Hail in Iowa, June 18, 2003

Name: Hail in Iowa, June 18, 2003
Start: 2003-06-18T15:00
End: 2003-06-18T15:00
Location: Iowa

June 18, 2003 · NWS OAX · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 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: 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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 18, 1:25 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 1:25 PM CST, 1 hour 35 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
225 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003

MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGES ARE CHANCES OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM FRIDAY
NIGHT ON.

SURFACE FEATURES REMAIN WEAK WITH HIGH PRESSURE SITTING OVER
SOUTHERN MANITOBA AND A WEAK TROF MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SRN NEBRASKA
AND SRN IA.  ISOLATED CONVECTION CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTH ACROSS THE
FORECAST AREA WITH WEAK SHEAR AND INSTABILITY IN PLACE. SLOW MOVING
CONVECTION SHOULD CONTINUE TO SHIFT SWD THIS EVENING AS SFC TROF
SLIPS TO THE SOUTH.

DRIER MID LEVEL AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION TONIGHT AS ABOVE MENTIONED
SFC HIGH SLIDES SOUTHEAST.  WARM AIR ADVECTION PATTERN WILL BEGIN TO
SET UP ON FRIDAY. MID LEVEL TROF BEGINS TO MOVE ACROSS THE WESTERN
US AND PUSHES A SHORTWAVE ACROSS NEBRASKA FRIDAY AFTERNOON.
INCREASING LLJ SHOULD HELP A FEW THUNDERSTORMS FIRE IN THE LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS ACROSS OUR WESTERN COUNTIES. THIS
ACTIVITY MAY LINGER INTO SATURDAY AIDED BY LOW LEVEL JET AND
SHORTWAVE TRANSLATING EAST.

CHALLENGE IN EXTENDED FORECAST BECOMES WHEN NOT TO PUT POPS IN.
FRONT THAT IS PROGGED TO SLIDE THRU ON SUNDAY WILL LIKELY BE NEXT
FOCUSING MECHANISM FOR THUNDERSTORMS.  EXTENDED MODELS DIVERGE WITH
ENSEMBLES TAKING ON A MORE ZONAL PATTERN INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WHILE
THE GFS DIGS A DEEP TROF ACROSS THE WESTERN US.  HAVE STUCK CLOSER
TO ENSEMBLES AND LEFT DAYS 6 AND 7 DRY.

.OMA...NONE.

GRIFFIS

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 10:45 AM CST, 4 hours 15 minutes before

IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-182300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1145 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA
AND SOUTHWEST IOWA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AND IN
SOUTHWEST IOWA.  LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT WITH THE
THUNDERSTORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE AREA FRIDAY NIGHT
INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TODAY OR TONIGHT.

SD

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:07 PM CST, 53 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
307 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0100 PM    4 NE DAVEY                NE   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/03   LANCASTER                      BROKE 1 INCH LIMBS ON
                                          TREE. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:28 PM CST, 32 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION TIME OF REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
328 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0300 PM    4 NE DAVEY                NE   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/18/03   LANCASTER                      BROKE 1 INCH LIMBS ON
                                          TREE. REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:39 PM CST, 21 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
339 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2003

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0320 PM    RAYMOND                   NE   .75 INCH HAIL
06/18/03   LANCASTER                      REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

The radar

The Omaha radar (KOAX), 78 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:57 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Pottawattamie

When: June 18, 3:00 PM CST
Where: Pottawattamie County, 6 mi ESE of Minden
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 41.433, -95.450

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 Iowa in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Iowa, June 2003

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: 5365577.