Nebraska, 2002

Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, August 11, 2002

August 11, 2002 · NWS LBF · 28 events in 9 counties and zones

27 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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

  • Tornadoes
  • 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
$159,000
Crop damage
$67,000
Events
28

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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 10, 1:20 PM CST, 11 hours 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 1:20 PM CST, 11 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
220 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGE TONIGHT TO BE POPS OVERNIGHT...

ZONAL FLOW ALOFT TO PRODUCE HEIGHT FALLS TO THE WEST WITH AREAS OF
LOW PRESSURE REDEVELOPING ALONG THE FRONT RANGE. LEESIDE TROUGH MOVES
EAST TONIGHT WITH MOISTURE THE MAIN LIMITING VARIABLE FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTORMS. COND PRES DEF ARE 100+ TIL AFTER 03Z
WITH NARROW CORRIDOR FOR THE POTENTIAL STORM DEVELOPMENT BY 06Z AS
H85 JET DEVELOPS FROM THE SOUTH WITH WINDS INCREASING TO 35 KNOTS BY
09Z. H5 FLOW WOULD CARRY STORMS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST WITH ISOLATED
THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDED AFT 03Z AS WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTHEAST.

SUNDAY THE LEESIDE TROUGH EVOLVES WITH DRYLINE TO PUSH EAST DURING
THE DAY. ATMOSPHERE WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE IN THE
AFTERNOON WITH BEST MOISTURE ADVECTION TO THE EAST OF THE FORECAST
AREA BY EVENING. MODEL TIMING WILL MAKE THE DIFFERENCE WITH LOW POPS
FOR THE NORTH CENTRAL INTO THE EVENING. THEN OVERNIGHT THE COLD FRONT
PUSHES SOUTH ACROSS THE AREA. H85 WINDS TO 40 KNOTS INDICATED WITH
NORTH WINDS TO KEEP AIR MIXED AS DEWPOINTS ON ETAX PROGGED INTO THE
MID 30S ACROSS THE WEST BY MONDAY MORNING.

MONDAY SURFACE HIGH RIDGES SOUTH WITH LIGHT NORTHEAST WINDS FOR THE
DAY. COLD AIR ADVECTION OCCURS THROUGH THE DAY WITH BLEND OF
GUIDANCE NUMBERS FOLLOWED WITH READINGS IN THE 70S. A COOLER START
ON TUESDAY AS THE SURFACE HIGH BUILDS SOUTH WITH TEMPERATURES ABOUT
5 DEGREES WARMER THAN MONDAY. GUIDANCE NUMBERS POSSIBLY TOO COOL
CONSIDERING FULL SUN FOR THE DAY.

WEDNESDAY SOUTH WINDS RETURN WITH LEESIDE TROUGH REFORMING TO THE
WEST. H85 TEMPERATURES RISE INTO THE UPPER 20S WEST WITH FRONT TO
DESCEND SOUTH DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

INTO THE EXTENDED THE H5 CLOSED LOW OVER CENTRAL CANADA WILL DROP
SOUTHEAST TO OVER ONTARIO THURSDAY THEN LIFT TO EAST OF THE
HUDSON BAY ON SUNDAY. TWO FRONTS WILL DRIVE THROUGH THE PLAINS AS THE
UPPER LOW TRANSITS THROUGH THE CANADIAN PROVINCES...ONE MOVING
THROUGH THE FORECAST AREA THURSDAY MORNING...THEN A SECONDARY FRONT
TO MOVE ACROSS BY SATURDAY MORNING. THURSDAY MAIN FORCING WILL CLIP
THE NORTH CENTRAL WHILE THE WEST REMAINS UNDER NORTHWEST FLOW WITH
MOISTURE LIMITED. SATURDAY LOOKS MORE PROMISING FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORM AS MOISTURE SURGES NORTH WITH INCREASED LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE OVER THE FORECAST AREAS. COLD FRONT DRIFTS SOUTH ACROSS
KANSAS SATURDAY WHILE THE CANADIAN HIGH BUILDS ACROSS THE NORTHERN
MIDWEST WITH UPSLOPE FLOW TO HELP SATURATE THE LOWER LAYERS WITH MORE
CLOUDS WHICH SHOULD HELP HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN. WILL INCREASE CLOUDS
ACROSS THE NORTH CENTRAL WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING WITH
LOW POPS. SATURDAY CLOUDS WILL INCREASE WITH THE PASSAGE OF THE FRONT
AND WILL INTRODUCE LOW POPS ACROSS ALL OF THE FORECAST AREA.
OTHERWISE WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY SHOULD BE DRY TEMPERATURES BLEND OF
GUIDANCES.

.LBF...NONE.

KECK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 7:10 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
810 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002

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

0800 PM    2 N MULLEN              NE       1.00 INCH HAIL
08/10/02   HOOKER                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC

TRM
Local storm report, Aug 10, 7:10 PM CST, 5 hours 47 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
810 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002

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

0800 PM    2 N MULLEN              NE       1.00 INCH HAIL
08/10/02   HOOKER                           REPORTED BY PUBLIC

TRM
Local storm report, Aug 10, 8:07 PM CST, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
907 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002

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

0900 PM    15 WNW TAYLOR             NE   1.25 INCH HAIL
08/10/02   LOUP

TRM
Local storm report, Aug 10, 8:28 PM CST, 4 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE, NE
928 PM CDT SAT AUG 10 2002

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

0910 PM    10 E BURWELL              NE   .88 INCH HAIL
08/10/02   GARFIELD

0900 PM    10 NNE BURWELL            NE   .75 INCH HAIL
08/10/02   GARFIELD

TRM

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 177 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:59 UTC.

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Event by event

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

Hail, Boyd

When
August 11, 12:57 AM CST
Where
Boyd County, Butte
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
EMERGENCY MANAGER
Coordinates
42.917, -98.850

Hail, Boyd

When
August 11, 1:10 AM CST
Where
Boyd County, 11 mi NE of Butte
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
43.033, -98.700

Hail, Rock

When
August 11, 8:15 AM CST to 8:20 AM CST
Where
Rock County, 3 mi N of Bassett
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$2,000
Crop damage
$6,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.633, -99.517

Hail, Rock

When
August 11, 8:30 AM CST
Where
Rock County, 6 mi NNE of Bassett
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.667, -99.467

Hail, Keya Paha

When
August 11, 9:50 AM CST
Where
Keya Paha County, 5 mi SE of Mills
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.917, -99.383

Hail, Boyd

When
August 11, 10:05 AM CST
Where
Boyd County, 3 mi S of Naper
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.917, -99.083

Hail, Thomas

When
August 11, 3:30 PM CST
Where
Thomas County, 6 mi NNW of Thedford
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$2,000
Crop damage
$2,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.067, -100.633

Hail, Thomas

When
August 11, 4:49 PM CST
Where
Thomas County, 6 mi NW of Halsey
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.967, -100.417

Hail, Thomas

When
August 11, 5:25 PM CST
Where
Thomas County, 12 mi E of Thedford
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$8,000
Crop damage
$3,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.983, -100.350

Hail, Loup

When
August 11, 5:50 PM CST
Where
Loup County, 2 mi S of Almeria
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.800, -99.517

Hail, Thomas

When
August 11, 6:00 PM CST
Where
Thomas County, 16 mi E of Thedford
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.983, -100.267

Hail, Thomas

When
August 11, 6:20 PM CST to 6:25 PM CST
Where
Thomas County, 17 mi E of Thedford
Measured
2.75 in hail
Property damage
$15,000
Crop damage
$10,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.983, -100.250

Hail, Blaine

When
August 11, 6:25 PM CST
Where
Blaine County, Halsey
Measured
2.75 in hail
Property damage
$30,000
Crop damage
$1,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.900, -100.333

Hail, Blaine

When
August 11, 6:37 PM CST
Where
Blaine County, 1 mi E of Halsey
Measured
2.75 in hail
Property damage
$15,000
Crop damage
$10,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.900, -100.317

Hail, Blaine

When
August 11, 6:50 PM CST
Where
Blaine County, 5 mi NW of Dunning
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$8,000
Crop damage
$3,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.867, -100.183

Hail, Custer

When
August 11, 7:05 PM CST
Where
Custer County, 8 mi NW of Sargent
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.717, -99.483

Hail, Blaine

When
August 11, 7:09 PM CST
Where
Blaine County, 1 mi E of Dunning
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$8,000
Crop damage
$3,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.817, -100.100

Hail, Blaine

When
August 11, 7:15 PM CST to 7:25 PM CST
Where
Blaine County, Dunning
Measured
2 in hail
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
$4,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.817, -100.117

Hail, Custer

When
August 11, 7:30 PM CST
Where
Custer County, 7 mi N of Sargent
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.733, -99.367

Hail, Blaine

When
August 11, 7:45 PM CST
Where
Blaine County, 3 mi W of Dunning
Measured
1 in hail
Property damage
$2,000
Crop damage
$2,000
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.817, -100.167

Hail, Custer

When
August 11, 7:55 PM CST
Where
Custer County, Sargent
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.633, -99.367

Hail, Custer

When
August 11, 8:20 PM CST
Where
Custer County, 2 mi S of Comstock
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
41.517, -99.250

Hail, Keya Paha

When
August 11, 8:50 PM CST
Where
Keya Paha County, 6 mi SE of Springview
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.750, -99.650

Hail, Brown

When
August 11, 8:55 PM CST
Where
Brown County, 5 mi NE of Ainsworth
Measured
1.25 in hail
Property damage
$4,000
Crop damage
$5,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.600, -99.783

Hail, Rock

When
August 11, 9:15 PM CST
Where
Rock County, 10 mi NNE of Bassett
Measured
0.88 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.717, -99.433

Hail, Brown

When
August 11, 9:30 PM CST
Where
Brown County, 22 mi SSW of Johnstown
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.267, -100.233

Hail, Blaine

When
August 11, 10:00 PM CST
Where
Blaine County, 6 mi N of Brewster
Measured
2.75 in hail
Property damage
$15,000
Crop damage
$8,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
42.017, -99.867

Thunderstorm Wind, Garfield

When
August 11, 10:55 PM CST
Where
Garfield County, Burwell
Measured
70 kt (81 mph)
Property damage
$40,000
Crop damage
$10,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
41.783, -99.133

Numerous power poles and large trees were broken off. One tree fell on a carport damaging a pickup truck.

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.

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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: 5315250, 5315251, 5315252, 5315253, 5315254, 5315255, 5315256, 5315257, 5315258, 5315262, 5315259, 5315260, 5315261, 5315263, 5315264, 5315265, 5315267, 5315268, 5315266, 5315269, 5315270, 5315271, 5315272, 5315273, 5315274, 5315275, 5315276, 5315277.