Hail, Lancaster
- When
- June 9, 11:19 PM CST
- Where
- Lancaster County, Lincoln
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.800, -96.667
Hail in Nebraska, June 9, 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 Omaha, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 1:20 PM CST, 9 hours 59 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 1:20 PM CST, 9 hours 59 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 220 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003 FORECAST CHALLENGES...PRECIPITATION CHANCES DURING THE PERIOD. SYNOPSIS...LOW LEVEL MOISTURE STREAMING NORTH THIS AFTERNOON IN ADVANCE OF DEVELOPING WESTERN SYSTEM. DEWPOINTS IN THE LOWER 60S HAVE SPREAD ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA WITH EASTERN EDGE OF THIS MOISTURE ALONG WRN BORDER OF CWA. NOT MUCH GOING ON AT THIS TIME IN THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH SOME SHOWERS SHOWING UP ON RADAR ALONG NORTH CENTRAL BORDER INTO ERN SD. SEVERAL SHORT WAVES INDICATED ON WV LOOP UPSTREAM OF THE AREA WITH STRONGER ONES OVER ERN MT AND SWRN ID. THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH STORMS FIRING NORTHWEST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS CONVERGENCE INCREASES ALONG DEVELOPING SURFACE BOUNDRY FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...THEN MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA. SHORT TERM... THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL STILL LOOKS GOOD FOR TONIGHT ACROSS THE AREA WITH STORMS EXPECTED TO FIRE NORTHWEST OF THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AS CONVERGENCE INCREASES ALONG DEVELOPING SURFACE BOUNDRY FROM NORTH CENTRAL INTO EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...THEN MOVE EAST INTO THE AREA THIS EVENING. SOME STORMS MAY LINGER IN PARTS OF THE SOUTHEAST CWA ON TUESDAY AS FRONT SLOWS UP ACROSS NORTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHEAST KS. AFTER A SHORT BREAK TUESDAY NIGHT...ANOTHER CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS RETURNS TO THE AREA LATE WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS YET ANOTHER SHORT WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH SEVERAL SURFACE BOUNDERIES INDICATED OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS. THINGS REMAIN UNSETTLED THROUGH THE EARLY PART OF THE EXTENDED PERIOD AS GFS STALLS OUT A SURFACE BOUNDRY OVER THE SOUTHERN PLAINS WITH SEVERAL CONVECTIVE COMPLEXES INDICATED NORTH OF THIS BOUNDRY PLACING SRN PARTS OF CWA ON NORTHERN EDGE OF RAIN AREA. LITTLE CHANGE TO EXTENDED AT THIS TIME WITH PRECIP CHANCES CONTINUING INTO SATURDAY THEN STAYING WTH DRY FORECAST SUNDAY INTO MONDAY AS BOTH GFS AND ECMWF INDICATE RIDING DEVELOPING WITH CUTOFF LOW MEANDERING OVER THE SRN PLAINS AND LOWER MS VALLY AREA. .OMA...NONE. FOBERT
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 4:10 PM CST, 7 hours 9 minutes before
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034- 042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-101100- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE 510 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT AND TUESDAY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE PROBABLE OVER A LARGE PART OF EASTERN NEBRASKA AND SOUTHWEST IOWA TONIGHT...ESPECIALLY THROUGH LATE EVENING. WARM AND INCREASINGLY HUMID AIR HAD SPREAD NORTH INTO CENTRAL NEBRASKA MONDAY AFTERNOON CREATING QUITE UNSTABLE CONDITIONS. MEANWHILE...RELATIVELY STRONG NORTHWEST WINDS IN THE JET STREAM LEVEL...AND AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TRACKING INTO THE PLAINS...WILL CREATE FAVORABLE WIND SHEAR AND LIFT FOR THE EXPECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SUPERCELLS WITH DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN THREAT BUT A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE. THE AREA WITH THE HIGHER RISK OF TORNADOES IN THE OUTLOOK AREA IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM BEATRICE TO FREMONT TO ONAWA IOWA. HOWEVER...ANY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT DEVELOPS OVER THE AREA THIS EVENING HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME TORNADIC. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH MONDAY A SERIES OF UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES AND WEAK FRONTS ARE STILL FORECAST TO CROSS THE CENTRAL PLAINS FROM WEDNESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. THIS WILL KEEP AN UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN ACROSS THE AREA WITH A CONTINUED RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS. THE STRENGTH AND TIMING OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ASSESSED IN LATER HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOKS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... STORM SPOTTERS SHOULD REMAIN READY FOR ACTIVATION THIS EVENING. CHERMOK
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 9, 8:41 PM CST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
941 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0917 PM WHITING IA .88 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 MONONA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0933 PM ONAWA IA .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 MONONA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 9, 8:57 PM CST, 2 hours 22 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
957 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0945 PM MAPLETON IA .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 MONONA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 9, 9:17 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1017 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0935 PM DECATUR NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 BURT REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:16 PM CST, 1 hour 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1116 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0930 PM THURSTON NE .88 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 THURSTON POWERLINES AND ARM
SIZED DIAMETER TREE
LIMBS DOWN. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.
1000 PM PENDER NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 THURSTON ONE POWERLINE DOWN AND
TREE LIMBS DOWN.
REPORTED BY EMERGENCY
MANAGEMENT.
1035 PM 3 N SHELBY NE 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/03 BUTLER POWER POLES AND TREES
DOWN. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1044 PM SEWARD NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 SEWARD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.Local storm report, Jun 9, 10:30 PM CST, 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
1130 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM LINCOLN NE 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/03 LANCASTER MANY TREES AND POWER
LINES DOWN. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1120 PM PENDER NE FLOOD
06/09/03 THURSTON LOGAN CREEK FLOODING.
WATER OVER ROADS SOUTH
EDGE OF TOWN. REPORTED
BY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.Special weather statement, Jun 9, 10:32 PM CST, 47 minutes before
NEZ011>018-030>034-042>045-100600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA NE 1132 PM CDT MON JUN 9 2003 TORNADO WATCH #496 HAS BEEN REMOVED FROM THE FOLLOWING AREAS... PLATTE...BOONE...MADISON...ANTELOPE...PIERCE...DAKOTA...DIXON AND KNOX... TORNADO WATCH #496 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR...DODGE...COLFAX... WASHINGTON...BURT...STANTON...CUMING...THURSTON...WAYNE AND CEDAR COUNTIES...
The radar
The Omaha radar (KOAX), 63 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:18 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 9, 2003
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, June 9, 2003
- Rip Current in Florida, June 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Texas, June 9 to 10, 2003
- Tornado and Hail in South Dakota, June 9, 2003
- Damaging Winds in South Dakota, June 9, 2003
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 9, 2003
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 9 to 10, 2003
- Tornado and Damaging Wind in Iowa, June 9, 2003
- Damaging Winds in Nebraska, June 9, 2003
- Flash Flood in Iowa, June 9, 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: 5370312.