Nebraska, 2001

Hail in Nebraska, September 1, 2001

September 1, 2001 · NWS GLD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • 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
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 1, 4:08 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 4:08 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
508 PM MDT SAT SEP 1 2001

MADE UPDATES TO ZONES TO REFLECT MORE CLOUDS RESULTING FROM
AFTERNOON CONVECTION ACROSS MUCH OF THE FA. ALSO WINDS WILL BE A
LITTLE SLOWER TO CHANGE FROM SOUTH TO WEST ACROSS FA. MADE
WIND ADJUSTMENTS ACCORDINGLY. SCATTERED CONVECTION STILL EXPECTED TO
FIRE ALONG BOUNDARIES ACROSS FA BUT SHOULD DIMINISH AFTER SUNSET
WITH LOSS OF DAYTIME HEATING.

.GLD...NONE.

LAMMERS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 1, 4:23 PM MST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
523 PM MDT SAT SEP 01 2001

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

0515 PM    20 SSW COLBY              KS   1 INCH HAIL
09/01/01   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
                                          HAIL COMPLETELY
                                          COVERING THE GROUND.
Local storm report, Sep 1, 4:43 PM MST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
543 PM MDT SAT SEP 01 2001

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

0518 PM    14 S COLBY                KS   .88 INCH HAIL
09/01/01   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:08 PM MST, 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
708 PM MDT SAT SEP 01 2001

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

0650 PM    15 S COLBY                KS   1 INCH HAIL
09/01/01   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0700 PM    15 S COLBY                KS   .88 INCH HAIL
09/01/01   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
                                          MANAGEMENT.
Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:12 PM MST, 33 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
712 PM MDT SAT SEP 01 2001

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

0700 PM    14 S COLBY                KS   .5 INCH HAIL
09/01/01   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.

0710 PM    GOODLAND                  KS   .5 INCH HAIL
09/01/01   SHERMAN                        REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER. PEA SIZE HAIL
                                          COMPLETELY COVERING THE
                                          GROUND.
Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:16 PM MST, 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
716 PM MDT SAT SEP 01 2001

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

0646 PM    14 S COLBY                KS   .75 INCH HAIL
09/01/01   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR.
Local storm report, Sep 1, 6:34 PM MST, 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
734 PM MDT SAT SEP 01 2001

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

0717 PM    14 S COLBY                KS   FLOOD
09/01/01   THOMAS                         REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          OPERATOR. MINOR
                                          AGRICULTURAL FLOODING.
                                          ALSO...DIRT ROADS
                                          IMPASSABLE DUE TO MINOR
                                          FLOODING IN SOUTHERN
                                          THOMAS COUNTY.

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 147 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Red Willow

When
September 1, 6:45 PM MST
Where
Red Willow County, 10 mi NE of Mc Cook
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
40.300, -100.483

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

More

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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: 5268347.