Nebraska, 2002

Hail in Nebraska, May 11, 2002

May 11, 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
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
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 May 11, 12:14 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 11, 12:14 AM CST, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
114 AM CDT SAT MAY 11 2002

...ONGOING CONVECTION MAIN CONCERN...

STORMS ARE BEGINNING TO FILL IN OVER CWA THIS MORNING. STORMS
APPROACHING FROM THE SW AT ABOUT 40KTS OR SO. STORMS FEEDING ON
RETURN OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE TO THE AREA. 24HR CHANGE OF SFC DEW
POINTS INDICATE A RISE OF ABOUT 30 DEGREES OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHWEST KS. PCPN SHOULD CONTINUE THROUGH MOST OF THE DAY AND WILL
CONTINUE CATEGORICAL POPS TODAY. LATER THIS AFTERNOON..SFC LOW
SHIFTS EAST AND WINDS ACROSS THE CWA SWITCH TO THE NW. TEMPS MAY
NOT RISE ALL THAT MUCH OVER NRN SECTIONS OF THE CWA. PCPN CHANCES
SHIFT SOUTHWARD TONIGHT. WILL CARRY SLGT POPS MID SECTIONS AND
HIGHER POPS SOUTH. NEXT CHANCE FOR PCPN COMES MID WEEK. NO MAJOR
CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED.

.GID...NONE.

DEE

The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 88 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:33 UTC.

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Event by event

3 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Harlan

When
May 11, 1:35 AM CST
Where
Harlan County, Orleans
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.133, -99.450

Hail, Webster

When
May 11, 1:40 AM CST
Where
Webster County, Blue Hill
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.333, -98.450

Hail, Clay

When
May 11, 1:45 AM CST
Where
Clay County, Fairfield
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
40.433, -98.117

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

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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: 5302356, 5302357, 5302358.