Nebraska, 2002

Hail in Nebraska, May 29, 2002

May 29, 2002 · NWS GID · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

2 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
2

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 29, 8:13 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 8:13 PM CST, 1 hour 52 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
913 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2002

...UPDATE...
THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN NEBRASKA WEAKENING WITH SUNSET AS THEY
APPROACH GID CWFA.  LATEST KLNX DISPLAY DOES SHOW NEW DEVELOPMENT TO
THE NORTHWEST AND A SW MOVING OUTFLOW.

WHAT STORMS REMAIN ARE FOCUSED ON SURFACE TROUGH.  SOME UPPER
SUPPORT IS ACCOMANYING AND 80KT JET IS DIVING SE INTO REGION.
STORMS ARE EXITING AREA OF BETTER MID LEVEL MOISTURE BUT ENTERING
BETTER LOW LEVEL MOISTURE.

BOTTOM LINE IS THAT CONVECTIVE LEFTOVERS SHOULD MAKE EXTREME NRN
CWFA SHORTLY AND CANNOT RULE OUT STORMS IN THE SOUTHEAST LATER
TONIGHT IN LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONVERGENCE.

UPDATED ZFP WILL REFLECT NO POPS IN THE SW CWFA.

.GID...NONE.

DROZD

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Howard

When
May 29, 10:05 PM CST
Where
Howard County, 2 mi S of Elba
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Coordinates
41.250, -98.583

Hail, Hall

When
May 29, 11:02 PM CST
Where
Hall County, 5 mi N of Grand Is
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.983, -98.350

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: 5302455, 5302456.