Heavy Rain, Franklin
- When
- June 16, 9:00 PM CST to June 17, 2:00 AM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Macon
- Property damage
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.176, -98.953 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Hail and Heavy Rain in Nebraska, June 16 to 17, 2005
4 hail, 1 heavy rain, as filed by the National Weather Service.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. 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
- $25,000
- Crop damage
- $1.0 million
- Events
- 5
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 Jun 16, 2:13 PM CST, 6 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 2:13 PM CST, 6 hours 47 minutes before
SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA/NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 313 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 .DISCUSSION... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS GREW UP THIS MORNING OVER CENTRAL NEBRASKA AS A MCV FROM LAST NIGHTS CONVECTION STALLED OVERHEAD. TROUGHING ALOFT ALSO MAKING A FAVORABLE ENVIRONMENT FOR A WIDENING AREA OF SHOWERS WHICH REALLY TOOK OFF THIS AFTERNOON. OVERNIGHT THE RIDGE BUILDS TO THE WEST AND AND A VORTMAX DIVES SOUTH INTO OKLAHOMA. THE IMPACT ON THE FORECAST HAS BEEN TO SUPPRESS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT ACROSS MUCH OF NEBRASKA. THE FOCUS THEN TURNS TO OUR KANSAS COUNTIES. WHERE MID 60 DEW POINTS AND AND TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S EXIST. CAPE VALUES OF OVER 3000 J/KG EXIST ACROSS OUR KANSAS COUNTIES. 18Z SOUNDINGS FROM KLBF AND KDDC ARE INTERESTING AND SHOW THE MOST LIKELY AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. WIND PROFILES FAVORABLE FOR TORNADOES...PROBLEM IS THE CAP SO WE WILL NEED TO WAIT PERHAPS ANOTHER HOUR OR MORE BEFORE STORMS FIRE THERE. ACROSS NEBRASKA LOOK FOR THE ACTIVITY TO DIMINISH THIS EVENING FOR ALL EXCEPT FAR SOUTHERN AND SOUTHWEST COUNTIES. FOR FRI...LOW CLOUDS SHOULD ERODE ON S FLOW. BROAD AREA OF HIGH PRESSURE AT THE SFC WILL REMAIN OVER WI/MN. AS SFC LOW OVER MT AND LEE TROUGH INTENSIFIES...PRESSURE GRADIENT WILL INCREASE AND BRING BREEZY CONDITIONS BY LATE IN THE DAY TO WESTERN ZONES. H5 RIDGE AXIS BUILDS IN WITH SUBSIDENCE...AND DRY FCST CONTINUED THROUGH SAT.... ALTHOUGH WITH RESIDUAL MOISTURE IN PLACE...CANNOT RULE OUT SOME STRATUS SAT MORN...ALTHOUGH EASTERN ZONES LOOK TO REMAIN MOSTLY CLEAR WITH BL RH BELOW 70 PERCENT. IN THE EXTENDED...AT H5... UKMET/ECMWF/GFS BUILD RIDGE THROUGH SUN AND MON. 12Z GFS/NAM BRINGS IN THICKNESSES OF 585DAM BY SUN EVENING WHICH SHOULD BRING THE ENTIRE CWA ABOVE 90 FOR DAYTIME HIGHS. H7 TEMPS ABOVE 14C...AND NAM MODEL SOUNDINGS CAP ATM NEAR H8 WITH TEMPS 22-23C. DRY FCST CONTINUES ALTHOUGH CHANCES FOR FROPA INCREASING WITH OOZ/12Z GFS RUNS. SOUTHERN EXTENT OF NORTHERN STREAM SYSTEM QUESTIONABLE...BUT IF FRONT DOES MAKE IT INTO THE CWA LOOKS LIKE MON NIGHT/TUES TIME-FRAME. THIS WOULD BRING CHANCES FOR T...ALTHOUGH GRIDS CURRENTLY LEFT DRY. TEMPS ON MON WILL AGAIN BE ABOVE CLIMO...AND REMAINDER OF EXTENDED DEPENDENT ON STRENGTH OF RIDGE AND INFLUENCE OF FRONT. IF FRONT MAKES IT THROUGH...BOUNDARY WILL PRESENT CHANCES FOR T TUES AND WED WITH TEMPS NEAR CLIMO. CONTINUED DRY FCST FOR NOW. && .GID WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NE...NONE. KS...NONE. && HIRSCH/CONNOLLY
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 8:09 PM CST, 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE 909 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 KSZ005>007-017>019-NEZ039>041-046>049-060>064-072>077-082>087-171200- ADAMS NE-BUFFALO NE-CLAY NE-DAWSON NE-FILLMORE NE-FRANKLIN NE- FURNAS NE-GOSPER NE-GREELEY NE-HALL NE-HAMILTON NE-HARLAN NE- HOWARD NE-JEWELL KS-KEARNEY NE-MERRICK NE-MITCHELL KS-NANCE NE- NUCKOLLS NE-OSBORNE KS-PHELPS NE-PHILLIPS KS-POLK NE-ROOKS KS- SHERMAN NE-SMITH KS-THAYER NE-VALLEY NE-WEBSTER NE-YORK NE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...GRAND ISLAND...HASTINGS...HOLDREGE... KEARNEY...LEXINGTON...PHILLIPSBURG AND YORK 909 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA AND PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL KANSAS. .DAY ONE...THE REST OF TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THE REST OF TONIGHT OVER THE REGION. WITH ONLY MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND WEAK WIND SHEAR...ANY STORMS THAT DO FORM SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THUS THE MAIN HAZARD WOULD BE DEADLY LIGHTNING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED THE REST OF TONIGHT. && MORE INFORMATION MAY BE OBTAINED AT THE FOLLOWING WEB PAGE: HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/HASTINGS (ALL LOWER CASE) EWALD
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:18 PM CST, 3 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
618 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0615 PM HAIL JEWELL 39.67N 98.15W
06/16/2005 1.75 INCH JEWELL KS CO-OP OBSERVER
&&
KBLocal storm report, Jun 16, 6:07 PM CST, 2 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
707 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0705 PM HAIL 3 N BELOIT 39.51N 98.11W
06/16/2005 2.75 INCH MITCHELL KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
KBLocal storm report, Jun 16, 6:19 PM CST, 2 hours 41 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HASTINGS NE
719 PM CDT THU JUN 16 2005
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0717 PM HAIL BELOIT 39.47N 98.11W
06/16/2005 1.75 INCH MITCHELL KS LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
KBThe radar
The Grand Island radar (KUEX), 46 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:09 UTC.
Event by event
4 hail, 1 heavy rain. Local standard time, as filed.
Hail, Webster
- When
- June 16, 9:10 PM CST
- Where
- Webster County, 2 mi E of Cowles
- Measured
- 0.88 in hail
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 40.183, -98.417
Hail, Franklin
- When
- June 16, 9:34 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, 2 mi E of Franklin
- Measured
- 1 in hail
- Reported by
- AMATEUR RADIO
- Coordinates
- 40.100, -98.917
Hail, Franklin
- When
- June 16, 11:00 PM CST
- Where
- Franklin County, Macon
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 40.217, -98.950
Hail, Gosper
- When
- June 16, 11:44 PM CST
- Where
- Gosper County, 5 mi SE of Smithfield
- Measured
- 0.75 in hail
- Reported by
- TRAINED SPOTTER
- Coordinates
- 40.533, -99.667
What these are
- Heavy Rain
- Rainfall totals unusual for the place and season that did not produce a flood.
- 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
- Flooding and Hail in Oklahoma, June 16 to 19, 2005
- Hail in Kansas, June 16, 2005
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, June 16, 2005
- Flash Flood in New York, June 16, 2005
- Flash Flood and Hail in New Mexico, June 16, 2005
- Flooding in New York, June 16 to 17, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Florida, June 16, 2005
- Flash Flood in New York, June 16, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, June 16, 2005
- Lightning Strike in Alabama, June 16, 2005
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, June 16, 2005
- Damaging Wind in Texas, June 16, 2005
More
Every storm in Nebraska in 2005Every state in 2005This day in weather historyWarnings in Nebraska, June 2005
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: 5452384, 5452383, 5452385, 5452386, 5452387.