1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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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 Jun 15, 2:35 PM CST, 7 hours 25 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 335 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY. CONCERNS IN THIS TIME PERIOD PRIMARILY PCPN CHANCES AND HYDRO CONCERNS. MORNING UPPER AIR ANALYSIS REVEALED PRIMARILY ZONAL FLOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN CONUS...W/ MAIN UPPER FEATURES AN ELONGATED TROF ACROSS THE INTERMOUNTAIN WEST...AN UPPER LOW OVER SRN CA...AND ANOTHER UPPER LOW OVER ERN TX...W/ MAIN BELT OF WESTERLIES FOUND WELL NORTH OF FORECAST AREA. AT LOWER LEVELS...RICH 10-15C 850 DEWPOINTS EXTEND FROM GULF COST TO NORTHERN NEBRASKA. SFC FRONT AT 19Z STRETCHED FROM NEAR KVTN TO KSNY. SFC FRONT TO SLOWLY SAG E/SE THIS EVENING...REACHING JUST N OF THE KS/NE BORDER BY WED AM. EXPECT STORMS TO FIRE ALONG THE BOUNDARY TONIGHT IN THE 21-00Z TIME FRAME...AND SLOWLY SINK SOUTHEAST WITH THE PROGRESSION OF THE FRONT. EXPECT THAT STORMS WILL INTENSIFY AND/OR INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AS 30-40KT LLJ DEVELOPS LATER THIS EVENING...WHICH IN CONJUNCTION WITH S/W TROF LIFTING NE THRU NW NM...WILL ALSO AID IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN MCS ACROSS NW KS/SW NE LATE TONIGHT. MCS EXPECTED TO HEAD EAST ALONG FRONTAL BOUNDARY...REACHING WRN ZONES EARLY WED MORNING AND TRACKING ACROSS REMAINDER OF CWA THROUGH THE DAY. STORMS MAY WEAKEN/DECREASE IN COVERAGE FOR A TIME EARLY TOMORROW...BEFORE RE-INTENSIFYING BECOMING MORE NUMEROUS BY THE AFTERNOON ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN ZONES (SEE BELOW). IN TERMS OF SEVERE POTENTIAL...ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS SUGGESTS MARGINAL HAIL/WIND THREAT...WHICH IS IN LINE WITH LATEST SWODY1. SHEAR ACTUALLY IMPROVES TOMORROW AS S/W CROSSES AREA...BUT DEGREE OF INSTABILITY A REAL QUESTION MARK GIVEN DEGREE OF CLOUD DEBRIS LIKELY TO BE PRESENT. OF MORE CONCERN IS POTENTIAL HYDRO PROBLEMS. PRECIPITABLE H20 VALUES INCREASE TO 1 TO 1.5 INCHES W/ FFG IN WATCH AREA AT ONE INCH OR LESS AFTER SOAKING LAST NIGHT. SEVERAL STREAMS/RIVERS REPORTED NEAR BANKFULL THIS MORNING...WITH THE BIG SANDY CREEK SPILLING OVER. DESPITE CURRENT THINKING THAT THIS AREA WON/T SEE MUCH RAINFALL TONIGHT...FFA TO STAY AS IS WITH EXPECTATION OF MCS RAKING THROUGH THIS AREA TOMORROW. FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL CONTINUE TO SLOWLY MOVE S THRU WED...REACHING A LINE FROM SW TO NE KS. STORMS AGAIN LOOK TO FIRE ALONG THE BOUNDARY WED EVE...MODELS SIGNALING ANOTHER MCS TO FORM OVER WRN KANSAS TOMORROW NIGHT TRACKING EAST ALONG/NORTH OF BOUNDARY THROUGH THURSDAY. .LONG TERM...FRIDAY 12Z ON...LOOKS LIKE A DECENT SHOT FOR RAIN AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS LATE FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. HAVE INCREASED POPS FOR THE ARE GOOD H25 JET WILL SLIP NORTH...AND BAROCLINIC ZONE OVER THE REGION WILL BE FAVORABLE FOR PRECIPITATION EVENT. PRECIPITATION WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN SATURDAY...AND LOWER 70S MIGHT BE TOO WARM. IN FACT THE WHOLE WEEKEND IS LOOKING KINDA COOL FOR MID JUNE. NO CHANGES THEREAFTER. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR YORK...HAMILTON...CLAY...FILLMORE...NUCKOLLS...AND THAYER COUNTIES TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. KS...FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR JEWELL COUNTY TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. && VII/MORITZ
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 628 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-161200- ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLAY-DAWSON-FILLMORE-FRANKLIN-FURNAS-GOSPER-GREELEY- HALL-HAMILTON-HARLAN-HOWARD-JEWELL-KEARNEY-MERRICK-MITCHELL-NANCE- NUCKOLLS-OSBORNE-PHELPS-PHILLIPS-POLK-ROOKS-SHERMAN-SMITH-THAYER- VALLEY-WEBSTER-YORK- 628 PM CDT TUE JUN 15 2004 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR AREAS ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 281... ...A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR HAMILTON...YORK...CLAY... FILLMORE...NUCKOLLS...AND THAYER COUNTIES IN NEBRASKA...AND FOR JEWELL COUNTY IN KANSAS... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PARTS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER TONIGHT. THE PRIMARY HAZARDS FROM THE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WILL BE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS...STRONG WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH...AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT IN WESTERN NEBRASKA LOCATED FROM AINSWORTH TO MULLEN TO OGALLALA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL ALSO INITIATE IN EASTERN COLORADO AND WESTERN KANSAS AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM. THE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST INTO THE OUTLOOK AREA AFTER 8 PM. ALTHOUGH THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS...THERE IS GREATER POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN OF AROUND 2 INCHES OVERNIGHT WHICH MAY RESULT IN MINOR FLOODING PROBLEMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY DURING THE DAY WEDNESDAY...AND MAY AGAIN PRODUCE SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER RISK FOR THUNDERSTORMS ENTERS THE FORECAST FRIDAY AND EARLY SATURDAY..BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER ACTIVATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER DARK. && FOR MORE INFORMATION...LOG ONTO THE HASTINGS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB-PAGE AT WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/GID LAWRENCE/FAY
The North Platte radar (KLNX), 132 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
Along with the nickel size hail, about 2 inches of rain was reported to have fallen in 30 minutes at Cozad.
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