1 tornado, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.
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.
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, 6 hours 23 minutes earlier.
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
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
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
643 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0628 PM BELDEN NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 CEDAR REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
719 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0602 PM SANTEE NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 KNOX REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0630 PM 1 NE LINDY NE TORNADO
06/09/03 KNOX REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0649 PM COLERIDGE NE 2 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 CEDAR REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
OBSERVER.
0649 PM COLERIDGE NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 CEDAR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
733 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0713 PM 6 W OBERT NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 CEDAR REPORTED BY FIRE AND
RESCUE.
0728 PM 4 W CROFTON NE 1 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 KNOX 2.5 INCHES OF RAIN IN
60 MINUTES. REPORTED BY
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
745 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0717 PM SANTEE NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 KNOX REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0732 PM HARTINGTON NE 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 CEDAR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0737 PM 6 SE HARTINGTON NE TORNADO
06/09/03 CEDAR REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
811 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0730 PM WYNOT NE .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/03 CEDAR REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
HAIL FELL FOR 20
MINUTES FROM 1930 TO
1950 HOURS. RECEIVED 3
INCHES OF RAIN FROM
1830 TO 2000 HOURS.PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
825 PM CDT MON JUN 09 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0818 PM LAUREL NE 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/03 CEDAR SMALL TREE BRANCHES
BROKEN OFF. REPORTED
BY STORM SPOTTER.The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 189 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 01:44 UTC.
1 tornado. Local standard time, as filed.
A tornado destroyed a small farm outbuilding 4 miles north of Orchard. The tornado caused other minor outbuilding and tree damage along a path from just southwest of Orchard to around 4 miles north of town.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
Every storm in Nebraska in 2003Every state in 2003This day in weather historyThe tornado archive for Nebraska, 2003Warnings in Nebraska, June 2003
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: 5365586.