Nebraska, 2002

Hail in Nebraska, June 17 to 18, 2002

June 17 to 18, 2002 · NWS GID · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

3 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.

  • 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
$10,000
Crop damage
$250,000
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 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 17, 1:06 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 1:06 PM CST, 4 hours 4 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
206 PM CDT MON JUN 17 2002

...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS FOCUSING ON PERIODS WITH BETTER
CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS...

NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO TOTALLY DISCOUNT CONVECTION ESPECIALLY IN THE
NIGHT THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...BUT THAT/S NORMALLY THE CASE IN
JUNE.

TONIGHT LOOKS LIKE IT COULD BE A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHT. SURFACE
TROUGH ON A HON-LBF LINE COUPLED WITH S/W INDICATED ON WV
SATELLITE OVER NEB PANHANDLE MAY BE ENOUGH TO FIRE THUNDERSTORMS
LATE THIS AFTERNOON. ANY THAT FORM WOULD LIKELY BECOME MORE
WIDESPREAD AS THEY ENCOUNTER SOMEWHAT DEEPER MOISTURE AND
DEVELOPING LOW LEVEL JET AS THEY MOVE EAST.

APPEARS A LULL IN THE ACTION TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY AS UPPER RIDGE
AND WARMER MID LEVEL TEMPERATURES BUILD IN.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY NIGHT APPEAR TO OFFER THE GREATEST
CHANCE FOR RAIN/THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS GID CWA. RIDGE WEAKENS AND
DRIFTS EAST AS WIDE WESTERN STATES WAVE APPROACHES WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
NEXT WAVE TAKES A NORTHERN TRAJECTORY BUT CHASES ANOTHER FRONT
ACROSS NEBRASKA LATE SATURDAY. WILL CONTINUE CHANCE FOR
RAIN/STORMS SUNDAY AND MONDAY WITH WEAK SURFACE FRONT AND EXPECTED
SHORT WAVES ROUNDING THE TOP OF SOUTHWEST UPPER RIDGE.

.GID...NONE.

SCHURR

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 120 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:08 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Furnas

When
June 17, 5:10 PM CST
Where
Furnas County, Beaver City
Measured
1 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.150, -99.833

Hail, Harlan

When
June 17, 6:05 PM CST
Where
Harlan County, 1 mi SW of Orleans
Measured
1.75 in hail
Property damage
$10,000
Crop damage
$250,000
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.117, -99.467

Hail, Hall

When
June 18, 11:38 PM CST
Where
Hall County, 7 mi NW of Grand Is
Measured
1.25 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.983, -98.450

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.

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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: 5306256, 5306257, 5306258.