Nebraska, 2001

Lightning Strike in Nebraska, June 4, 2001

June 4, 2001 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 lightning, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$38,000
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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 3, 1:20 PM CST, 11 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 1:20 PM CST, 11 hours 40 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE
220 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO BE MAJOR CONCERNS WITH
TEMPERATURES SECONDARY.

FNTL BNDRY ACROSS FM SE CO ACROSS NRN OK INTO NW AR HAS BEEN
SUPPRESSED SOME BY OUTFLOW FROM CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT MOVES ACROSS
CENTRAL PLAINS LAST NIGHT NOW OVER MISSOURI. BELIEVE BOUNDARY WILL
START TO MOVE SLOWLY NWD TNGT INTO MONDAY WITH GOOD POTENTIAL FOR
THUNDERSTORMS VICINITY AND N OF FNT AS STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET
INCREASES STRONG POSITIVE LOW LEVEL THETA E ADVECTION DURING NIGHT.
PREFER ETA IN HANDLING LOCATION OF THIS BOUNDARY. ATHOUGH BETTER
LIKLIHOOD FOR THUNDERSTORMS AND POTENTIAL HEAVY RAIN WILL BE OVER KS
AND MO...REFERENCE QPFERD WHICH LOOKS REASONABLE...DEFINITE RISK FOR
ELEVATED CONVECTION LATER TONIGHT OVER ESPECIALLY SRN PTNS OF FCST
AREA. THIS POTENTIAL ALSO TRENDED BY LATEST RUC 700MB LI PROGS. IN
ADDITION ACTIVITY NOW FIRING WESTERN HIGH PLAINS ASSOCIATED WITH
DISTURBANCES COMING OUT OF WESTERN MID LEVEL TROUGH WILL LIKELY WORK
EAST DURING NIGHT BASED ON MODELS AS MESO ETA.

CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY MAY SHOW SOMEWHAT SIMILAR DIURNAL DECREASE IN
COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ON MON WITH SCENARIO LIKELY TO REPEAT ITSELF
AGAIN MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUE. THERE COULD WELL BE BETTER RISK OF
HEAVY RAIN INTO FORECAST AREA MON NIGHT AS STRONG POSITIVE LOWER
LEVEL THETA E ADVECTION AGAIN DEVELOPES WITH STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL
JET WITH THE CLOSER PROXIMITY OF FNT AND MOIST HIGH PW UNSTABLE AIR
MASS. UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL ALSO CONTINUE TO MOVE OUT OF MID
LEVEL TROUGH AS IT LIFTS ACROSS MT.

APPEARS MAIN POTENTIAL FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT WILL BE FOCUSED IN VICINITY OF FRONTAL BOUNDAY MAINLY OVER SE
NEB AND SW IA. TAKING MORE OF AN AVERAGE BEWTEEN FWC AND MAV
GUIDNACE FOR MAX TEMPS SEEMS BEST COURSE OF ACTION WITH FWC NUMBER
LIKELY TOO WARM WITH ELY FLOW AND INVERSION N OF FNT.

WITH UPPER RIDGE TENDING TO BUILD OUT OF SRN ROCKIES INTO CNTRL
PLAINS EXTENDED TRENDS TOWARD MAINLY DRY WITH WARMING TEMPS INTO
WEEKEND. HOWEVER HAVE TO BE WATCHFULL FOR UPPER DISTUBANCES COMING
OVER RIDGE AND THEN MOVING SEWD ACROSS PLAINS GNERATING CONVECTION.
BETTER CHANCE AT THIS TIME APPEARS MORE IN SUNDAY TIME PERIOD.

.OMA...NONE.
WIESE

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 7:55 PM CST, 5 hours 5 minutes before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-040900-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
855 PM CDT SUN JUN 3 2001

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION COULD BE NEEDED OVER SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA
TONIGHT.

WARM AND MOIST AIR MOVING INTO SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA OVER COOLER AIR AT
THE SURFACE WILL ALLOW FOR SCATTERED ELEVATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT.  THE PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL BUT HEAVY
RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE.   A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT
FOR SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA SOUTH OF LINCOLN UNTIL 200 AM.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST
IOWA...BUT THEY COULD WEAKEN A LITTLE.  NEVERTHELESS...SOME HAIL AND
HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE NORTH OF THE WATCH AREA TONIGHT.

CHERMOK
Local storm report, Jun 3, 8:26 PM CST, 4 hours 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
926 PM CDT SUN JUN 03 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....o

0910 PM    5 NE PICKRELL             NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/03/01   GAGE                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:58 UTC.

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Event by event

1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.

Lightning, Gage

When
June 4, 1:00 AM CST
Where
Gage County, Wymore
Property damage
$38,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.262, -96.689 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

A lightning strike caused a house fire in Wymore.

What these are

Lightning
A lightning strike that killed, injured or caused damage.

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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: 5254279.