Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2003

Name: Hail in Nebraska, May 22, 2003
Start: 2003-05-22T23:30
End: 2003-05-22T23:30
Location: Nebraska

May 22, 2003 · NWS GID · 1 event in 1 county or zone

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.

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Tropical storms and surge
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Wind
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Winter weather
Heat and drought
Cold
Fire, smoke and dust
Marine and coastal
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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 Hastings, NE wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 22, 2:14 PM CST, 9 hours 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 22, 2:14 PM CST, 9 hours 16 minutes before

SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
314 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2003

PREVIOUS FORECAST LOOKS VERY GOOD, THUS LITTLE CHANGES EXPECTED. THE
CWA REMAINS ON THE EASTERN EDGE OF GOOD MID-LEVEL INSTABILITY, HENCE
THE MID-LEVEL CONVECTION. UNTIL NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME
ABATES...CHANCE FOR THUNDER WILL BE MENTIONED IN THE FORECAST. NW
FLOW LOOKS TO DECREASE BY SUNDAY...THUS WILL PLAN TO CUTOFF THE POPS
SATURDAY MORNING. TEMPS LOOK TO REMAIN AROUND CLIMO THROUGH SUNDAY.

AS FOR NEXT WEEK...BASED ON A MAJORITY OF SURROUNDING OFFICES WILL
OPT TO YANK SMALL POPS THAT WERE INTRODUCED THIS MORNING.
ALSO...EXTENDED MODELS ARE ALL OVER THE ROAD...SO NO REAL CONSENSUS
ON THE FORECAST FOR THIS TIME PERIOD AS WELL. SUFFICE-TO-SAY...TEMPS
WILL REMAIN CLOSE OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE CLIMO.

.GID...NONE.

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 5:45 PM CST, 5 hours 45 minutes before

KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-231200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
645 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND
PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
ACROSS THE REGION...MOST LIKELY WEST OF A LEXINGTON NEBRASKA
TO STOCKTON KANSAS LINE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL FIRE IN A
MARGINALLY UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE THIS EVENING...WITH HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND LOCALLY STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS THE
MAIN HAZARDS. STORM MOTION WILL BE EAST SOUTHEAST.

WHILE THE INITIAL THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY WEAKEN TOWARD LATE
EVENING...ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
OVERNIGHT IN THE SAME AREA. AGAIN...A FEW STORMS COULD BE
SEVERE AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WILL LINGER AFTER DAYBREAK FRIDAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AT TIMES
THROUGH AT LEAST SATURDAY MORNING. THE MOST LIKELY TIME FRAME
FOR ORGANIZED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE OVERNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT.
A COMPLEX OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE EAST FROM THE WESTERN
HIGH PLAINS...AND MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. ALTHOUGH WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER
IS NOT ANTICIPATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY...A FEW STORMS COULD
BECOME STRONG OR SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TONIGHT. HOWEVER...
LOCAL AND INDIVIDUAL SPOTTER GROUPS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO
POSSIBLE DEPLOYMENT.

MORITZ

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 22, 10:00 PM CST, 1 hour 30 minutes before

NEZ060-072-082-230430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
1100 PM CDT THU MAY 22 2003

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS EXPIRED FOR THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES...

IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA...
DAWSON...GOSPER AND FURNAS COUNTIES.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE
LATEST SEVERE WEATHER INFORMATION.

MORITZ

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The radar

The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 35 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:28 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Franklin

When: May 22, 11:30 PM CST
Where: Franklin County, 4 mi NE of Upland
Measured: 0.75 in hail
Reported by: GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates: 40.350, -98.850

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

Every storm in Nebraska in 2003 Every state in 2003 This day in weather history Warnings in Nebraska, May 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: 5365001.