Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 2002

Name: Hail in Nebraska, June 7, 2002
Start: 2002-06-07T17:20
End: 2002-06-07T20:10
Location: Nebraska

June 7, 2002 · NWS GID · 7 events in 1 county or zone

An isolated complex of thunderstorms rumbled across Valley county during the evening hours. Hail was reported in the western and southern sections of the county, with many spots reported hail several times during the evening.

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: $20,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Events: 7

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 happened

The episode as NWS GID wrote it up.

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 7, 12:40 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 12:40 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
140 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002

MAIN FOCUS THIS PACKAGE IS CONVECTION TONIGHT.

18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS PLACED FRONT ON A BKX-ANW-FCL. BOUNDARY HAS SAT
NEARLY STATIONARY SINCE LIFTING NORTH AFTER LAST EVENINGS
CONVECTION. SATELLITE HAS UPPER IMPULSE ALONG NE-SD BORDER W OF VTN
WITH CONVECTION JUST N OF FRONT.

MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH FRONT DRIFTING SOUTH THIS EVENING IN
RESPONSE TO VTN IMPULSE AND ANOTHER WEAK IMPULSE TONIGHT LATER
TONIGHT. WITH WARMING TEMPERATURES ALOFT AND CONVECTIVE TEMPS NEAR
100 SOUTH OF BOUNDARY...CONVECTION SHOULD FORM ONLY IN AND N OR
FRONT THIS EVENING. WSW UPPER FLOW WILL TAKE MOST CONVECTION ALONG
FRONT BUT SOME MAY BE STRONG ENOUGH TO TURN INTO LOW LEVEL MOISTURE
FIELD. POPS IN 40 PCT RANGE APPEAR APPROPRIATE ABOUT 100 MILES S OF
FRONT.

FRONT FORECAST TO SHIFT FURTHER N AS UPPER TROF NOW OVER
PACIFIC NW MOVES INTO GREAT BASIN TOMORROW. HOT...HUMID AND WINDY
WX FORECAST THRU THE WEEKEND WITH EXTREMELY WARM H7 TEMPERATURES
CAPPING ANY SHOT AT CONVECTION.

WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR ENERGY ASSOCIATED WITH UPPER TROF MAINLY MON
AFTN-MON NGT BEFORE THERE IS ANY CHANCE FOR TSTMS. EVEN THEN...
EXTENDED MODELS TAKE ENERGY INTO DAKOTAS LEAVING GID CWA WITH ONLY
A CHANCE FOR PCPN.

NW UPPER FLOW KEEPS DRY AND MILD WX THRU THE REST OF NEXT WEEK.

.GID...NONE.

SCHURR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 2:48 PM CST, 2 hours 32 minutes before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-072300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
348 PM CDT FRI JUN 7 2002

...SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING ACROSS PARTS OF
CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA BUT SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED IN NORTH
CENTRAL KANSAS...

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS NORTHERN NEBRASKA THIS
AFTERNOON AND THEN DRIFT INTO CENTRAL AND SOUTH-CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS
EVENING. THE STORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...FROM NEAR SIOUX CITY TO
IMPERIAL. STORMS WOULD BE EXPECTED IN CENTRAL NEBRASKA AFTER 6 PM.
SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.

THE MAIN AREA WHERE SEVERE WEATHER MIGHT OCCUR IS ALONG AND NORTH
OF A LINE FROM YORK TO HASTINGS TO HOLDREGE.  MOST SEVERE WEATHER
SHOULD BE OVER WITH BY MIDNIGHT.

The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 131 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:20 UTC.

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Event by event

7 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Valley

When: June 7, 5:20 PM CST
Where: Valley County, 7 mi W of Ord
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.600, -99.067

Hail, Valley

When: June 7, 5:59 PM CST
Where: Valley County, 7 mi W of Ord
Measured: 0.88 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.600, -99.067

Hail, Valley

When: June 7, 6:20 PM CST
Where: Valley County, 9 mi SW of Ord
Measured: 1 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.500, -99.050

Hail, Valley

When: June 7, 6:36 PM CST
Where: Valley County, 10 mi S of Ord
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.450, -98.933

Hail, Valley

When: June 7, 7:25 PM CST
Where: Valley County, 6 mi N of Arcadia
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.517, -99.133

Hail, Valley

When: June 7, 7:50 PM CST
Where: Valley County, 8 mi SW of Ord
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.517, -99.050

Hail, Valley

When: June 7, 8:10 PM CST
Where: Valley County, 7 mi N of Arcadia
Measured: 1.75 in hail
Property damage: $10,000
Crop damage: $100,000
Reported by: LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates: 41.533, -99.133

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 2002 Every state in 2002 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, June 2002

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: 5306131, 5306132, 5306133, 5306134, 5306135, 5306136, 5306137.