Nebraska, 2002

Hail in Nebraska, June 6, 2002

June 6, 2002 · NWS LBF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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  • 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 North Platte, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 6, 1:52 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 1:52 PM CST, 2 hours 33 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
252 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2002

...MAJOR WEATHER SYSTEM ON THE WAY...

WEAK DAKOTA TROF MOVES THRU THIS EVENING WITH COLD FRONT DROPPING
THRU NRN HALF OF FCST AREA FRIDAY AM.  FRONT IS THEN THE FOCUS FOR
SEVERE WEATHER FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  ACTIVITY DIMINISHES FRIDAY NIGHT.

ATM REMAINS CAPPED DURING THE DAY SATURDAY AND HOPEFULLY THRU
SATURDAY NIGHT.  ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON.  THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN CONTINUE THRU MONDAY AFTERNOON.
LOOKS LIKE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD RAIN EVENT SO WHIPPED OUT THE 60 POP
SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY.

RAIN ENDS WITH CLEARING SKIES MONDAY NIGHT.  BY TUES AM TEMPS HAVE
DROPPED TO NEAR 40 DEGREES WITH POTENTIAL RECORD LOWS.  EXPECT
ISOLATED AFTN SHRA-TSRA TUES AFTN WITH 500M COLD POOL STILL IN PLACE.
TEMPS MODERATE WEDS-THUR.

.LBF...NONE.

CDC

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 10:34 AM CST, 5 hours 51 minutes before
NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-062045-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR WESTERN AND NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
1134 AM CDT THU JUN 6 2002

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. THIS IS MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE
EXTENDING FROM VALENTINE...TO ONEILL...TO EWING. SOUTH OF THIS
LINE...ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE...HOWEVER...THEY SHOULD REMAIN BELOW
SEVERE LEVELS. A TROF OF LOW PRESSURE WILL APPROACH THE OUTLOOK AREA
THIS AFTERNOON. AS IT ENCOUNTERS DEEP MID LEVEL MOISTURE...ELEVATED
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER
THREAT ACROSS THE SLIGHT RISK AREA WILL BE FROM HIGH WINDS AND LARGE
HAIL.

ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS POSSIBLE TOMORROW AS A COLD
FRONT STALLS ACROSS NORTHEASTERN PORTIONS OF THE PANHANDLE AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. AS OF NOW...THE LOCATION OF THE MAIN SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM
OSHKOSH TO OGALLALA TO CURTIS. THE COLD FRONT WILL STALL OUT FROM
NEAR ANTIOCH TO BASSETT TOMORROW AFTERNOON. HAIL AND HIGH WINDS WILL
BE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TOMORROW IN THESE AREAS...WITH A
TORNADO POSSIBLE ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY TOMORROW AFTERNOON.

The radar

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Custer

When
June 6, 4:25 PM CST
Where
Custer County, 5 mi S of Merna
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
41.417, -99.767

What these are

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

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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: 5293754.