Nebraska, 2001

Hail in Nebraska, May 31, 2001

May 31, 2001 · NWS GLD · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

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
2

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 May 31, 1:41 PM MST, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 1:41 PM MST, 2 hours 49 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
241 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2001

THE UPPER LEVEL LOW THAT WAS OVER THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF KANSAS
WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON HAS LIFTED NORTHEAST AWAY FROM THE AREA. COOL
AIR AND CLOUDINESS WAS OVER MUCH OF KANSAS...ALTHOUGH THE COOL AIR
WAS MIXING OUT AND MODIFYING THE AIRMASS OVER FAR WESTERN KANSAS
AND EASTERN COLORADO. STORMS HAD FORMED AHEAD AND IN THE VICINITY OF
A JET MAX OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO WITH SEVERE STORMS FORMING WHERE
DAYTIME HEATING HAS ALLOWED LIFTED INDICES TO FALL TO AROUND -6 AT
20Z. THE FIRST REPORT OF QUARTER SIZE HAS ALREADY BEEN RECEIVED OVER
FAR EASTERN COLORADO BY 2030Z. THEREFORE...WILL MENTION SEVERE STORMS
THIS EVENING MAINLY OVER FAR EASTERN COLORADO. THE NGM AND MESO ETA
APPEAR TO HAVE THE BEST HANDLE ON THE ABOVE MENTIONED OF THE MODELS
SURVEYED...SO WILL USE THIS BLEND IN THE SHORT TERM. THE AVN/MRF
STILL WITH REASONABLE RUN TO RUN CONSISTENCY HANDLING THE OVERALL
PATTERN AND WITH REASONABLE INITIALIZATION...SO WILL FOLLOW. THE
ECMWF APPEARS TO BE DOING A POOR JOB WITH THE EVOLUTION OF THE UPPER
LOW OVER SOUTHERN CANADA AND THE UPPER MIDWEST EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE
MRF HAS LOWERED TEMPERATURES AGAIN FOR NEXT WEEK...TRENDING FOR A
COOLER MID WEEK PATTERN FOLLOWED BY A WARM UP LATE NEXT WEEK.
THEREFORE...WILL GO THIS SOLUTION FOR THE EXTENDED.

THE MESO ETA IS BRINGING A RATHER SIGNIFICANT BACK DOOR COOL FRONT
ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS FRIDAY NIGHT...SO BELIEVE THE AVN AND
NGM HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE 70S ON SATURDAY ARE TOO WARM. EXPECT
TEMPERATURES TO RISE NOT MUCH MORE THAN 70 DEGREES ON SATURDAY. THE
REST OF NGM GUIDANCE APPEARS REASONABLE...SO WILL FOLLOW.

.GLD...NONE.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 1:31 PM MST, 2 hours 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
231 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
J
0227 PM    7 S FLAGLER               CO   1 INCH HAIL
05/31/01   KIT CARSON                     REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, May 31, 2:41 PM MST, 1 hour 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
341 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0245 PM    12 S FLAGLER              CO   .88 INCH HAIL
05/31/01   KIT CARSON                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                           SPOTTER

0250 PM    10 S FLAGLER              CO   FUNNEL CLOUD
05/31/01   KIT CARSON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0315 PM    7 NE WILD HORSE           CO   TORNADO
05/31/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0315 PM    7 NE WILD HORSE           CO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, May 31, 3:05 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
405 PM MDT THU MAY 31 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....
e
0405 PM    10 S FIRSTVIEW            CO   .75 INCH HAIL
05/31/01   CHEYENNE                       REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 76 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:32 UTC.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Dundy

When
May 31, 4:30 PM MST
Where
Dundy County, 3 mi W of Parks
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.050, -101.767

Hail, Red Willow

When
May 31, 5:07 PM MST
Where
Red Willow County, 3 mi N of Lebanon
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.100, -100.283

What these are

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

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

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: 5245336, 5245335.