Nebraska, 2002

Flash Flood and Hail in Nebraska, September 12, 2002

September 12, 2002 · NWS GLD · 2 events in 1 county or zone

1 hail, 1 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
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 Goodland, KS wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Sep 12, 12:40 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 12, 12:40 PM MST, 4 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GOODLAND KS
140 PM MDT THU SEP 12 2002

FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE RAIN CHANCES/TEMPERATURES.

TONIGHT...MOISTURE AVAILABILITY NO PROBLEM WITH PRECIPITABLE WATER ABOUT
175 PERCENT OF NORMAL. THETA-E MAXIMUM AXIS FROM SFC-850 MB AND FROM
850-700 MB EXTENDS ACROSS WRN KS/ERN CO. SW-NE ORIENTED LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE BOUNDARY BISECTS THE ZONES LATE WHICH WILL SERVE TO
FOCUS SHOWER/TSTM DEVELOPMENT. WILL GO WITH LIKELY RAIN CHANCES. GUIDANCE
MINIMA LOOK TOO COOL BASED ON EXPECTED CLOUD COVER/DEWPOINTS.

FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT...MID/UPPER LEVEL TROF AXIS MOVES ACROSS THE ZONES.
LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY PROGGED ACROSS THE SERN ZONES. WITH ADEQUATE
MOISTURE/LIFT WILL GO WITH CHANCE POPS. COMPROMISE BETWEEN NGM/AVN
MOS HIGHS. DRY FRIDAY NIGHT BEHIND SHORTWAVE TROF PASSAGE.

SATURDAY...COOL SFC HIGH BUILDS SWRD WITH PRESSURE RISES DURING THE
DAY. 850 MB TEMPS SUGGEST COOLEST READINGS IN ERN ZONES. WARMER NGM
MOS HIGHS LOOK BEST BASED ON FORECAST 850 MB TEMPERATURES.

SUNDAY-THURSDAY...DRY PERIOD WITH LIMITED MOISTURE/LIFT. STRONG
RIDGING SUN/MON. NEAR ZONAL FLOW TUE-THU WITH LIMITED MOISTURE...SO
WILL GO DRY. MRF GUIDANCE LOWS/HIGHS LOOK TOO COOL BASED ON LOW
LEVEL THERMAL FIELDS.

.GLD...NONE.

The radar

The Goodland radar (KGLD), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:24 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Red Willow

When
September 12, 5:25 PM MST
Where
Red Willow County, 3 mi NW of Mc Cook
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
40.233, -100.650

Flash Flood, Red Willow

When
September 12, 8:00 PM MST to 11:00 PM MST
Where
Red Willow County, 6 mi E of Mc Cook
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
40.176, -100.477 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Water running over US highway 6-34.

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.
Flash Flood
Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

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: 5316875, 5316876.