Nebraska, 2001

Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 3, 2001

June 3, 2001 · NWS GID · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

A quick moving storm passed across Harlan and Franklin counties early in the morning bringing high winds and hail. As many as 10 pivots were overturned in Harlan county, and power was lost for 6 hours in Stamford.

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$100,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.

A quick moving storm passed across Harlan and Franklin counties early in the morning bringing high winds and hail. As many as 10 pivots were overturned in Harlan county, and power was lost for 6 hours in Stamford.

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 3, 1:32 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:32 AM CST, 1 hour 53 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
232 AM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

STAGE APPEARS SET FOR RAIN AND TSTMS THROUGHOUT GID CWA THIS MORNING.

06Z SURFACE ANALYSIS FEATURED A STATIONARY FRONT ACROSS SOUTHERN
ARKANSAS...WEST ALONG THE RED RIVER...THEN NORTH THROUGH EASTERN
COLORADO. 00Z UA ANALYSES HAD RIDGE FROM W TEXAS THRU WRN DAKOTAS...
AND TROF OVER PACIFIC NORTHWEST. H5 HEIGHT FALLS 60+ METERS IN
MONTANA...UTAH AND WYOMING A REFLECTION OF ADVANCE OF THAT SYSTEM.

IR SATELLITE HAS LARGE CONVECTIVE MASS OVER WRN NEBRASKA CAUSED BY
LEADING SHORT WAVE BITING INTO UPPER RIDGE. CONVECTION DEVELOPING
ACROSS KANSAS A RESULT OF ISENTROPIC LIFT ON N SIDE OF SURFACE
BOUNDAY.

FORECAST APPEARS FAIRLY STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH CONVECTIVE MASS
PRODUCING WIDESPREAD RAIN THROUGHOUT GID CWA THIS MORNING. EXPECT A
BREAK IN ACTION THIS AFTERNOON WITH WAVE SLIDING EAST. WIDESPREAD
PCPN LOOKS LIKELY AGAIN TONIGHT INTO MONDAY MORNING WITH SURFACE
BOUNDARY INTO KANSAS AND ISENTROPIC LIFT STRONG ACROSS GID CWA. LIFT
SHOULD BE ENHANCED BY DIFFLUENT FLOW ALOFT AS WELL.

MARGINAL SEVERE WEATHER POSSIBLE THIS MORNING...BUT INCREASING
INSTABILITY SHOULD YIELD A GREATER CHANCE SUNDAY NIGHT.

MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY APPEAR LESS CERTAIN ATTM. AVN MODEL
SENDS UPPER LOW SLOWLY ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH
SOME DYNAMIC LIFT STILL INTO NEBRASKA. SMALLER POPS APPEARt
APPROPRIATE IN NEBRASKA ZONES.

MODEL SOLUTIONS APPEAR QUITE CLOSE. WILL STAY NEAR FWC TEMPS. MAV
HAS DEMONSTRATED A COLD BIAS OF LATE AND LOOKS TOO COOL THIS RUN.

.GID...NONE.

SCHURR

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Event by event

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

Thunderstorm Wind, Harlan

When
June 3, 3:25 AM CST
Where
Harlan County, Oxford
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage
$40,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.250, -99.633

Thunderstorm Wind, Harlan

When
June 3, 3:55 AM CST
Where
Harlan County, Alma
Measured
52 kt (60 mph)
Property damage
$60,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.100, -99.350

Hail, Franklin

When
June 3, 4:00 AM CST
Where
Franklin County, Macon
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.217, -98.950

What these are

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

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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: 5262509, 5262510, 5262511.