Hail, Box Butte
- When
- June 20, 4:25 PM MST to 4:30 PM MST
- Where
- Box Butte County, 7 mi SW of Alliance
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 42.033, -102.983
Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 2003
1 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
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 Cheyenne, WY wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 20, 2:15 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 2:15 PM MST, 2 hours 10 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 315 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003 SHORT TERM...CONVECTION FIRING UP OVER FAR SOUTHEAST WY AHEAD OF VORT MAX COMING UP FROM CO. SVR TSTM WATCH 551 POSTED UNTIL 03Z. WIND GUSTS OVER 50 MPH ALREADY REPORTED IN LAR AND ARLINGTON. BEYOND THAT...SFC DRY LINE SHOULD BE SWEEPING EAST LATER THIS EVENING AND BRINGING A RELATIVELY QUICK END TO PRECIP OVERNIGHT IN ALL BUT THE FAR EASTERN PANHANDLE. NOT SURE WHY MODELS INSIST ON DEVELOPING MORE PRECIP WESTERN CWA ON SAT WHERE MEAN RELATIVE HUMIDITIES DROP. RWL HAS ALREADY SEEN THE DEWPOINT DROP SOME 10 DEGREES IN A FEW HOURS. ONLY MADE MINOR ADUSTMENTS TO EXISTING TEMPERATURE GRIDS. LONG TERM...INCREASING WSWLY FLOW ALOFT OVER CWA WITH UPPER LOW DROPPING INTO SOUTHERN ALBERTA. AIR MASS DRIES OUT QUITE A BIT WITH LIMITED AMOUNTS OF THIS AND INSTABILITY CONFINED TO MAINLY WESTERN AND FAR NORTHERN PARTS OF CWA. SEVERAL WEAK SHORTWAVE TROFS TO CONTEND WITH AND FIRST COLD FRONT GETS ITS REAL SHOVE THROUGH THE CWA SATURDAY EVENING...WILL GO WITH 20 PERCENT POPS OVER WY PORTION OF CWA SAT EVENING...30 PERCENT NRN PANHANDLE. FAIRLY DRY DAY IN STORE SUNDAY WITH CONTINUED WSWLY FLOW ALOFT AS A DECENT SHORTWAVE SWEEPS ACRS MT. A BIT OF MOISTURE/INSTABILITY FROM RWL TO DGW AND OVER TO CDR FOR LOW POPS THOSE AREAS. MODELS HAVE SOME DIFFERENCES FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH ETA SHOWING A STRONGER UPPER LOW OVER PAC NW WHILE AVN WHICH WAS STRONG ON THIS SHOWING A MORE OPEN TROF. EITHER WAY...COOLER AND UNSETTLED WX PATTERN SETTING UP ESPECIALLY FOR TUE THROUGH THU IN MOIST UPSLOPE FLOW. WILL GO WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS/TSTMS MON AND TUE...THEN MAINLY JUST SHOWERS IN THE COOL AIR WED/THU. DRIER AND WARMER FRI. .CYS... WY...NONE. NE...NONE. RGB/JLH
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 9:52 AM MST, 6 hours 33 minutes before
NEZ001>003-019>021-054-055-WYZ059>070-211130- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 1052 AM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEASTERN WYOMING AND THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP IN THE FAR EASTERN PARTS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING DURING THE AFTERNOON...THEN GRADUALLY SPREAD INTO THE WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BY LATE AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE EVENING. LOOK FOR STORMS TO DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AND NUMBER OVERNIGHT IN WESTERN NEBRASKA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. SATURDAY AND SUNDAY WILL SEE A MINIMUM OF LATE DAY STORMS AS DRIER AIR MOVES INTO THE REGION. FOR MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...A GRADUAL INCREASE IN LATE DAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED AS AN UPPER LEVEL FEATURE AND ITS SURFACE COLD FRONT AFFECT THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN THE PANHANDLE AND THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS OF SOUTHEAST WYOMING. RGB
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 20, 3:00 PM MST, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE, WY
400 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0350 PM LINGLE WY 60 MPH TSTORM WIND
06/20/03 GOSHEN
GRIFFITHSpecial weather statement, Jun 20, 4:13 PM MST, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE WY 513 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003 NEZ001-019-020-054-WYZ059-060-067>070-210015- BANNER-CHEYENNE FOOTHILLS-CONVERSE-GOSHEN-KIMBALL-NIOBRARA- PINE BLUFFS-PLATTE-SCOTTS BLUFF-SIOUX- 513 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH DROPPED FOR SOUTHEAST WYOMING COUNTIES AND THOSE OF NEBRASKA PANHANDLE BORDERING WYOMING... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS DROPPED AT 505 PM FOR CONVERSE...NIOBRARA...PLATTE...GOSHEN AND LARAMIE COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST WYOMING. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WAS ALSO DROPPED FOR SIOUX... SCOTTS BLUFF...BANNER AND KIMBALL COUNTIES OF THE EXTREME WESTERN NEBRASKA PANHANDLE. THERE NO LONGER APPEARS TO BE A THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING IN THESE COUNTIES...HOWEVER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE. NEZ002-003-021-055-210015- BOX BUTTE-CHEYENNE-DAWES-MORRILL- 513 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR DAWES... BOX BUTTE...MORRILL AND CHEYENNE COUNTIES UNTIL 900 PM. THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE STILL POSSIBLE IN THE WATCH AREA. THE WATCH HAS BEEN DROPPED FROM THE COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF THESE HOWEVER. COX
Local storm report, Jun 20, 4:25 PM MST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE, WY
525 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 PM FORT LARAMIE WY .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/03 GOSHEN HAIL OCCURRED BETWEEN
340-345 PM
GRIFFITHLocal storm report, Jun 20, 4:25 PM MST, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHEYENNE, WY
525 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0340 PM LINGLE WY .75 INCH HAIL
06/20/03 GOSHEN HAIL OCCURRED BETWEEN
340-345 PM
GRIFFITHThe radar
The Cheyenne radar (KCYS), 180 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 23:24 UTC.
Event by event
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 20, 2003
- Flood in Pennsylvania, June 20 to 21, 2003
- Hail in Colorado, June 20, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 20, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Texas, June 20, 2003
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 20, 2003
- Flash Flood in Florida, June 20, 2003
- Damaging Wind in Montana, June 20, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 20, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in Colorado, June 20, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 20, 2003
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, 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: 5364046.