, Benkelman
Measured: 57 kt (66 mph)
Reported by: TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates: 40.200, -100.583

Hail, Hitchcock

When: June 29, 6:30 PM MST
Where: Hitchcock County, 10 mi E of Palisade
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.200, -101.350

Thunderstorm Wind, Hitchcock

When: June 29, 6:32 PM MST
Where: Hitchcock County, 5 mi W of Stratton
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph)
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.050, -101.533

The strong winds blew a satellite dish off a house.

Thunderstorm Wind, Red Willow

When: June 29, 6:53 PM MST
Where: Red Willow County, Mc Cook Arpt
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by: AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates: 40.350, -100.917

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.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in Nebraska in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, June 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: 5251133, 5251134, 5251135, 5253305, 5253306.